What is the shocking revelation about Marilyn Monroe?

 There is a lot of mythologism and misinformation surrounding Marilyn Monroe.

Some surprising facts that correct the record about Monroe:

1. Merlin wasn't another "fool," either. This was a stereotype imposed by the studio. Monroe was very cultured and had a great interest in issues like civil rights. She once said that for her role in the famous "Some Like It Hot," the studio wanted her to be so foolish that she couldn't tell the difference between two men disguised as her.
2. Marilyn was incredibly shy. She had to be accompanied backstage, and often forgot her lines. She could never escape the sad childhood that constantly haunted her.

• Monroe stuttered. Marilyn, in addition to her shy personality, developed a stutter due to childhood trauma.
• Monroe took acting seriously and studied under Lee Strasberg and Marlon Brando. She never wanted to be forced into the role of a blonde doll.
• Monroe cared for her mother, Gladys Baker, who was in and out of a mental hospital. Gladys was her daughter's reason for living.

• Monroe was an entrepreneur. She was the first female star to establish her own film production company. Fox Studios launched a smear campaign against her.
• Her stage name, Marilyn Monroe, was chosen with the help of Ben Lyon, head of new talent at Fox Studios. The name Marilyn was inspired by a woman he knew, Marilyn Miller, who was performing in musicals in New York, and he chose it after telling her, "You are Marilyn to me." Next, she asked if she could use her grandmother's surname, Monroe. And so, Marilyn Monroe was born.

What is the most shocking fact?

In the 18th century, it was fashionable for wealthy Europeans to keep their own dwarves. They played music for entertainment and were given as gifts. A small price to pay for entertainment.

Ancient Chinese people practiced foot binding on young girls, which involved bending the toes or curving the feet to make the girls appear smaller and more attractive.

In 1866, Liechtenstein sent 80 men to participate in the Austro-Prussian War. They returned with 81 soldiers, suffered no casualties, and gained one friend.

The ancient Greeks exercised naked. The word "gymnasium" comes from the Greek word meaning "place where one exercises naked."

In 1325, two rival Italian city-states, Bologna and Moderna, went to war over a stolen bucket.

Between 1913 and 1915, it became possible to mail babies using the U.S. postal service.

Ancient Thebes once had an elite army of 150 pairs of homosexual men. They remained undefeated in war for many years.

In the 18th century, pineapples were rented out as a symbol of wealth and power. Some people would rent one for just one night, simply to show it off to partygoers.

The population density of ancient Rome was eight times that of modern-day New York City.

Because diarrhea was very common, and opium consumption caused constipation, people began to use opium habitually in the 19th century.

What is the shocking secret of Boney Kapoor?

 Boney Kapoor forced Anil Kapoor to extract advances to fund his film Mr India. According to Boney Kapoor none of his film before Ham Aapke Dil me Rahte hai earned a table profit. What it meant was most of his films went overbudget and they had a lot of difficulty selling them to the distributors and therefore they didn't made profits before the release of their film through distribution rights.

Mr. India started in 1984 but Boney Kapoor didn't had the budget to make such a big budget film. Boney Kapoor's father Surinder Kapoor was a small time producer and they had till then made small budget movies. So when they started making Mr India they ran out of funds. So they asked the producers of Anil Kapoor for loans and advances so that the money could be used for Mr India. Actors like Jackie Shroff made allegations that Boney Kapoor used manipulation, Tactics, deceit and lies to further the career of Anil Kapoor and Boney Kapoor was practically living off the money of Anil Kapoor. Boney Kapoor in reply said that any money earned by Anil Kapoor is the money of the whole family.

Mr India’s success made Boney Kapoor greedy and he mounted an even bigger budget movie Roop ki Rani Choron ka Raja made on a budget of 8 crores. Anil Kapoor invested all his money on the film and when the film tanked the Kapoor family had to sell some of their properties to recover. At this point, Anil Kapoor was forced to sign bad movies just to keep his kitchen running. This hampered his career badly because these films like Mr.Aazad, Andaz, Rajkumar etc failed badly and badly impacted his stardom. Boney also asked Anil to work in Loafer for practically free of cost to compensate the distributors who had lost heavily in Roop ki Rani Choron ka Raja. After Pukar Anil Kapoor asked Boney to not invest his money on productions and instead established his own production house.

Similarly Sanjay Kapoor the youngest son was angry with Boney for not giving him role in No Entry. Sanjay was hoping for the role played by Fardeen Khan but Boney decided to go with more saleable Fardeen. Sanjay felt the success of the film could have benefited his career and the role suited him but Boney didn't value the family and was motivated by greed.

