Some interesting trivia about animals, scientists and great leaders: 1. In Iceland, the government laws do not allow the persons to keep the dogs as pet animals. 2. Octopus has three hearts. 3. Crocodiles can’t move their tongues and also can’t chew any thing. But their digestion capacity is very effective and they can even digest the steel-nails. 4. Whales: Their weight is approximately 160 tons and is equal to weight of 3o elephants. The baby water whale can swim 22 miles per hour and drinks 130 gallons milk in a day. They can store 1000 gallons of water in their bodies, each. 5. Enamel is 10 times stronger than the tooth. 6. The smallest complete meaningful word in English language is “Go”. 7. Golden city in India: Jaisalmer city (Rajasthan). Its circumference is 35 kilometers. All the buildings in that city are constructed by the locally available yellow stone, and the entire city shines like gold in the sunlight, hence he name. 8. The milk of the camel never gets spoiled, that means the milk never breaks into solid and liquid parts. 9. Gold fish can remember anything, just for three minutes only. 10. Only the male frogs can produce the sounds like “beka beka”. 11. To produce one liter of honey, the honey bees have to secure it from one million flowers, such a tedious task. 12. The teeth of the rat grow throughout its life (as long as it lives). 13. The just born kangaroo is only 1 inch in length. 14. Among all the animals, only chimpanzee has the intelligence to recognize its … [Read more...]
Great leaders-Last days
They lived great lives and left their permanent footprint on world history. But their last days are a big lesson for everyone. They ended their lives in worst circumstances due to bad habits and arrogance. 1. Alexander the great: Greek Warrior. He began his expedition from Greece, with the intention to conquer the whole world and to some extent, he succeeded in his goal, but due to protest from the soldiers and also his ill-health, he put an end to the expedition in the middle and began his return journey. But, he got severe illness at Babylonia and called for number of doctors from different countries. They tried their level best, but could not able to cure him. The relatives were surrounding him with despair. At that time, Alexander asked his people, “Why are you weeping?” He also said that I am not dying without any recognition, but in extraordinary way, as I am dying with the help of 30 famous doctors (It is the opinion of many that he died of “Malaria fever”). He also said “I am taking nothing with me from this world”. 2. Sigmund Freud: Famous psychologist. He was a chain smoker of cigars and got mouth cancer. He had undergone operations 30 times. He requested his friend Max Scour to help him to commit suicide. Scour gave Freud 3 injections of Morphine in a span of hours. Freud died on September 23, 1939. Thus the world famous doctor and psychiatrist died of a bad habit i.e. tobacco smoking. 3. Savitri and Meenakumari: Famous Indian actresses.Savitri is a South Indian actress while Meena Kumari is a Hindi cinema heroine. Both died of “cirrhosis of liver and hepatic coma” in their middle ages of life (around 45 years of age). Their livers got damaged, due to excessive in … [Read more...]
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