Why was Sriharikota chosen by ISRO as the launching site of PSLV?

1. Location, Location & Location:

• Located nearer to the equator, Sriharikota is the ideal launch site for geostationary satellites.​
• Sriharikota is ideal for eastward launches. SHAR’s location on the east coast ensures that it gains an additional velocity of 0.4 km/s due to Earth’s rotation to easily launch rockets. Most satellites are launched eastward. Click & search for eastward to know "Why are most satellites launched eastward?"
• There is also a proposal for a new launch pad at Kulaseka­ra­pa­ttinam in 2013 which is ideal for southward launches. (refer: ISRO News)

2. Accessibility:

• Their equipments are huge and travel from across the world. For this very reason, It must be accessible by all means of transport; Land, Air, Water.
• At the same time, The site is prone for accidents. So, it should be remote away from inhabitants.
• Being a coastal islandish area with no habitation proves advantageous for Sriharikota because it is on National Highway (NH-5), 20 KM away from nearest Railway Station, and 70 KM (Chennai) from nearest International Ports by air & ships. Can you ask for more?

On the left:
Red dot - Railway Station, Yellow line - NH 5


3. Coastal Site:

• You never know what falls off from a flying object. The maximum distance of impact from the launch site can be upto 6,500 kms. See the map towards the east of Sriharikota. Need I stress more?

4. Climate:

• See the chart below? The red horizontal line signifies the temperatures registered in Sriharikota across the year. The blue vertical line represents the rainfall in mm. Heavy rains come only in October and November allowing them to test outdoor for 10 months in an year. There's no bad day than a rain day and Sriharikota offers you optimal rainfall.

It is no accident that Sriharikota is chosen. Sriharikota is not chosen among few options. It is THE OPTION for ISRO. Sriharikota silently played & playing it's role in making India proud ever since the "Rohini-125" sounding rocket was launched in 1971 helping 35/43 successful launches as of June, 2014.

Rare natural phenomenon that occur on earth

Oh Earth you, such a beauty you’re. Your sumptuousness is utterly elusive. Your mesmerizing ways to keep us amused in whatever ways you put up your show is laudable; even for the wrecking destruction that you perform, the aftermath is quite dazzling.
Who doesn’t like the serenity of the earth? Who doesn’t get awestruck looking at the vastness of sheer Godliness that it disseminates? And who doesn’t believe that if there’s magic anywhere in world, it’s right here. Here are some natural phenomena that occur on earth, which will leave you stunned;

Glowing Ocean Neon, Indian Ocean



For years, those who sailed in the Indian Ocean were witnessing a magical and one of a kind sight. All hail the glowing stretches of water. The biological light is the product of marine microbes called phytoplankton.

The Spotted Lake, Canada



This lake contains saline
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endorheic alkali lake on the eastern side of Similkameen Valley. As the water evaporates from this lake, it leaves behind these eerie holes. Each circle is of different color, due to the variety of minerals found in it.


Fields of Web, Australia



A phenomena so rare, that only occurs only when spiders flee from floodwater or any other catastrophe of similar kind. What they do is leave fields of web. They are then capable of making a big blanket of web on vast fields, even threatening to the habitat nearby.

Zhangye Danxia Landform Geological Park, China



What looks like a painting or a magnificent piece of art, is an actual place in China. The colorful and majestic view is the result of years and years of sediments of mineral deposits and red sandstone. The beauty present is also a collaborative effect of rain and wind that formed valleys, waterfalls, towers, and ravines.

Migration of Monarch Butterfly, United States



Everyone loves butterflies, but imagine a million hovering over your head. These butterflies cannot stand the cold winters of most of the parts of United States and therefore they migrate every autumn to either south or west. They go to Mexico and Southern California, where it remains warm all year long.



Frozen Methane Bubbles, Alaska



These beautiful methane bubbles are alluring and dangerous at the same time. Staying near to them, when popped can cause some serious injuries. These frozen methane bubbles are a beautiful repercussion of dead organic matters, that falls to the bottom, to the delight of bacteria waiting below.


This Storm, Venezuela



This blistering sight occurs in Venezuela. When warm and cold fronts meet where the river empties into Lake Maracaibo, it forms just the right conditions for this phenomenon. Nearby marshes emit methane gas, improving the electrical conductivity of the clouds, which also helps cause these extended lightning strikes which can last 10 hours.

