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Jurassic Park : A geological peroid in the Mesozoic era with a duration of about 54 million years begining about 190 million years ago in which dinosaurs dominated the life on land.
Libido : In Freudian psychology, the energy of sex instinct, which is found even in a new born child.
Lolita syndrome : Sexual desire among ageing men for minor girls.
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Lutheranism : A Christian sect based on the teachings of Martin Luther - God's grace alone can make man righteous.
Mafia : Italian termdenoting organised crime syndicates.
Golden handshake : A policy of voluntary retirement with attractive compensation packages deviced for private and public sector companies to exclude excess or inconvenient staff.
Matador : In bullfighting, the principal performer, who works the capes and attempts to dispatch the bull with a sword thrust between the shoulder blades.
Metaphysics : A branch of philosophy dealing with the rational investigation of reality as distinct from its material appearance.
Mutation : A sudden variation in the structure.
Navaratna : The nine gems of significance in Hindu tradition which are believed to be capable of radiating certai energies and cosmic rays to the wearer. The nine ratnas are emerald (marathaka), diamond (vajra), pearl (muthu), coral (pavizham), topaz (gomedika), blue saphire (indraneela), cat's eye (vaidurya), yellow saphire (pushyaraga), ruby (manikya).
Natural selection : The process by which evolutionary change take place in animals and plants. In the struggle, only the fittest survive.
Ritcher scale : An international standard used to measure the intensity of earthquakes.
UFO (Unidentified Flying Objects) : Any light or object seen in the sky whose immediate identity is not apparent.
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Finland (Northern Europe) : A wealthy country with thousands of lakes. Some think human habitation here dates back 100,000 years.
Human scavenger : In India still you can find Human scavengers. The practice of men transporting human excreta in cans was made illegal in 1992, eventhough you can see it here.
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Atlas and map : In Greek mythology, Atlas is the giant who supports the heavens. A collection of maps is now known as an atlas.
Euthanasia : Euthanasia (mercy killing) was lagalised in Netherlands in 2001.
Pope's record : Pope John Paul II has travelled the most, published more works and given more speeches than any Pope. He has so far named 477 saints and beatified 1318.
Three popes in one year : Pope Paul VI died of a heart attack on 6.8.1978. The next Pope, John Paul I died on 29.9.78 had a pontificate of only 33 days. On 16.10.78, John Paul II was named next Pope.
Population density : 42 sq ft/person in Mong Kok in Hong Kong while it is 441 in Macau. The least population desity Indian state is Arunachal Pradesh : 13 persons / sq km. Population density of Delhi is 9294. Population density of India is 324 by 2001 cencus.
Goldman Sachs says by 2050, India will be the third largest economy in the world, behind China and USA.
UNESCO has reported that Kerala with a gender parity index of 1.01 leads other Indian states. Rajasthan and Bihar record 0.79 each.
Writer Somerset Maugham was a medical doctor who never practised. John Keats the poet too had medical training but didn't work as a doctor.
Indian Air Force is planning to expand its strength from the present 39 squadrons to 60 by 2014.
Majority of Inidan babies are inherently handicapped. The average birth weight of babies in India is only 2.2 kg. The low weight affects the brain development.
Airline companies across the world has carried as many as 1.84 billion passengers in the year 2006.
The first gay Bishop - V. Gene Robinson at Episcopal church, USA.
The number of cars is incresing three times faster than the growth rate of human population.
China's first man in space, 'taikonaut' Yang Liwei was put in space by the Long March 2F rocket and it entered its predetrmined orbit in 10 minutes.
China become the third space faring nation after USA and Russia in Oct 15, 2003.
George Bernad Shaw won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1925. He won the Oscar in 1938 for adapting his own play Pygmalion.
Universites of Calcutta, Bombay and Madras were established in 1857, respectively in January, July and September.
Dishonoured cheque : The writing on the cheque may be illegible, or the cheque is mutilated, or the amount in figures does not match the amount in words, or the funds in the account may be insufficient. It is a punishable offence, if the cheque was issued only to pay off a debt. If the cheque is a gift, there is no penalty.
A computer monitor contains 1.8 to 3.6 kg of lead, a heavy metal that damages the nervous system and poisons blood cell development.
In 2006, about one billion people used the internet, which encompassed 300 + million host computers.
The number of mobile telephone subscibers rose to one billion in 2001, nearly pulling even with the number of fixed line connections.
Japanese researchers are developing a method of drawing power from blood glucose. It could allow a person to pump out 100 W - enough to illuminate a light bulb.
Plants that eat insects : The venus fly trap closes, traps, then digests any insect that lands on its hair covered leaves. The pitcher plant captures insects that venture over the rim then fall to the bottom, others can open their lids and let rainwater in to drown their pray. A few plants grow large enough to trap small reptiles and animals.
Hypersonic : A body moving at Mach 5 (five times the velocity of sound) is called hypersonic. Such high speeds create shock waves. Passage of a shock wave is heard as a sharp crack, a sudden bang, or one or more heavy booms. US has such Hypersonic aircrafts. Speeds higher than that of sound are called supersonic, while that below the speed of sound are called subsonic.
