Amazing Facts (Mumbai)

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Amazing Facts (Ocean-Atlantic Ocean)

Facts of arctic ocean


Though the Arctic and the Antarctic may seem similar to many people, they are in fact poles apart. While the former is a continent surrounded by oceans, the later is an ocean surrounded by continents

And unlike Antarctic, which is a barren desert, the Arctic is teeming with life. The Arctic Ocean is located in the Arctic Circle and the most visible feature of it is that the Ocean is always covered in ice for most of the year Surprisingly, even though it looks barren, many creatures flourish here and the region is extremely rich in natural resources. As a result, humans have exploited the Arctic for centuries and the toll it had taken on the fragile environment is being increasingly apparent now

The ice cover is rapidly shrinking, which will have an adverse affect on the environment of the planet. The shrinking ice pack is leading to rise in global sea levels and ozone layer depletion

Scientists believe that if the present level of meltdown continues, then the Arctic Ocean would be ice-free by the next 4 to 5 decades disrupting ocean current patterns and leading to severe effect on climate change. Therefore, the survival of mankind depends a lot on the survival of this ocean


The Arctic Ocean is surrounded by Greenland, Alaska, Canada, Russia and Norway making it virtually landlocked

The Ocean is connected to the Pacific Ocean by the Bering Strait and the Atlantic Ocean by the Greenland Sea


At around 13,986,000 square kilometers, it is the smallest ocean in the world and is located around the North Pole.
At the bottom of the Arctic basin, there is always a pool of very cold water. This is because, though the Ocean is connected to the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean, there is an exchange of surface water with the subsurface current bringing in warm water from the Atlantic Ocean (the strait connecting it to the Pacific Ocean is very shallow and narrow). However, the submarine ridges prevent the exchange of deeper water and so it remains cold


The deepest spot in the Arctic Ocean is the Eurasian Basin at 17,880 feet. The average dept of the Arctic Ocean is around 3406 feet


There are three types of ice that covers the Arctic Ocean—polar ice, pack ice and fast ice. Polar ice never melts completely and can be as thick as 50m in winter and as thin as 2m in summer. The ice at the edge of the polar ice is known as pack ice. Pack ice freezes completely only in winter. The ice formed around the pack ice and the land around the Arctic Ocean during the winter is known as fast ice


The Arctic Ocean remains covered by an ice cap for most of the year as its temperature rarely rises above the freezing point. The extent and thickness of the ice cap varies seasonally. From October to June, the ocean is virtually ice locked


The Arctic Ocean is full of life and has a fragile ecosystem. Marine life includes walruses, whales and jellyfish. The banded gunnel is the only species of gunnel, a type of fish, found in the ocean. The ocean is teeming with fish life and more fishes are found here than anywhere on the earth. Plant life is minimal except for phytoplankton, which is a crucial part of the ocean ecosystem


The ocean is also rich in natural resources. The region holds around 25% of the world’s undiscovered petroleum resources. Apart from petroleum and natural gas there is also abundance of placer deposits, polymetallic nodules, sand and gravel aggregates


The salinity of the Arctic Ocean varies seasonally depending on the melting and freezing of the ice cover. It has the lowest average salinity among all the oceans because of low evaporation, heavy inflow of freshwater and limited connection to other oceans

The North Polar Basin in the Arctic Ocean is divided into two oceanic basins—the Eurasian Basin and the Amerasian Basin. The two basins are further divided by ridges into Canada Basin, Makarov Basin, Fram Basin and Nansen basin

 

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RE: Amazing Facts (Ocean-Arctic Ocean)

Awesowe facts bro.. :clap

 

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RE: Amazing Facts (Ocean-Arctic Ocean)

Awesowe facts bro.. :clap

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Amazing Facts (Ocean-Arctic Ocean)

Some facts of bengali lauguage




Bengali is usually ranked about sixth in the world in terms of number of people who speak it as a first language, with approximately 200 million native speakers in Bangladesh and several states in India

Bengali typically has borrowed freely from the cultures and languages it is near, resulting in slight differences in vocabulary depending where you are


Bengali is often known as the second most beautiful language in the world after French


What’s interesting about the Bengali alphabet is that all the consonants have a vowel sound built-in. Diacritical marks are used when writing to change the default vowel sound
This can be utterly confounding to Westerners, because a word can be repeated several times with different marks and thus is pronounced differently each time, with a different meaning


Happily (for an English-speaker) Bengali does not have gendered nouns, but there is a lot of subtle inflection in spoken Bengali which can take some time to master

Verbs are especially difficult because they are heavily inflected, and the wrong inflection changes their case and your overall meaning (Some examples of this heavy inflection can be observed here: bn-conj-যাওয়া, bn-conj-হওয়া). This can be either hilarious or horrifying depending on the situation.
In the world of literature contribution of Bengali is no less than English or any other language