Hair Ice, Wales



Wonder why everything other thing is happening because of bacteria? Well, here’s one more for you. This form of ice is called Haareis or hair ice. This basically happens because of the bacteria pseudomonas syringae. It results in the increased freezing temperature of the water inside the plants, and then when it escapes, it results in this.


Crooked Forest, Poland



As some say, it is because of the extreme queer gravitational pull, however, there are numerous other theories too, totally defying the reason. This forest consist of 400 pine trees, which were planted in the year 1930.


Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia



This beauty, during the rainy seasons, turns itself into a natural mirror. People call it the mirror of the heaven.


Sailing Stones, Death Valley



Racetrack Playa embraces these sailing stones, the ones that have kept the world intimidated by its mere occurrence. There are people who tried figuring out the reason behind this, but failed miserably. Of late, a scientist claims to have the answer, not sure about the credibility though. Some stones are as heavy as 300 kg.




Floating in Dead Sea



If you don’t know how to swim and still want to enjoy the joy of being in the water and this is the place for you. The salt concentration of the Dead Sea fluctuates around 31.5%. This is unusually high and results in a nominal density of 1.24 kg/l. Anyone can easily float in the Dead Sea because of natural buoyancy.



The Blood Rain, Kerela



July 25, 2001 it rained red in Kottayam. It blew everyone’s mind to see red clouds hovering overhead and then the sporadic red rain. It has been a heated debate ever since. Researchers say that it was dust particles from Arabian Desert or exploding material from meteor or from the volcano eruption in Philippine.


Colorful Lakes, Indonesia



These beautiful lakes at the top of Mount Flores, are indubitably a pleasing and startling sight for everyone, which, therefore, remains most visited of all. These lakes are said to change colors. Also known as Kelimutu Lakes, it remained red, blue and white until 2006, but changed the red lake is black-brown, the blue lake becomes light green and the white lake is black.



Fallstreak Hole, New Zealand



A large elliptical gap in the sky that forms when the temperature of the clouds is below freezing point, but the water hasn’t frozen because of Ice nucleation. These ice crystals create a domino effect making them heavier and leaving a hole in the cloud.



Turquoise Ice Laka Baikal



Bearing the crown of largest fresh water lake on the entire planet, Laka Baikal contains 20% of the earth’s fresh water. It has over two thousand varieties of flora and fauna, of which almost 1,600 are endemic to the lake.


Aurora Borealis, Norway



The last, but certainly not the least, this natural phenomenon has won million hearts. Derived from the latin word “sunrise”, aurora borealis is the natural light display in the sky. The reason is charged particles, mainly electrons and protons, entering the atmosphere.

Make your own Earthquake indicator/alarm

If you live in earthquake prone zone and are frightened of the earthquakes coming in the night. Follow this simple trick to make your own Earthquake indicator/alarm.

Stack steel glasses/tumblers on the edge of any table, as shown in the picture.



In the event of an Earthquake, the tumblers will fall down making enough noise to wake you up. And, you can always run for an open and safer place afterwards.

An Austrian town name Fucking.

This is the name of an actual town-in Austria. 

As you might imagine, English speaking tourists have long had a field day stealing the sign, at such inconvenience to the town that a vote was held in 2004 to change its own name. The residents resisted doing so-a memorable quote from the proceedings came from the mayor at the time: "[e]veryone here knows what it means in English, but for us Fucking is Fucking—and it's going to stay Fucking."
So there.
Just to be fair in German the word sounds like 'foo-king'.

Some awesome anagrams

"Listen" ---> "Silent"
"The morse code" ---> "Here come dots"
"Funeral" ---> "Real Fun"
"The detectives" ---> "Detect thieves"
"The earthquakes" ---> "That queer shake"

Some Personalities
"Libyan Rot" ---> "Tony Blair"
"Tiny Blonde" ---> "Enid Blyton"
"Oh Man I Bat" ---> "Ian Botham"
"Fine in torn jeans" ---> "Jennifer Aniston"
"Sadly I went" ---> "Walt Disney"
"Elite Brain nest" ---> "Albert Einstein"
"A bad man no lies" ---> "Osama Bin Laden"
"Occasional Nude Income" ---> "Madonna Louise Ciccone"
"Radium came" ---> "Madam Curie"
"Schooled Prone" ---> "Sheldon Cooper" :P :P
"Justin Timberlake" ---> "I'm a jerk, but listen"
"William Shakesphere" ---> "I'll make a wise phrase"
" Tom Marvolo Riddle" ---> "I am Lord Voldemort"

The Parasite That Becomes a Tongue

There exists a parasite (Cymothoa exigua) that destroys the tongue of a fish and then replaces the tongue for the rest of its lifespan, essentially transforming into a living, parasitic, but fully functioning and otherwise harmless tongue.