Human heart pumps 27949 litres of blood through 99776.6 km of blood vessels in a day.
Lakhs of people flock to Hyderabad, India to take the famous Bathini brothers fish medicine for asthma. Vegetarians take medicine mixed in jaggery.
Boeing's proposed new 7E7 jetliner, seating 250, could be assembled in 72 hours.
Breath analyzer is a device used with a driver suspected of having drunk too much alochol. When the driver blows into a tube, crystals in the device change colour if there is alochol present.
Afghanistan and Colombia are the largest proucers of illegal drugs.
Breast cancer : A common disease all over the world ans it occurs to women and men. Physical symptoms include a breast lump, skin irritation, pain or retraction of nipples. The risk of cancer is higher in women with a family history a long menstrualhistory or no live birth until the age of 30 or older.
Alzheimer's disease : 12 millon people in the age of 50 plus are suffering from this disease worldwide. The number will increse 3 times by 2050.
World's largest flower is Rafflesia Arnoldii. It is 3 ft wide with an inch thick petals. It smells horrible, like a rotting animal.
Fancy Carol is the name of Japan's one man ride eco car. It participate in an eco marathon contest in Hiroshima and set a new record for milege in 2003, 3962 km per litre !.
One with 21 zeros is called Sextillion, One with 30 zeros is called Nonillion.
In Roman numeral I is 1, V is 5, X is 10, L is 50, C is 100, D is 500 and M is 1000. It uses only 7 symbols.
A three sided polygon is called a triangle, a nine sided polygon is called a Nonagon, an elevan sided polygon is called a Undecagon and a 12 sided polygon is called a dodecagon.
Siachen (Jammu Kashmir, India) is the world's largest non polar glacier, and thus is some times is referred as the third pole. It is 78 km long and 5400 m above sea level.
In 4000 BC Chinese astronomers record eclipse. Great Pyramids constructed in 2500 BC. 2000 BC lines of standing stones at Carnac and Stonehenge at Salisbury (near London) by megalithic observers.
Earth's magnetic North pole is near Ellef Ringnes island in Canada, while magnetic south pole is off the coast of Wilkes land.
Total solar eclipse of 1 Aug 2008 is visible from Greenland, N & C Asia. 22 July 2009 is visible from S Asia & C Pacific.
Of the planets, Jupiter has the strongest magnetic field. Jupiter is the planet with largest moon. Jupiter has most moons -39. It has the greatest average density and has deepest oceans.
Ludwig Van Beethoven, born in Bonn in 1770, was one of the world's greatest composers. He began to lose his hearing at the age of 26, and by 1823 he was completely deaf. Beethoven never heard his nine symphonies or piano concertos, or any of his other compositions during the last ten years of his life.
Earth's day is 23 hour 56 minute 4.09 second (time for rotation on its own axis).
Jules Verne, the inventor of the scientific novel, known for his Around the world in 80 Days, never travelled but lived a quiet life at Amiens, France.
Largest lake in the world is Caspian sea (Asia - Europe).
Afghanistan is the world's largest producer of Opium. In 2006, the Opium produced was 4000 ton, 75 % of the world's supply.
Cartoon characters like Micky Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy have only four fingers.
Most popular car in the world is Toyota's Corolla.
Rabies kill 30 000 Indians in a year. The large population of stray dogs are responsible.
One in six of the world's adults are illiterate. Africa is the weakest in literacy.
A 116 year old conflict between France and England, began in 1337 and ended in 1453. Joan of Arc was on the scene in 1429.
Vostok is the series of six manned Russian spacecraft launched in 1961 - 63. Vostok I carried the first human, Yuri Gagarin. Valentina Tereshkova (first woman astronaut) flew aboard Vostok 6.
More than a million babies worldwide have been concieved through in vitro fertilization. Louis Brown was the first IVF child.
Knebworth house, 50 km from London, is world's famous rock avenue. It was once home to an Indian viceroy and New Delhi's architect Edwin Lutyens.
Enola Gay, the aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasakki, is being displayed at the Smithsonian's Air and Space museum.
Bahaism is a religion with no clergy. The faith is practised by more than 6 million people, has no ceremonies. New Delhi's Bahai Lotus temple is a wonder in marble.
More than 10 million zebras migrate from the Tanzanian border to Kenya's Serengeti Park.
German mineralogist Friedrich Moh devised a rating stayem for minerals - Moh's scale. It defines the hardness of a mineral.
Botanically Tomato, pumpkin, cucumber and brinjal are fruits.
People's liberation army of China is the world's largest standing armed forces (2.3 million).
France has the lowest abortion rate - 12 per 1000 women. Over a 10 million children die every year. 500 000 women die in pregnanacy and child birth every year.
The Seikan tunnel connects the Japanese islands of Honshu and Hokkaido. It is 53.85 km long, of which 23.3 km lie 100 m below the sea level.
Nobel Peace prize was awarded to UN peacekeeping forces in 1988.