Rabindranath Tagore was awarded the Nobel Prize for Gitanjali, which was written in Bengali

There are Bengali radio stations in different countries- India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, China, Japan, Germany, USA, Thailand, Philippines, Iran, etc.
International Mother


Language day is based on Bengali language



In 2002, Bangla was named an honorary official language of Sierra Leone in honour of the 5300 Bangladeshi troops who were part of the Sierra Leone Peacekeeping Force

Bengali is the secondary language of Karachi

The University of Karachi offers honours programmes in the Bengali language

Bengali is the language after which the International Mother Language Day is based

On 21st February 1952, several activists and students were killed near Dhaka University, during protests which were a part of the Bengali Language Movement, a cultural uprising to reclaim Bangla identity in East Pakistan

UNESCO honoured this incident by marking the 21st of February International Mother Language Day in 1997

The Shohid Minar (Martyr's Monument) in Dhaka was built of commemorate the same

National Anthem of India is written in Bengali

Bengali is often known as sweetest language

The new Bengali Language is only 200 years old

 

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Amazing Facts (Ocean-Bengali Language)

SOME FACTS OF LORD SHRI KRISHNA







Lord Krishna has total of 108 names. Some of which famous names are Gopal, Govind, Devakinandan, Mohan, Shyam, Ghanshyam, Hari, Baanke Bihari, Girdhari etc.

Lord Krishna

Krishna brought back the dead son of his Guru, Sage Sandipani and by this act he paid Guru Dakshina to his Guru

The actual body color of Krishna was dark and not blue

He also brought back the six dead sons of Devaki for a reunion who were the grandsons of Hiranakashyap and were suffering from a curse



The six sons of Devaki whom Kansa killed were actually the sons of Kansa. Kansa was Kalanemi in his earlier birth and was killed by Lord Vishnu. All the six sons of Devaki were the sons of Kalanemi in their previous births who were cursed by Hiranakashyap that they would be killed by their father. Thus Kansa killed his own sons only

The seventh son of Devaki was Balram and the eighth being Lord Krishna himself




Krishna had 16,108 wives. Out of which eight were princely queens and he had 80 sons in all. 10 sons from each of these eight wives


Krishna’s pairing with Radha is world famous but there is no mention of Radha anywhere in any of the Hindu scriptures, neither Mahabharta nor Bhagwada Gita

Radha Krishna

Ekalavya was originally a cousin brother of Krishna, son of Devsharava (brother of Vasudeva). When he sacrificed his right thumb as a Guru Dakshina asked by his Guru Dronacharya, Krishna blessed him with a reincarnation boon to take revenge from Dronacharya. And he was the only one who killed Dronacharya in Mahabharata

He name in Mahabharata was Drishtadyumna.


The first person who told Karna about the secret of his birth was “Lord Krishna”.
Rukmini, the wife of Lord Krishna is considered to be an avatar of Goddess Laxmi

The narration of Bhagwada Gita was firstly not only heard by Arjuna, it was also heard by Hanumana and Sanjay at the same time


Pradyumana, the son of Lord Krishna was Kamdeva who was turned into ashes in his earlier life by Lord Shiva


Draupadi meant a lot to Krishna. She is also believed to be his true lover and a fast friend. He loved and protected her like a true friend forever.



LORD KRISHNA teachings:

HAVE FAITH IN KARMA

The most important teaching of Krishna is the philosophy of “Karma”. He teaches us to be consistently good in all our duties without worrying about the fruits we will get out of it. The job of humans is to just perform their duties honestly and should always try to deliver their best in whatever they are doing. The results will be automatically excellent then when you will put your heart and soul into something without worrying about the outcomes

JUST LIVE IN PRESENT

Lord Krishna teaches us to always live in present. He says one should always focus only and only on the present happenings of his life and should not at all repent over the past or worry about the future because both the situations are not in his control. Whatever has happened no matter how much you weep over that, it is not going to change now and for a better future you should concentrate on your present. Worrying in any case is not going to help you out and will just spoil your present too. Like do never feel sorry about your previous job no matter how bad it was because you cannot change anything about it, instead concentrate on your present job to make your future better



NEVER BE PROUD OF YOUR ASSETS:

Always remember that whatever belongs to you today belonged to someone else in the past and may belong to someone else in the future so we should never be proud of any of our materialistic properties because you can never predict the circle of time. Example, the same bird which eats ants when she is alive is eaten by the same ants when she is dead. Live a good life by helping others and understanding them instead of underestimating anyone because everyone is a child of God and is made up of same five elements.