Cool, huh?

How a homeless dead man fooled the Nazi war machinery !!

The allied invasion had not yet begun. Everybody knew the Allies were going to attack but "where" was a big question.

The British came up with Operation Mincemeat.

The idea was to successfully convince the Nazis that the Allies planned to invade Greece and Sardinia. However, the actual invasion was to take place in the island of Sicily, Italy.

Easy? Well, definitely not. This was at the peak of the war. Every information which the was received was scrutinized by both Allies and Axis Powers. They knew spies would leak false information to fool them and they took extra precautions to ensure that any information received was genuine.

The basic plan was to plant important 'classified' documents onto a dead body and somehow ensure that the body is found by the Nazis and also convinces them that the plan was indeed genuine and not an Allied trick.

How was this achieved ?

Research: The British team undertook a research for several months to identify what kind of body would be needed. They had planned to drop the body in the sea and it should appear to the Nazis as if the person had died at sea of drowning and then floated ashore. However, finding such a body was not easy. As the mission was supposed to be extremely secret, there would always be some next-to-kin who wanted to know why they needed the dead body etc.

They finally found their man in the form of a dead man named Glyndwr Michael, who had died after consuming rat poison. As per the coroner, the rat poison did not kill him outright and resulted in more of a slow death. This would lead very little clues for the Nazis who definitely would perform post-mortem to determine the cause of death. To help the cause further, Glyndwr Michael had no known relatives.

The actual dead body of Glyndwr Michael.



Creating an 'identity' for the dead man: This was the most difficult step for the British. They were sure that Nazi spies would do their best to confirm if such a person really existed, what his personal life was, what did he do etc.


The Name: The dead man was given the identity of Captain William 'Bill' Martin. He was given the rank of an 'Acting Major' to convince the Nazis that the dead person was indeed senior enough to be carrying sensitive documents. The name "Martin" was chosen because it was a very common name in the Royal Marines.
Personal Life: William Martin was provided a fiancee named Pam. He would have a photograph of her in his wallet. He carried a love letter and the receipt of a diamond engagement ring.
The Fakes: William Martin also carried, a silver cross, keys, a bus ticket, and a cinema ticket at a local London theater.

Here is a snapshot of the identity card created.



The False Documents: It was ensured that the letter came from the highest level. The document covered several sensitive topics. The letter mentioned about Operation Husky, the invasion of Greece. There was also a letter of introduction for Major Martin. The documents were placed in a briefcase and to ensure that the briefcase is found along with the dead body, it was chained to the body. This also added to the effect that something very important was being carried in the briefcase.

The Disposal of the Body: The body was transferred to British submarine HMS Seraph and at 0430 Hrs on April 30th, a life jacket was placed on the body and let loose. At 0930 Hrs, it was spotted by a local fisherman who took it to local authorities and it eventually reached the Nazis.

I am not sure if the below image is the actual one or just a representation from the movie.




Lot of telegrams were flying between London and Madrid stating - "Recovering the content of the briefcase is a must !!".

The death was reported by the Navy in the Newspapers too.



The Result: Nazis did their necessary checks. They performed the autopsy. The Nazi spies did their investigation in London and checked out the places where Martin had visited and everything panned out perfectly.

Nazis fell for the trap and one of the famous Nazi Generals Erwin Rommel was sent to Greece to assume command.

The British forces attacked Sicily and captured it within five weeks. They encountered little resistance.




Edit (courtesy Phil Darnowsky): After the Nazis fell for this trick, and British intelligence confirmed that the Nazis had read the bunk documents, they sent Churchill a telegram to confirm it. That telegram read: MINCEMEAT SWALLOWED WHOLE.

The Final Resting Place: The grave of Glydwr Michael is currently in the Spanish town of Huelva. The part mentioning the name 'Glyndwr Michael' was added after the war.