Could you tell me some shocking facts about Dubai?

 One of the most striking facts about Dubai is its anecdotes.

Everyone knows how Dubai grew from a dusty wasteland into the global trade and business hub it is today.

However, many people mistakenly believe that this is all thanks to oil money. Oil was discovered in Dubai in 1966, and production began in 1969. Dubai was already on its way to becoming a global hub long before that.

All of this is thanks to this person.

I am Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum.

He is the father of the current ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (pictured below).

Shall I explain in more detail?

When Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, the father of Sheikh Mohammed, began his rule in 1958, Dubai was nothing more than a collection of small settlements near Dubai Creek, lacking electricity and infrastructure. These settlements were primarily sustained by the declining and unsustainable pearl trade. Sheikh Rashid was visionary and implemented a series of remarkable reforms to transform Dubai into a globally important city. These included:

1. Construction of Dubai Creek (1955-1961) : Dubai was well known for its central location on the East-West trade route. Nevertheless, Dubai in the 1950s was plagued by problems. Dubai Creek, a natural harbor, was clogged with silt. Ships had to anchor in deep waters up to a mile offshore, and only when the weather and tides were favorable could their cargo be transferred to barges and brought into the creek. Because the creek was too shallow for most ships, captains had to travel via Dubai. Sheikh Rashid commissioned a feasibility study to dredge the creek and construct a breakwater with bulkheads and sheet piles. However, the cost amounted to $3 million (approximately 350 million yen), which Dubai could not possibly afford. So Sheikh Rashid decided to raise funds. To do so, he imposed special taxes, sold bonds, and solicited donations from merchants using the creek. Once the port was completed in 1961, business boomed. Dubai became a lucrative country. Dubai's trade and reverse export businesses blazed like a fire of gasoline. Sheikh Rashid repaid his loans, and even more, ahead of schedule.
2. Electrification and Infrastructure (1961) . Sheikh Rashid's next task was to light up the city. He established a municipal power plant with a capacity of 1440 kilowatts and laid power lines throughout the city. (1961 was also the year Israel launched its first rocket into space.) In the same year, telephone exchanges and telephone lines were also installed. That same year, Dubai saw the construction of its first paved roads, its first bridges, and its first municipal water supply. Engineers were hired to construct roads and roundabouts and lay underground water pipes. New facilities swept through Dubai - ice factories, radio and television broadcasting, streetlights, the city government, the police, and more were introduced.
3. Dubai Airport – Surpassing its Neighbors (1960-68) . Of course, Sheikh Rashid wasn't satisfied with simply making Dubai equal to the rest of the region. He wanted more. Before the British withdrew, he built an air base in Sharjah (Dubai's neighboring emirate), which increased in value along with advancements in aviation technology. Air transport was becoming increasingly important in global trade. Having taken flights from Sharjah himself, Sheikh Rashid knew Dubai needed an airport. He knew it would be profitable, even if it was just a refueling stop. He commissioned the British airline International Aerodeo to design the airport, and it was completed in 1960. He removed all the tariffs on air cargo that Sharjah's rulers still imposed and shifted all business to Dubai Airport. By 1968, Dubai Airport had grown to handle Boeing 747s. Meanwhile, Sharjah's airport became obscure, serving as a hub for arms dealers and low-cost carriers.
4. Port Rashid (1971) . Dubai Creek was the beginning of what Dubai needed, but it was still a relatively small port. Even after dredging, it was too small for the ships that were the mainstream of international trade in the 1960s. Dubai's growth was unstoppable, and in 1967, Sheikh Rashid vowed to solve this problem. He hired the British planner, Hulklow, who had been in charge of the dredging, and commissioned him to design a deep-water port bearing his own name. Port Rashid was the largest civil engineering project in Dubai's history, but the discovery of oil gave Dubai the funds to make it happen. In 1971, coinciding with the 35th birthday of its owners, the port was declared open by Queen Elizabeth II. The state-owned enterprise that operated the port is now the fourth largest in the world.
5. Dry Dock (1971–1983) . Sheikh Rashid wanted Dubai to be more than just a port; he wanted it to be a center of the shipping industry. In 1971, he commissioned a feasibility study for the construction of a dry dock (a facility for lifting large ships out of the sea for repair). However, a British advisor in Dubai called the project absurd. The global shipbuilding industry was in ruins. Dubai was too small to absorb such a massive industrial investment. The project was so risky that it was even ridiculed in the Wall Street Journal. However, in 1983, after the port was completed, it could be said that it was a successful gamble. In the 1980s, the Iran-Iraq War escalated into a full-blown tanker war. This was an economic investment opportunity for Dubai. Damaged ships began to come for repairs, and suddenly the dry dock was flooded with ships. The number of ships requesting repairs was enormous, resulting in a long waiting list.
6. Big gambles (1970s, 1980s) . Dubai's dry docks had an almost naive ambition:
   1) The massive Dubai Aluminium smelter, which uses heat from a power plant to distill seawater into fresh water; 2
   ) The Dubai World Trade Centre, a skyscraper built in the middle of nowhere;
   and 3) Jebel Ali Port, another large port at the edge of Dubai's desert beaches.
   As usual, these were met with ridicule, but all three were resounding successes. Dubai Aluminium is one of the world's largest single-site primary aluminum smelters. The Dubai World Trade Centre houses major companies of the time, including IBM, UT, British Petroleum, the US Consulate, and the Dubai Stock Exchange. Jebel Ali is the world's largest artificial port and the largest and busiest port in the Middle East.

