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Fact's about Incredible India

10:55:00

India is the country of many colors. So are the facts about India. Here is the list of 10 amazing fact's about Incredible India.

1. "The 2011 Kumbh Mela was the largest gathering of people with over 75 million pilgrims"

#Factops : The 2011 Kumbh Mela was the largest gathering of people with over 75 million pilgrims

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Tens of millions of Hindu pilgrims are now descending on Allahabad, India, joining an estimated 8 million already there for the Maha Kumbh Mela. Held every 12 years at one of four places in India, the Kumbh Mela lasts nearly two months and is considered to be an especially auspicious time to bathe in the holy river for purification from sin.

2. "India’s first rocket was so light and small that it was transported on a bicycle"

#Factops : India’s first rocket was so light and small that it was transported on a bicycle

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A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Indeed Incredible India!
In 1963 Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) launched its first rocket from Thumba Equatorial Launching Station.
The station had a single launch pad in the midst of coconut plantations. A local Catholic Church the St Mary Magadelene's Church served as the main office for the scientists. The bishop's house was converted into a workshop And the rocket was transported to lift-off pad ON A BICYCLE. The second rocket, which was launched sometime later, was a little bigger and heavier and it was transported in a bullock cart for the lift off.

3. "The Chail Cricket Ground in Chail, Himachal Pradesh is the highest in the world At an
altitude of 2,444"

#Factops : The Chail Cricket Ground in Chail, Himachal Pradesh is the highest in the world At an altitude of 2,444

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Chail Cricket Ground is a cricket ground located in Chail, Himachal Pradesh. The ground was established in 1893 but Bhupinder Singh Maharaja of Patiala who made Chail as his summer capital that time the ground was developed.

4. "The word “Shampoo” has been derived from the Hindi word “Chāmpo”, which mean’s to massage"

#Factops : The word “Shampoo” has been derived from the Hindi word “Chāmpo”, which mean’s to massage

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Shampoo originally meant head massage in several North Indian languages. Both the word and the concept were introduced to Britain from colonial India. The word shampoo in English is derived from Hindi "chāmpo" (चाँपो ). Its English usage in Anglo-Indian dates to 1762. In India the term champo or Champi was used for head massage, usually with some form of hair oil.

5. "Mawsynram, a village on the Khasi Hills, Meghalaya, receives the highest recorded average rain fall in the world"

#Factops : Mawsynram, a village on the Khasi Hills, Meghalaya, receives the highest recorded average rain fall in the world

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The village of Mawsynram in Meghalaya receives 467 inches of rain per year. Laborers who work outdoors often wear full-body umbrellas made from bamboo and banana leaf. One of the most fascinating and beautiful features in the region are the "living bridges" spanning rain-soaked valleys. For centuries, locals have been training the roots of rubber trees to grow into natural bridges, far outlasting man-made wooden structures that rot in just a few years.

6. "India has the largest number of vegetarians in the world"

#Factops : India has the largest number of vegetarians in the world

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India contains more vegetarians than the rest of the world combined, roughly half a billion people. This is mostly driven by class and religious systems. Unlike Western religions where practitioners are claimed to hold ‘dominion’ over the animals, most religious paths in India hold vegetarianism as an ideal. The principal of "Ahimsa"applies to animals, a term meaning to do no harm (literally: the avoidance of violence-"Himsa"). "Ahimsa" encourages kindness and non-violence towards all living things including animals. It is closely connected with the notion that all kinds of violence produce negative karmic reactions.

7. "India is the world's second largest English speaking country"

#Factops : India is the world's second largest English speaking country

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India is the second largest English-speaking nation in the world just behind US. And according to some estimates the day is not far off when it's going to be the number one nation. Data from the 2005 India Human Development Survey shows there are about 130 Million English speaker's in India.

8. "India was the first country to develop extraction and purifying technique’s of sugar"

#Factops : India was the first country to develop extraction and purifying technique’s of sugar

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It is interesting to know that India is the first country in the world who develop extraction and purifying technique of sugar. Even, many visitors worldwide learnt the refining and cultivation of sugar from India.

9. "70% of all the world's spices come from India"

#Factops : 70% of all the world's spices come from India

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India produce about 70% of all the world's spices. According to UN Food & Agriculture Organization India had produced about 1,525,000 Metric tonnes of spices in year 2011.

10. "India is the world's largest producer of milk"

#Factops : India is the world's largest producer of milk

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India is the world's largest milk producer, with 18 percent of global production, followed by the United States of America and China.