Unbelievable,The Raising of Chicago

The city of Chicago was raised by several feet during the 1860s without disrupting daily life or businesses closing down to solve a drainage problem. Entire buildings, shopping centers, sidewalks and hotels were all lifted up manually by laborers using jackscrews while people went about their daily lives, shopped and dined. In one case, a large hotel was raised off the ground even while guests stayed on oblivious of what was going on underneath them:

"....one patron was puzzled to note that the front steps leading from the street into the hotel were becoming steeper every day and that when he checked out, the windows were several feet above his head, whereas before they had been at eye level. This huge hotel, which until just the previous year had been the tallest building in Chicago, was in fact raised fully 6 feet (1.8 m) without a hitch."

Some great Advertisements

1. Rock On ad from Hard Rock cafe




2. Kolestron Naturals: Change. “This outdoor execution was strategically positioned on a promenade. It had an unspoiled view of the sea and skyline behind it. The woman’s hair is die-cut in the billboard to capture the variations of Kolestron’s Naturals’ colors through the different phase of the day and night.”




3. This clever Snicker ad




4. Game Of Thrones print ad. Probably one of the finest print ad ever.




5. This Facebook ad of Nutella <3

some terms heard only in programming.

• Root is the top of tree (I thought leaves were at the top at tree)
• Declaring constant variable (How can a constant be a variable?)
• Red parent will have black child only (Red - Black Tree )
• Jar - You need java to open this, normal hands won't do it.
• Recursion in google search.
• Friends have access to private parts (In OOPs)
• Two famous personality : Alice & Bob
• ACID is good for database (Acid are very harmful for humans)
• Working with Python is good (Python is a dangerous snake)
• Check Logs (logs have termites and other insects)
• Catch the Exception (and not the ball)
• To Remove Conflict launch WAR signals.
• Kill the child if it's consuming too much resources.
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• Took 1 millisecond to run, that's too much time.
• If something goes wrong, die.

What is reason behind Yawning and Sneezing?

Yawning: you yawn when your body lacks supply of oxygen, so it sucks in as much oxygen as possible through a yawn. If you'd notice, you take in so much air when compared to normal breathing. When you feel like yawning, breathe in a lot of air and the sensation would be gone. 

Sneezing: your inners of your nose are coated with small hairs, kind of like a filter. It's duty is to filter all the little particles while you inhale. While sometimes, the particles are quite large and cause an irritation inside the nose which stimulates the body to sneeze or expel the said particle out of your nose. Fun fact, you can NEVER keep your eyes open while sneezing, it's said that the sneeze is expelled at over 100 miles/hour and would cause your eyes to be squeezed out if kept open.

Indians are everywhere.

According to the records of Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs of the Government of India, only 3 countries in the world don't have any Indian diaspora: North Korea, Pakistan, Bhutan

Bhutan doesn't allow non-Bhutanese to gain citizenship or permanent residency while Pakistan doesn't give long-term visas to Indians. North Korea is closed off to the world. Everywhere else, even in tiny countries in the Polynesian islands, you'll find a few Indians settled there.

Max Planck, the unluckiest physicist ever.

Max Planck, the German theoretical physicist who originated quantum theory, which won him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1918. He is the Planck's constant guy.

He lived what could arguably be called as one of the most miserable personal and family life.


"His beloved first wife died early, in 1909, and the younger of his two sons was killed in the First World War. He also had twin daughters whom he adored. One died giving birth. The surviving twin went to look after the baby and fell in love with her sister's husband. They married and two years later she died in childbirth. In 1944, when Planck was eighty-five, an Allied bomb fell on his house and he lost everything -- papers, diaries, a lifetime of accumulations. The following year his surviving son was caught in a conspiracy to assassinate Hitler and executed."

Short Stories with twist ending

Story 1 :


A certain private school was faced with a unique problem, where a number of 12-year old girls were beginning to use lipstick.

They would apply it from the restroom, which was fine. But after that they would press their lips on the mirror leaving dozens of little lip prints.

Every night the maintenance janitor would remove them, and the next day the girls would put them back. Finally the principal decided that something had to be done.

She called all girls to the bathroom and met them there with the maintenance janitor. She explained that all these lip prints were causing a major problem for the janitor who had to clean the mirrors every night (you can just imagine all the yawns from the little princesses).