What Sheikh Rashid did was criticized at the time, but in hindsight, it was prescient. He made the most of Dubai's limited oil reserves. Meanwhile, neighboring countries rich in oil resources, such as Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, were using their oil money to subsidize a comfortable life and highly paid bureaucrats. His steely gamble on infrastructure was a crucial decision in creating Dubai as it is today.

Sheikh Rashid's reign continued until his death on October 7, 1990. However, his wisdom was not lost. He passed on that wisdom to the young Sheikh Mohammed, inheriting the baton.

What is the most shocking fact about Britain?

 1) Anyone residing in the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand, or Australia who has reached their 100th birthday will receive a personal card from the Queen.

2) In the UK, on ​​average, cars are parked for 96% of the time.

3) A typical British woman will try 150 different hairstyles in her lifetime.

4) The longest-running alliance in the world, still in effect today, is the alliance between Great Britain and Portugal. It was ratified in 1386.

5) In the UK, commercials are limited to 12 minutes per hour.

6) In the UK, one in three women will have an abortion at some point in their lives.

7) BBC employees regularly practice the announcement of the Queen's death to ensure that everything goes correctly when the announcement is made live.

8) The world's largest Indian restaurant is located in the UK.

9) There is a £1 million banknote. There is also a £100 million banknote. Neither of these banknotes are in circulation and are held by the Bank of England.

10) The British pound is the world's oldest currency, having been created 1200 years ago.

What are the most culturally shocking things for immigrants in the US?

 

1. Just a dim dome light in the bedroom and four lights in the bathroom. The exact opposite of what I was used to.
2. Vehicles stop to let pedestrians cross. I was used to pedestrians waiting for vehicles to pass before starting to cross the street.
3. Tip everyone. Barbers, hairdressers, waiters, Uber drivers, delivery people!
4. Giant stores with limited selection. The stores are huge, but they don't seem to have nearly as much variety as the much smaller stores back home used to (unless it's packaged food; for that, they have tons of options ). My first thought upon entering the stores was, "They're wasting so much space."
5. Hold the door. So many doors to hold, everywhere!
6. Very little pedestrian traffic. At times the city felt like a ghost town. I could rarely see people walking in the streets.
7. Self-service system. Fill up your car yourself. Bring your food yourself. Assemble your furniture yourself. Bring your food and drinks from the counter yourself (at fast food restaurants).
8. Always wear shoes . Many people leave their shoes on inside houses and apartments.
9. "What was the model of your first car?" , "How old were you when you got your driver's license?", and so on, like questions about the security of your password . (I never had a license, much less a car.)
10. The students displayed almost the same kind of apathy toward the required (student) lab classes that I had seen back home. This was a huge shock, because I expected students in the rest of the world to be different.

What shocking things do most Indians not know?

 TAJ MAHAL IS NOT THE MONUMENT OF LOVE:

If you zoom in on the photo of the woman shown in the picture, you will see a huge diamond worn around her neck. This is a 254 carat Jubilee Diamond which is equal in size and weight to the world famous 'KOHENOOR' diamond.

This woman is Meherbai Tata who was the daughter-in-law of Jamshedji Tata and the wife of his eldest son Sir Dorabji Tata.

In the year, 1924, when there was a recession due to the First World War and Tata Company did not have the money to pay salaries to the employees.Then Meherbai had mortgaged her priceless Jubilee Diamond in Imperial Bank for Rs 1 crore, so that the employees get regular salaries and the company continues to run.