Happy New Year

Facts #5

03:46:00

Hello readers after a bit of gap but back with some new amazing and mind boggling facts and as we know its the starting of 2016, so wish you all the happy and prosperous new year and we will keep on amazing you with new facts.

1. "The manchineel tree is considered one of the poisonous tree in the world"

#Factops : "The manchineel tree is considered one of the poisonous tree in the world"

The manchineel tree is a species of flowering plant in the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae). It is native to tropical southern North America and northern South America. All parts of the tree contain strong toxins, some unidentified. Its milky white sap contains phorbol and other skin irritants, producing strong allergic dermatitis. Standing beneath the tree during rain will cause blistering of the skin from mere contact with this liquid, even a small drop of rain with the milky substance in it will cause the skin to blister.

2. "Mike Nicholson a man from Michigan has total 29 degrees"

#Factops : "Mike Nicholson a man from Michigan has total 29 degrees"

Michael Nicholson, a 71-year-old Michigan man with too much time on his hands, boasts something that few, other people, especially from Michigan, can boast: he has 29 college degrees.

3. "In 1960 Summer Olympics- Men's Marathon Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia finished first without wearing shoes"

#Factops : "In 1960 Summer Olympics- Men's Marathon Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia finished first without wearing shoes"

Ethiopian track and field athlete, Abebe Bikila (1932-1973), was the first black African to win an Olympic medal, and the first man ever to win two Olympic marathons. Known for his grace and stamina, he was considered the most perfect example of a naturally talented distance runner.He attracted the world’s attention not only by being the first East African to win a medal, but also because he ran the event barefoot.

4. "A dog named Grey-friars Bobby in Scotland sat by his owner's grave for 14 years until he eventually passed away"

#Factops : "A dog named Grey-friars Bobby in Scotland sat by his owner's grave for 14 years until he eventually passed away"

Grey-friars Bobby was a Skye Terrier who became known in 19th-century Edinburgh for supposedly spending 14 years guarding the grave of his owner until he died himself on 14 January 1872. The story continues to be well known in Scotland, through several books and films, and a prominent commemorative statue and nearby graves act as a tourist attraction.

5. "The largest flying bird ever discovered is Argentavis which has the wing span of 7 meters"

#Factops : "The largest flying bird ever discovered is Argentavis which has the wing span of 7 meters"

Argentavis magnificence is one of the largest flying birds ever known, possibly surpassed in wingspan only by the recently discovered Pelagornis sandersi. A magnificence, sometimes called the giant teratorn.

6. "The brain uses 20% of our body's oxygen and 20% of its blood"

#Factops : "The brain uses 20% of our body's oxygen and 20% of its blood"

Approximately 20% of the blood flowing from the heart is pumped to the brain. The brain needs constant blood flow in order to keep up with the heavy metabolic demands of the neurons.The biggest part of the brain is the cerebrum which makes up 85% of the brain's weight. The cerebrum is the thinking part of the brain and it controls your voluntary muscles.

7. "When coal mine catches fire it burns for decades even centuries"

#Factops : "When coal mine catches fire it burns for decades even centuries"

A coal mine is an underground smoldering of coal deposit which if catches fire starts burning and tends to continue fuming for decades. The reason behind is the excessive amount of coal that is present underground and once lit, it's almost impossible to calm it down. This is really hazardous and is a reason for the end of many civilizations. Centralia, Pennsylvania, fire, which has been burning since 1962. Of the hundreds of mine fires in the United States burning today, most are found in the state of Pennsylvania.

8. "In ancient Greece, throwing an apple at somebody meant to declare your love to them"

#Factops : "In ancient Greece, throwing an apple at somebody meant to declare your love to them"

It seems rather funny to us in the present times, but is the truth. Earlier, throwing an apple to a woman was considered to be a way of expressing your love for the woman, and if the woman caught the apple, she accepted your marriage proposal.

9. "In 1958 ford designed a concept car for nuclear powered car and was later used as an inspiration"

#Factops : "In 1958 ford designed a concept car for nuclear powered car and was later used as an inspiration"

The Ford Nucleon was a scale model concept car developed by Ford in 1958 as a design on how a nuclear-powered car might look. The design did not include an internal-combustion engine, rather, the vehicle was to be powered by a small nuclear reactor in the rear of the vehicle, based on the assumption that this would one day be possible by reducing sizes. The car was to use a steam engine powered by uranium fission similar to how nuclear submarines work

10. "There is a man named Santa Claus and was elected to city council in North pole, Alaska"

#Factops : "There is a man named Santa Claus and was elected to city council in North pole, Alaska"

After two failed presidential runs, a man legally named Santa Claus is running for a city council seat in North Pole, Alaska. Santa Claus is coming to this tiny town in Alaska.