To demonstrate how difficult it was to clean the mirrors, she asked the maintenance janitor to show the girls how much effort was required.

He took out a long-handed mop, dipped it in the toilet, and cleaned the mirror with it.

Since then, there were no lip prints on the mirror.
(There are teachers. And then there are educators!!)



Story 2 :

An old lady always gave the bus conductor cashew nuts, almonds to eat

Conductor : That's so kind of you that you give me those nuts to eat?

Why don't you eat them yourself?

Old lady : I don't have teeth to munch them.

Conductor : Then why did you buy them?

Old lady : I just love the chocolate around them.


Story 3 :


Dumbo is in a Quiz Contest trying to win prize money of Rs.1 crore.

The questions are as follows:

1) How long was the 100 year war?

A) 116

B) 99

C) 100

D) 150

Dumbo says "I will skip this"

2) In which country are the Panama hats made?

A) BRASIL

B) CHILE

C) PANAMA

D) EQUADOR

Dumbo asks for help from the University students

3) In which month do the Russians celebrate the October Revolution?

A) JANUARY

B) SEPTEMBER

C) OCTOBER

D) NOVEMBER

Dumbo asks for help from general public

4) Which of these was King George VI first name?

A) EDER

B) ALBERT

C) GEORGE

D) MANOEL

Dumbo asks for lucky cards

5) The Canary islands, in thePacific Ocean, has its name based on which animal:

A) CANARY BIRD

B) KANGAROO

C) PUPPY

D) RAT

Dumbo gives up.

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If You think you are indeed clever and laughed at Dumbo's replies, then

please check the answers below:

1) The 100 year war lasted 116 years from 1337-1453

2) The Panama hat is made in Equador

3) The October revolution is celebrated in November

4) King George's first name was Albert. In 1936 he changed his name.

5) Puppy. The Latin name is INSULARIA CANARIA which means islands of

the puppies.

Now tell me who's the dumb one....!


Story 4 :

There was a king. He had 10 wild dogs...

He used them to torture and eat all the ministers who made mistakes.

Once, one of the ministers gave an opinion which was wrong, and which the king didn’t like at all…

So he ordered for the minister to be thrown to the dogs.

So the minister said,

"I served you 10 years and you do this..?

Please give me 10 days before you throw me in with those dogs!"

So the king agreed…

In those 10 days the minister went to the guard that was guarding the dogs and told him he wants to serve the dogs for the next 10 days…

The guard was baffled…

But he agreed…

So the minister started feeding the dogs, cleaning them, washing them, providing all sorts of comfort to them.

When the 10 days were up…

The king ordered that the minister be thrown in to the dogs as his punishment.

But when he was thrown in,

Everyone was amazed at what they saw..

They saw the dogs licking the feet of the minister!

So the king, baffled at what he saw, said:” what happened to my dogs. !!!”

The minister then said;”

I served the dogs for 10 days and they didn’t forget my service…

Yet I served you for 10 years and you forgot all on the first mistake!”…

So the king realised his mistake

and

Got wolves instead.


Story 5 :


The teacher gave an assignment to her fifth grade class :

Get their parents to tell them a story with a moral at the end of it.

The next day, the kids came back and, one by one, began to tell their stories.

There were all the regular types of stuff: spilled milk and pennies saved.

But then the teacher realized that only Janie was left.

"Janie, do you have a story to share?'

''Yes ma'am. My daddy told me a story about my Mommy. She was a Marine pilot in Desert Storm, and her plane got hit. She had to bail out over enemy territory, and all she had was a flask of whiskey, a pistol, and a survival knife. She drank the whiskey on the way down so the bottle wouldn't break, and then her parachute landed her right in the middle of 20 Iraqi troops.

She shot 15 of them with the pistol, until she ran out of bullets, killed four more with the knife, till the blade broke, and then she killed the last Iraqi with her bare hands.

''Good Heavens,' said the horrified teacher. 'What did your Daddy tell you was the moral to this horrible story?

"Stay away from Mommy when she's drunk."


Story 6 :


A young man shopping in a supermarket noticed a little old lady following him around. If he stopped, she stopped. Furthermore, she kept staring at him.

She finally overtook him at the checkout and she turned to him and said, "I hope I haven't made you feel ill at ease; it's just that you look so much like my late son."

He answered," That's okay."