After his untimely death from blood cancer, Sir Dorabji Tata established the Tata Memorial Cancer Research Foundation by selling this diamond for better treatment of cancer patients in India.

This monument built for love is a gift to HUMANITY. Look at the irony, we keep glorifying Taj Mahal as a monument of love and don't even know about the history of the one, who gives us life.

What is the most shocking rumour anyone has heard about Bollywood?

 1.Shah Rukh Khan - Salman Khan :

Their brotherly love soured at Katrina Kaif's birthday party in 2008, where a heated argument turned their friendship into a rivalry. Their relations have since been turbulent, though they seem to be on better terms now

2. Shakti Kapoor Sting Operation :

In 2005, India TV carried out a sting operation on Shakti Kapoor, where he was caught on camera offering work to an undercover reporter in exchange for sexual favors. The incident exposed the seedy underbelly of the casting couch in Bollywood.

3. Tanushree Dutta - Nana Patekar Incident :

In 2018, Tanushree Dutta accused Nana Patekar of sexual harassment during a 2008 film shoot, marking the advent of the #MeToo movement in Bollywood.

4. Akshay Kumar :

Akshay too has expressed his mistrust in award shows, mentioning that he was once told he would win an award if he performed at the ceremony

5. Hrithik Roshan - Sussanne Khan - Barbara Mori : The industry was left reeling when rumors of Hrithik Roshan's alleged affair with his "Kites" co-star Barbara Mori started making the rounds in 2010. This reportedly led to a temporary separation between Hrithik and his wife Sussanne Khan. The couple later reconciled, only to eventually divorce in 2014.

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What are true and shocking facts about Jackie Shroff?

 Hero was not the debut film of Jackie Shroff

Contrary to what most people believe, Jackie Shroff made his debut in Swami Dada (1982) as a sidekick of Shakti Kapoor!! Initially he was supposed to do the second lead role but later Mithun was signed for the role because of his commercial viability and Jackie Shroff was given the role of the henchmen of Shakti Kapoor. Subhash Ghai was so upset by his role because he wanted to launch him as a lead and he was doing small inconsequential roles. Eventually Hero became the launch pad of both Jackie and Meenakshi, even though it was not the debut of any of the two actors.

In the mid 1990’s, Jackie Shroff became bankrupt because of bad investments. And his career as a lead actor was also on a decline. So Mithun Chakraborty advised him to work in B grade films with him to get out of the messs. And then in the late 70’s, Jackie Shroff worked in many B grade films with Mithun like Shapath, Yamraj etc.

But his problems were far from over. He produced some films that failed very badly. He produced Grahan which was in making for many years and eventually released in 2001. The film failed very badly and collected only 85 lakhs on a budget of 5 crores. His other Jis Desh me Ganga Rahta hai also didn't do well. Then he produced Boom in 2003 which was heavily panned and is considered one of the worst films of Indian cinema. These films led to economics losses to Jackie Shroff and according to Tiger Shroff they had to even sell their furniture after the fiasco.

The only good investment that he did was to buy the shares of Sony TV in its initial years. Sony TV acquired their telecast rights of 2003 World Cup when India reached the finals leading to huge growth in the market share of the group. But Sony TV entered a lean period in the late 2000’s decade leading them to sell their shares for good profit.

Jackie Shroff married Ayesha, a rich girl and aspiring model and had two children but very few people know that Ayesha herself acted in a film titled Teri Bahon Me starring Mohnish Bahl and directed by Umesh Mehra. The film was a remake of The Blue Lagoon and was known for some bold scenes. But the film failed badly and Ayesha never acted again. A few years ago actor and bodybuilder Sahil Khan accused Ayesha of s**ually and emotionally manipulating him for years.

What shocking things do most Indians not know?

 

• USB was developed by Indian- american computer architect.

• Presenter of famous show man vs wild, Bear Grylls wanted to join Indian army school. He always liked adventurous things and Indian army school was one of them.

• There are few Indian cities are also in fastest growing cities of world.

• There are few places in India where man marry to woman and shift to their home. Lakshadeep, Minicoy are few examples of it.

• Indian railways have more than 1.5 million employees.

• World's highest number of students are in a school of UP in India having more than 40,000 pupils.

• India is second largest English speaking country after USA.

• If you know this man, he is Ben Kingsley from hollywood and oscar winner. His real name is Krishna Pandit Bhanji and he is from Indian Descent.

• Buttons were invented by India. Shirt buttons.

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