Christmas

Facts #4

06:22:00

Hello friends first of all a very Happy Christmas to all the blog readers. Here we are back with some more amazing facts and there are many more facts yet to come ahead.

I thank you all the blog readers, and this blog expects more readers and promises to amaze you with new facts.

Lets start with some facts

1. "Ancient Egyptians slept on pillows made of stone"

#Factops : "Ancient Egyptians slept on pillows made of stone"

Ancient Egyptian pillows were wooden or stone headrests.These pillows were mostly used by placing them under the heads of the deceased because the head of a human was considered to be the essence of life and sacred.

2. "The Russians once partied so hard while the WWII ended, that the entire city of Moscow ran out of Vodka"

#Factops : "The Russians partied so hard while the WWII ended, that the entire city of Moscow ran out of Vodka"

At 1:10 a.m. on May 9, 1945, night owls in the USSR heard a radio report that Nazi Germany had officially surrendered to the Russia. Rather than wait until morning to celebrate, citizens took to the streets in their pajamas. The revelry reached such a fever pitch that by the time Joseph Stalin addressed the nation 22 hours later, the Russians faced a new crisis: The entire country had run out of vodka!

3. "It would take you 10 years to view all the photos shared on Snapchat in the last hour"

#Factops : "It would take you 10 years to view all the photos shared on Snapchat in the last hours"

Every second 8,796 photos are shared on Snapchat and it would take 10 years to view all the photos shared on Snapchat in the last hour. By the time you had viewed all those photos, another 880,000 year worth of photos would have been shared.

4. "The united states has more museums than Starbucks and McDonald's locations combined"

#Factops : "The united states has more museums than Starbucks and McDonald's locations combined"

There are roughly 15,521 Starbucks locations in the United States, and about 15,779 McDonald's restaurants. But combined, the two chains don't come close to the number of museums in the U.S., which stands at a whopping 35,000.

5. "3D printing is a 35 year old technology, It's become popular these years only because the patents have expired or will expire soon"

#Factops : "3D printing is a 35 year old technology, It's become popular these years only because the patents have expired or will expire soon"

This year, many patents on 3D printers will expire, possibly creating more competition, innovation, and lower prices. However, there are still quite a few overlapping patents out there, however, which causes a lot of murkiness. During the last decade, the Patent and Trademark Office has received more than 6,800 3D printing patent applications. Since 2007, almost 700 patents have been filed annually.

6. "Beijing issued its most severe air pollution warning for the second time"

#Factops : "Beijing issued its most severe air pollution warning for the first time ever"

Beijing issued its second ever “red alert”, closing schools and ordering half of all private cars off the road from Saturday until Tuesday.Weather authorities warned that the capital city would be shrouded in the worst smog of year 2015 in the next few days. It will be Beijing’s third period of prolonged heavy pollution in less than a month. Beijing Real-time Air Quality Index (AQI) is 234 means very unhealthy.

7. "A man bought $27 of bitcoin, forgets about them, and finds they're now worth $886k"

#Factops : "A man bought $27 of bitcoin, forgets about them, and finds they're now worth $886k"

A Norwegian man discovers $27 bitcoin investment now worth more than enough to buy an apartment. This high rise in bitcoin has meant that within the space of four years, one Norwegian man’s $27 investment turned into a forgotten $886,000.

8. "Giving a cow name can increase milk yield by almost 284 liters per year"

#Factops : "Giving a cow name can increase milk yield by almost 284 liters per year"

Giving a cow a name and treating her as an individual with "more personal touch" can increase milk production, so says a scientific research published in the online "Anthrozoos", which is described as a "multidisciplinary journal of the interactions of people and animals"."Just as people respond better to the personal touch, cows also feel happier and more relaxed if they are given a bit more one-to-one attention," said Dr Catherine Douglas, lead researcher of the university's School of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development.

9. "Eton college, one of the most expensive schools in Britain, was originally founded to provide free education"

#Factops : "Eton college, one of the most expensive schools in Britain, was originally founded to provide free education"

Eton was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI as "Kynge's College of Our Ladye of Eton besyde Windesore” to provide free education to 70 poor boys who would then go on to King's College, Cambridge, which he founded in 1441.