"I know it's silly, but if you'd call out 'Goodbye, Mom' as i leave the store, it would make me feel so happy.", she said.

She then went through the checkout, and as she was on her way out of the store, the man called out, "Goodbye, Mom."

The little old lady waved and smiled back at him.

Pleased that he had brought a little sunshine into someone's day, he went to pay for his groceries.

"That comes to $1211.85 ", said the clerk.

"How come so much?? I only bought 5 items."

The clerk replied," That's alright, but your Mother said you'd be paying for her things, too."


Story 7 :

A man walks into a restaurant with a full-grown ostrich bird behind him. The waitress asks them for their orders. The man says, 'A hamburger, fries and a coke,' and turns to the ostrich, 'What's yours?'

'I'll have the same,' says the ostrich.

A short time later the waitress returns with the order 'That will be $9.40 please,' and the man reaches into his pocket and pulls out the exact change for payment.

The next day, the man and the ostrich come again and the man says, 'A hamburger, fries and a coke'

The ostrich says, 'I'll have the same'

Again the man reaches into his pocket and pays with exact change.

This becomes routine until the two enter again.

'The usual?' asks the waitress.

'No, this is Friday night, so I will have a steak, baked potato and a salad,' says the man.

'Same,' says the ostrich.

Shortly the waitress brings the order and says, 'That will be $32.62.'

Once again the man pulls the exact change out of his pocket and places it on the table.

The waitress cannot hold back her curiosity any longer.

"Excuse me, sir. How do you manage to always come up with the exact change in your pocket every time?"

Says the man, "Well, several years ago I was cleaning the attic and found an old lamp. When I rubbed it, a Genie appeared and offered me two wishes. The first wish I asked was that if I ever had to pay for anything, I would just put my hand in my pocket and the right amount of money would always be there."

The waitress said "That's brilliant! Most people would ask for a million dollars or something, but you'll always be as rich as you want for as long as you live. How smart of you!''

"That's right. Whether it's a gallon of milk or a Rolls Royce, the exact amount of money is always there" says the man proudly.

The waitress asks, "But, what's that ostrich all about?"

The man sighs, pauses and answers with a heavy heart, "My second wish was for a tall chick with long legs who accompanies me wherever I go and agrees with everything I say".

MORAL OF THE STORY: Men's brains work brilliant until they start thinking about a woman!!


Story 8:

4 friends meet 30 years after school....

One goes to take food while the other 3 start to talk about how successful their sons have become.

No. 1 says his son studied economics, became a banker and is so rich he gave his best friend a Ferrari.

No. 2 said his son became a pilot, started his own airline, became so rich he gave his best friend a jet.

No. 3 said his son became an engineer, started his own development company, became so rich he build his best friend a castle.

No 4. came back with a plate full of food and asked what the buzz is about.

They told him they were talking about how successful their sons became and asked him about his son. He said his son is gay and he works in a gay Bar.

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The other 3 said he must be very disappointed with his son for not becoming successful. " Oh no !! " said the father, he is doing good.

" Last week on his birthday he got a Ferrari, a jet and a castle from 3 of his boyfriends..." .

All the 3 fathers fainted ....


Story 9 :


G.V KRISHNAMOORTHY said one of the greatest lines once.

"Change can't be given to you every time, you must bring the change"




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Bus conductor, read it again.

Story 10 :

The child and his mother:

A curious child asked his mother: “Mommy, why are some of your hairs turning grey?”

The mother tried to use this occasion to teach her child: “It is because of you, dear. Every bad action of yours will turn one of my hairs grey!”

The child replied innocently: “Now I know why grandmother has only grey hairs on her head.”


Story 11:

A woman went on vacation, leaving her husband behind. Before she left, she told him to take extra special care of her cat.

The next day she called her husband and asked if the cat was all right.

Her husband said: The cat just died.

She burst into tears and said: How could you be so blunt? Why couldn't you have broken the news gradually!

Today, you could have said that it was playing on the roof; tomorrow, you could have said that it fell off and had broken its leg; then on the third day, you could have said that the poor thing had passed away in the night. You could have been more sensitive about the whole thing.

By the way, how is my mom?

Husband: She is playing on the roof.


Story 12 :


Sweet Story......

Wife comes home late at night

and quietly opens the door to her bedroom.

From under the blanket

she sees four legs instead of two!

