Do you Know ?

[Bettyy]

It's an interesting thing.

[Perfection]

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.

[Perfection]

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.

[Perfection]

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.

[Perfection]

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.

[Perfection]

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.

[amfibislayer]

really interesting............

[shamseers]

fanatastic forum i like it

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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).

[Perfection]

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