10. "Tesla once paid an overdue hotel bill with a model of his 'death beam'"

#Factops : "Tesla once paid an overdue hotel bill with a model of his 'death beam'"

Tesla once paid an overdue hotel bill with a model of his “death beam”. Tesla’s “death beam” would be able to stop any invading army, thus making warfare pointless. When he turned over the box containing the model, Tesla warned the hotel’s employees that they must never open it. They fearfully complied, hiding the box in a storeroom. After his death in 1943 the box was pried open and found to contain nothing but harmless old electrical components.

Christmas

Facts #3

09:48:00

Hello friends, Ready for the new batch of facts.?.

Lets start with some fresh amazing facts..

1. "The national animal of Scotland is Unicorn"

#Factops : "The national animal of Scotland is Unicorn"

In the 5th Century AD, interpretation of a passage in the Hebrew Old Testament described an animal that scholars believed was a Unicorn. The Unicorn has been a Scottish heraldic symbol since the 12th century, when it was used on an early form of the Scottish coat of arms by William I.

2. "The fastest two-legged creature on Earth is the ostrich, with the speed of 72 km/hr"

#Factops : "The fastest two-legged creature on Earth is the ostrich, with the speed of 72 km/hr"

The ostrich is the world's largest bird. Though they cannot fly, ostriches are fleet, strong runners. They can sprint up to 43 miles (72 kilometers) an hour and run over distance at 31 miles (50 kilometers) an hour.

3. "World War I ended at precisely 11 o'clock on the 11th day of the 11th month of the year 1918"

#Factops : "World War I ended at precisely 11 o'clock on the 11th day of the 11th month of the year 1918"

At the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, the Great World War I ends. The First World War left 9 million soldiers dead and 21 million wounded, with Germany, Russia, Austria-Hungary, France, and Great Britain each losing nearly a million lives.

4. "The plastic pink flamingo is the official city bird of Madison, WI"

#Factops : "The plastic pink flamingo is the official city bird of Madison, WI"

30 years ago, a group of University of Wisconsin - Madison students played a prank that's remembered fondly by some, at least in Madison to this day. The students members of a group called the Pail and Shovel party, which ran UW's student government at the time planted more than 1,000 pink plastic flamingos on the grassy expanse near the dean's office. It's become a fabled Madison moment, memorable enough to induce local newspaper columnist Doug Moe to use his column as a platform to lobby for the pink plastic flamingo's designation as the city's official bird.

5. "In a year a person requires oxygen provided by seven to eight trees"

#Factops : "In a year a person requires oxygen provided by seven to eight trees"

A human breathes about 9.5 tonnes of air in a year, from which only 23% is Oxygen. That means a person require total of about 740 kg of oxygen per year. And a tree produce approx. 115 kg oxygen per year, So its roughly requires about 7 to 8 trees to produce enough oxygen for single person.

6. "There is a university which teaches skills to become a Santa Claus and can have earning of $100,000 a year"

#Factops : "There is a university which teaches skills to become a Santa Claus and can have earning of $100,000 a year"

Santa Claus is recognized around the world as perhaps the Christmas brand ambassador. The Charles W. Howard Santa Claus School, is a non-profit organization, established in 1937. It is the longest continuously running Santa Claus School in the world. This Santa School has been taught in Australia, Greenland, and England.

7. "The most accurate clock in the world is accurate to one second in 300 million years"

#Factops : "The most accurate clock in the world is accurate to one second in 300 million years"

If you thought your watch is accurate, think again, the Us government has revealed the world's most accurate clock, the "NIST-F2", It would neither gain nor lose one second in about 300 million years, making it about three times as accurate as NIST-F1, which has served as the standard since 1999.

8. "Of all the words in the English language, the word 'SET' has the most definitions"

#Factops : "Of all the words in the English language, the word 'SET' has the most definitions"

The word "Set" has the most definitions of any word in the English language at a whopping 464. It also has quite a few more descriptions than the next most meaningful word, "Run" which has 396 different definitions. Rounding out the top five are "Run" with 396 definitions, "Go" with 368, "Take" with 343, and "Stand" with 334.