BE GENUINE AND EQUAL IN EVERY SITUATION:

Another teaching which Lord Krishna teaches us to be always uniform in our actions. Remember God is omnipresent and is almighty, he knows everything and you can never hide your actions from Him. No matter if anyone is watching you or not you should be honest in your action. Example people tend to do wrong activities like stealing and other things if no one is around, which is completely wrong in the eyes of God because he is watching you and will punish you for unkind actions



ALWAYS GO WITH THE RIGHT THINGS:

This teaching of our dear God Krishna is the much needed of present times when there is so much of corruption in the world. It happens frequently that if the criminal is a relative of any big personality or himself is a VIP he gets the bail or is released. This practice has slowly killed our morals. Though we are not wrong, but if we are rescuing a criminal we are completely doing injustice to the victim and above that to the law which has been made to protect the innocent people and punish the wrong ones. Even if your relative or a friend is wrong you should make him realize his mistake and make him regret over it. As in “Mahabharata” Lord Krishna himself teaches Arjuna to be against his cousin brothers and defeat him anyhow in the battleground because they (Kauravas) were wrong and Pandavas were fighting against the evil. No matter against whom you are fighting, good should always win at the end and evil should die

Lord Krishna says that the worry of results and benefits weaken your performance level as they divert your concentration. Like preparing for any of your exams is just your duty, do it with all your passion and dedication and no one can stop you from achieving brilliant results. Worrying about the exams will only waste your time and will destroy you

 

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Amazing Facts (Ocean-Bengali Language)

Some facts of pune :tup

1)It is one of India’s oldest established cities still in existence

Pune is replete with history. The oldest reference to the city goes all the way back to the year 900, during the Rashtrakuta dynasty. This royal dynasty ruled a large part of the Indian subcontinent for 500 years – from the 6th all the way to the 11th century. This empire made Pune one of its major agricultural settlements


2)Pune used to be called Poona

The British colonial era gave a lot of positive and negative contributions to India and its people. In the early part of the 21st century, a growing movement in India changed colonial names of cities to reflect more historically accurate and indigenous names. The city name Poona was a name given to the city by the British. In recent years, the city, in a nationalistic overture, moved to change its name to Pune.

3) The city saw many wars against the British colonizers

In spite of its relatively smaller size and population, the city of Pune became the venue for many uprisings against the British. Not a few of Pune’s people fought and sacrificed their lives for the cause of national emancipation. The city has always been a center of social reform led by influential people such as Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Ban Gangadhar Tilak, Tarabai Shinde, and Pandita Ramabai, among many others.

4) Pune is one of India’s fastest-growing cities

Pune’s economic potential had been partially realized by the growth of major industries like the software and IT industries, floriculture, food-processing, and tourism. The city is now home to many IT parks and continues to attract foreign investors and multinational companies due to its good investment climate and young population of skilled professionals.

5)Pune sits on earthquake-prone territory

The city of Pune sits on a geographical location with considerable seismic activity. Over the years, Pune has felt weak to moderate earthquakes – none of which went beyond intensity V on the Richter scale. Pune though is said to be preparing for “the big one.”

6)Pune enjoys relatively excellent urban planning and development

The benefit of living in a city that is not as big as Delhi, Mumbai, or Bangalore – is its potential for careful, well-planned, and efficient urban planning. Over the years and into the future, Pune is being divided into different urban and residential zones to maximize the city’s efficiency and to cater to the growing demands of its populace. Neighbourhoods and suburbs are slowly being transformed into residential areas, IT parks, industrial areas, and education hubs.

7)Marathi is Pune’s most widely spoken language

Pune is the nucleus of Marathi influence. Hence, the city is proud of its Marathi mother tongue and heritage. Hindi, English, and Kannada though are also widely spoken.

8)Pune is a city of many faiths

Just like the rest of India, a great majority of people who live in Pune are Hindus. However, freedom of religion also enables other faiths to thrive and propagate in India’s capital. These other faiths include a sizeable population of Muslims, Jains, Sikhs, Buddhists, Catholics, and Protestants. There are also small numbers of Parsis, Jews, and atheists

9)Pune is one of India’s yoga centers

Pune is home to Iyengar yoga, one of the many schools of yoga propagated by yoga masters. This specific school of yoga was popularized by BKS Iyengar.

10)Pune food consists of only two main ingredients

The staple food of people from Pune include sorghum and pearl millet. Specialties include Puran Poli – a bread dessert, Mastani – a thick milkshake, and Bakarvadi – a crispy snack

11)Pune has the impeccable record of highest growth within a span of 20 years.

12) Pune is the only city in India, where there are seven Universities.

13) Pune has 35 engineering colleges, which is highest in the world in given city.

14) Pune University has 57 Engineering colleges affiliated to it, whichis highest in the world.



17) Pune is the only city in the world to have commercial and defenceAirport operating from the same strip.

16) Pune has highest number of public sectors and governmentOrganizations in India.