Adolf Hitler was an aspiring artist and unemplyed ex-corporal. Benito Mussolini was once editor of a socialist newspaper, from which position he was ousted.
The first established railway began in 1825 in UK, in 1829 in France, in 1830 in USA, in 1835 in Germany and in 1836 in Canada.
Japan is the land of the old - Japanese aged 100 or above is 20 561 in 2003. 20 % of the population is 65 plus.
The first Hollywood film star picture to be printed on US stamp was Marilyn Monroe.
World's largest film studio complex is Universal city, Los Angeles. Its area is 420 acres and it comprises 561 buildings and 34 sound stages.
Astronomers have warned that an asteriod named '2003QQ47' is heading for earth and could hit it on 21 Mar 2014, with an impact equal to 20 million Hiroshima atomic bombs.
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Samui monkey centre on Samui island in Thailand trains monkeys to fetch coconuts from trees and to pose with and entertain people.
A Chiropodist is concerned with the care and treatment of the feet. A manicurist cares for one's hands and fingernails.
Great achievers below 40 are Sankaracharya - 32, Vivekannda - 39, Ramanujan - 33, Alexander the Great - 33, Vikramaditya - 37, Yuri Gagarin - 34, Martin Luther King - 39.
According to business leader and motivational trainer Zig Ziglar, the five obstacles : no need, no money, no hurry, no desire and no trust.
John Boyd Dunlop (1840 - 1921), the Scotish veterinary surgeon patented (1888) Dunlop version of pneumatic tyre.
American short storey writer William Sydney Porter began writing stories (published under the pseudonym O. Henry) while serving a prison sentence for alleged embezzlement.
70 % of the world's HIV positive people are from Africa of which only 4 % gets treatment.
The first issue of the 'Playboy' magazine didn't contain any date beacuse the founder was not confident whether there would be a second issue at all.
Around 150 people die every year by coconuts falling on their heads.
Half of the world's vegetables are produced in China (400 m. tonnes).
Asia's largest conch museum is in Dalian, China with 7000 exhibits.
The first census of free India started on 9 Feb 1951 and it revealed 720 languages and dialects.
Swami Vivekananda delivered a soul stirring speech on Sept 19, 1893 at the world parliament of religions at Chicago. Americans called him the 'Cyclonic Hindu'.
India had 440 000 leprosy patients in 2002. This was 70 % of cases the world over.
India consumes more than 500 million kg of biscuits.
India is the second biggest cement producer in the world (2 billion tonnes).
15 % of families in New Delhi owns a car, the highest in the country.
Dakshin Gangotri, a permanent station was esablished on the Antartica by India in 1982. The second polar station 'Maitri' was set up in 1988.
Brahmaputra is the only Indian river having a male name, meaning 'Son of Brahma'.
The National rail museum in New Delhi has among its memorabilia on display the skull of an elephant that collaided with a mail train at Golkara in 1894.
New Delhi followed Kolkata on Dec 24, 2002 when the first section of Delhi Metro rail project (Shahdara - Tis Hazari) was inaugurated.
Number of players : Polo - 4, Basketball - 5, Volleyball - 6, Baseball - 9, Football, Cricket, Hockey - 11, Canadian Football - 12, Rugby League, Rugby Union - 13.
The cellular jail of the Andaman islands (India) was constructed in 1879 with bricks brought from Burma (Myanmar). It had 756 cells each measuring 4 m by 2.75 m.
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Mount Everest climb
The first woman to climb Everest was Jangotabe from Japan in 29 May 1975. The first woman from India to Climb Mt Everest was Bachendri Pal (on 23 May, 1984). She was the world's fifth woman to climb the peak, while she was 29 years old.
Sherman Bull from America climbed the peak in 2001 with his son and became the first summiting of the peak by a father and son at a time.
16 year 32 days old Tembo Sheri from Nepal become the youngest to climb Everest in 2001. Other young sumitter is Betrand Roche from France (17 year old).
First to climb Everest without Oxygen was Messner (Solo). First to climb Everest without Oxygen from India is Phu Dorji in 1984. First woman to climb Everst two times was by Santosh Yadav from India. Eric Wein Heinmayer was the first blind to climb Everest (2001 from Colorado, USA).
Exchange rates in India (1 Indian Rupee (INR / Rs) = 100 paise)
Australia A$1 = 33.71 INR
Canada C$1 = 36 INR
Euro zone E1 = 56.3 INR
Israel 1NIS = 10.07 INR
Japan Y100 = 40.52 INR
New Zealand NZ$1 = 31.09 INR
UK 1 pound = 82.44 INR
USA US $1 = 43.82 INR
For current exchange rates see www.xe.com
Unit conversion
1 kg = 2.2 lb
1 lb = 0.4506 kg
1 g = 0.04 oz
1 oz = 28 g
1 l = 0.26 gallon
1 US gallon = 3.8 l
1 inch = 2.54 cm
1 m = 3.3 ft = 1.1 yard
1 ft = 0.3056 m
1 km = 0.62 mile
1 mile = 1.6 km
l = litre
g= gram
ft = feet
lb = pound
m = metre