9. "In 2015 Christmas there will be full moon, lastly it was in 1977 and next will be in 2034"

#Factops : "In 2015 Christmas there will be full moon, lastly it was in 1977 and next will be in 2034"

Not since 1977 has a full moon dawned in the skies on Christmas. But this in this year of 2015, a bright full moon will be an added gift for the holidays.This rare thing won’t happen again until 2034. That’s a long time to wait, so make sure to look up to the skies on Christmas Day.

10. "The first skyjacking occurred in 1931 in the skies above Peru"

#Factops : "The first skyjacking occurred in 1931 in the skies above Peru"

The first recorded skyjacking of an airplane took place on Feb. 21, 1931 at the city of Arequipa, Peru when a group of rebel soldiers in Peru forced two American pilots to fly them about and drop propaganda leaflets over Lima. The pilots refused and the rebels ended their seizure on March 2, without any damages to the plane.

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Facts #2

11:37:00

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1. "Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill"

#Factops : "Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill"

Unlike humans, fires usually travel uphill much faster than downhill. The steeper the slope, the faster the fire travels. Fires travel in the direction of the ambient wind, which usually flows uphill.

2. "Himalayas are growing taller at a rate of 20 mm every year"

#Factops : "Himalayas are growing taller at a rate of 20 mm every year"

The Himalayan Mountain Range was formed roughly about 70 million years ago as a result of a collision between Indo-Australian and Eurasian plates. Due to this collision it's still growing 20 mm every year. Himalayas cover 0.4% of the space of earth.

3. "In 1956 IBM launched the 305 RAMAC, the first ‘SUPER’ computer with a hard disk"

#Factops : "In 1956 IBM launched the 305 RAMAC, the first ‘SUPER’ computer with a hard disk"

The IBM 305 RAMAC was the first commercial computer that used a moving-head hard disk drive (magnetic disk storage) for secondary storage.The first RAMAC to be used in the U.S. auto industry was installed at Chrysler's MOPAR Division in 1957. It weighed over a ton.

4. "We use over 8 thousand crore aluminum soda cans every year"

#Factops : "We use over 8 thousand crore aluminum soda cans every year"

Use of aluminum in cans began in 1957.The easy-open aluminum end for beverage cans was developed by Alcoa in 1962 for the Pittsburgh Brewing Company and is now used in nearly 100% of the canned beer market.

5. "Lightning bolt generates temperature five times hotter than the sun's surface"

#Factops : "Lightning bolt generates temperature five times hotter than the sun's surface"

In a single second about 100 lightning bolts strike's on the Earth's surface and yet their power is extraordinary. Each bolt can contain up to one billion volts of electricity. Most lightning occurs over land rather than oceans, with around 70% of it occurring in the Tropics. The average temperature of lightning is about 53,540 degrees Fahrenheit.

6. "Mandarin is the most widely spoken language in the world"

#Factops : "Mandarin is the most widely spoken language in the world"

Mandarin Chinese language doesn't have an alphabet. It is written with symbols. These symbols are called Chinese characters. Chinese characters represent the oldest writing system in the world.There are over 100,000 Chinese characters recorded in the most advanced Mandarin Chinese dictionaries. The second, third and fourth most widely spoken languages are Spanish, English and Hindi respectively.

7. "Of the 60 billion emails that are sent on a daily basis, 97% are considered spam"

#Factops : "Of the 60 billion emails that are sent on a daily basis, 97% are considered spam"

Gary Thuerk sent the first email spam message in 1978 to 600 people. He was reprimanded and told not to do it again. It was estimated that spam cost businesses on the order of $100 billion in 2007. Bulgaria is the first country to legalize spam. Acronyms for spam are believed to be false etymologies.

8. "More people on this planet own a mobile phone than the tooth brush"

#Factops : "More people on this planet own a mobile phone than the tooth brush"

There are over 7 billion people in the world. An estimated 4 billion of them own mobile phones, but only around 3.5 billion own toothbrushes.

9. "A violin contains about 70 separate pieces of wood"

#Factops : "A violin contains about 70 separate pieces of wood"

Violins are very complex and it require over 70 different pieces of wood to create a modern violin. The Violin is also called a fiddle. The modern word Violin is derived from the Italian word violino, literally meaning 'small viola'.

10. "The original name of windows was Interface Manager"

#Factops : "The original name of windows was Interface Manager"

The first independent version of Microsoft Windows, version 1.0, released on November 20, 1985, achieved little popularity. The project was briefly code named "Interface Manager" before the window system was developed, contrary to popular belief that it was the original name for Windows.

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