17) Pune university has highest number of students going abroad forhigher studies taking the first place from IIT-Kanpur

19) Pune has only 38% of local population i.e. Marathi. Hence a truecosmopolitan with around 20% North Indians,10% Tamilians, 14%Telugites, 10% Keralites, 8% Europeans, 5% Africans, 2% Bangalisand 6% a mixture of all races.

18)Pune police has the reputation of being second best in India after Bombay.

19) Pune has the highest density of traffic in India.

20) Pune has the highest number of 2-wheelers in Asia, about 2 millions.

21)Pune is considered the fashion capital comparable to Paris.

22) Pune has produced the maximum international sportsmen in India forall sports next to Mumbai & Delhi.

24)Pune has produced the maximum number of scientists considered formany high profile Prize nominations.

25) Pune has produced the highest number of professionals in USA,almost 60% of the Indian population abroad is from Pune (except inGulf)

 

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RE: Amazing Facts (Ocean-Bengali Language)

Do You Know that :sp

Over 99% of the cricketers
to earn ODI caps have not
scored even half as many runs
as Sachin Tendulkar has.. :c

 

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RE: Amazing Facts (Ocean-Bengali Language)

Bermuda Triangle

Fact No. 1
The Bermuda Triangle is not
small. In fact, it is quite large
and covers an area of 440,000
miles of sea. This is larger than
the combined area of Rajasthan,
Madhya Pradesh & Maharashtra.
Fact No. 2
The bermuda triangle is
certainly not fixed and its effect
can be experienced outside of
the triangle too.
Fact No. 3
The disappearances are
ascribed to UFO's and alien
activity, city of Atlantis lost
under the triangle, and various
other technical, natural and
geographical reasons.
Fact No. 4
Whenever any plane or ship
disappears in the Triangle, its
debris cannot be found. The
reason behind this is that Gulf
Stream runs near the triangle,
which quickly gets rid of the
debris.
Fact No. 5
At least 1000 lives are lost
within the last 100 years. On
average, 4 aircraft and 20 yachts
go missing every year.
Fact No. 6
Inside the Bermuda Triangle,
US Government has AUTEC (for
Atlantic Undersea Test and
Evaluation Center), which is
located on the Andros Island of
Bahamas. Here US Navy tests
their submarines, sonar and
other weapons. However many
are of the view that it is more
than just the testing center.
Fact No. 7
People have experienced
electronic fog in bermuda
triangle, which can be a Time
Travel Tunnel too. Pilot Bruce
Gernon claims he lost 28
minutes after flying through a
time-warping cloud tunnel. The
plane went missing from radars,
only to re-emerge in Miami
Beach. (Source: The Fog by
Bruce Gernon.)

10 Shocking Facts About the Bermuda Triangle, - Hello Travel Buzz

 

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some facts of our national animal tiger :tup



Enjoy these fun tiger facts for kids. Learn about different types of tigers, how big they are, how fast they run, how they hunt and more.

Check out the wide range of interesting facts about tigers and their cubs.

 


The tiger is the biggest species of the cat family.

Tigers can reach a length of up to 3.3 metres (11 feet) and weigh as much as 300 kilograms (660 pounds).

Subspecies of the tiger include the Sumatran Tiger, Siberian Tiger, Bengal Tiger, South China Tiger, Malayan Tiger and Indochinese Tiger.

Many subspecies of the tiger are either endangered or already extinct. Humans are the primary cause of this through hunting and the destruction of habitats.

Around half of tiger cubs don’t live beyond two years of age

Tiger cubs leave their mother when they are around 2 years of age

A group of tigers is known as an ‘ambush’ or ‘streak’

Tigers are good swimmers and can swim up to 6 kilometres.

Rare white tigers carry a gene that is only present in around 1 in every 10000 tigers

Tigers usually hunt alone at night time

Tigers have been known to reach speeds up to 65 kph

Less than 10% of hunts end successfully for tigers

Tigers can easily jump over 5 metres in length

Various tiger subspecies are the national animals of Bangladesh, India, North Korea, South Korea and Malaysia

There are more tigers held privately as pets than there are in the wild

Tigers that breed with lions give birth to hybrids known as tigons and ligers



Night vision of the tiger is approximately six times better than humans


To mark their territories, they scratch trees and use their urine


Unlike other members of the cat family tigers are good swimmers and can go easily inside water for cooling themselves and in the pursuit of prey


A tiger’s brain may weigh over 300g which is believed to be the largest among carnivores after the polar bears

Just like human fingerprints, the stripes on each tiger are unique.For trapping their prey, tigers are often found imitating the sound of other animals. Bears constitute a major part of the tigers’ diet as very often their habitats overlap


There are very small numbers of tigers who develop a taste for human flesh.Tigers’ saliva contains antiseptic elements. That is why they lick their wounds to disinfect them

 

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