She reaches for a baseball bat

and starts hitting the blanket as hard as she can.

Once she's done,

she goes to the kitchen to have a drink.

As she enters,

she sees her husband there, reading a magazine. :s

"hi darling", he says,

"your parents have come to visit us,

so I let them stay in our bedroom.

Hope you have said hello to them..


Story 13 :


A married man was visiting his “girlfriend” when she requested that he shave his beard.

“Oh James, I like your beard, but I would really love to see your handsome face.”

James replied, “My wife loves this beard, I couldn’t possibly do it, she would kill me!!”

“Oh please?” the girlfriend asked again, in a sexy little voice…

“Oh really, I can’t,” he replied. “My wife loves this beard!!”

The girlfriend asked once more, and he sighed and finally gave in and shaved his face smooth.

That night James crawled into bed with his wife while she was sleeping.

The wife was awakened somewhat, felt his face and replied, “Oh Michael, you shouldn’t be here, my husband will be home soon!”

A moneylenders tale with an unexpected twist

Many hundreds of years ago in a small Italian town, a merchant had the misfortune of owing a large sum of money to the moneylender. The moneylender, who was old and ugly, fancied the merchant’s beautiful daughter so he proposed a bargain. He said he would forgo the merchant’s debt if he could marry the daughter. Both the merchant and his daughter were horrified by the proposal.

The moneylender told them that he would put a black pebble and a white pebble into an empty bag. The girl would then have to pick one pebble from the bag.If she picked the black pebble, she would become the moneylender’s wife and her father’s debt would be forgiven. If she picked the white pebble she need not marry him and her father’s debt would still be forgiven. But if she refused to pick a pebble, her father would be thrown into jail.

They were standing on a pebble strewn path in the merchant’s garden. As they talked, the moneylender bent over to pick up two pebbles. As he picked them up, the sharp-eyed girl noticed that he had picked up two black pebbles and put them into the bag. He then asked the girl to pick her pebble from the bag.

What would you have done if you were the girl? If you had to advise her, what would you have told her? Careful analysis would produce three possibilities:

1. The girl should refuse to take a pebble.

2. The girl should show that there were two black pebbles in the bag and expose the moneylender as a cheat.

3. The girl should pick a black pebble and sacrifice herself in order to save her father from his debt and imprisonment.

The above story is used with the hope that it will make us appreciate the difference between lateral and logical thinking.

The girl put her hand into the moneybag and drew out a pebble. Without looking at it, she fumbled and let it fall onto the pebble-strewn path where it immediately became lost among all the other pebbles.

“Oh, how clumsy of me,” she said. “But never mind, if you look into the bag for the one that is left, you will be able to tell which pebble I picked.” Since the remaining pebble is black, it be assumed that she had picked the white one. And since the moneylender dared not admit his dishonesty, the girl changed what seemed an impossible situation into an advantageous one.

MORAL OF THE STORY:
Most complex problems do have a solution, sometimes we have to think about them in a different way.

A wealthy Brazilian businessman burying his car. But why ?

This is actully a true story.

Thane Chiquinho Scarpa, a wealthy Brazilian businessman stirred a wave of negative reactions when he announced on his Facebook page that he plans to bury his beloved Bentley Continental Flying Spur.

Chiquinho Scarpa, 62, said he would bury his £310,000 (€367,220) Bentley so that he would be able to drive it in the afterlife.
He explained that he has taken inspiration from Egyptian Pharaohs, who were buried with their most precious belongings, and promised he would entomb the Bentley by the end of the week (Sept 2013).



He even posted photos of himself digging a hole for the car in the yard of his Sao Paulo mansion, triggering a wide range of reactions on the social network website. Obviously, most of the reactions were negative towards the eccentric Scarpa, labeling him as a crazy person who wants to do something absurd instead of donating the car for charity.
When it came time to bury his car, Thane Scarpa invited the media so they could be in attendance to watch the car’s funeral. As the car was going into the grave, he had the ceremony stopped.




That’s when he came back with this twist ending of a speech:

''People have condemned me for trying to bury a million dollar Bentley. The fact is, most people bury something a lot more valuable than my car. People bury hearts, livers, lungs, eyes, and kidneys. This is absurd. There are so many people out there waiting for a transplant and you will bury healthy organs that can save so many lives. This is the biggest waste in the world. My Bentley is worthless in comparison to life giving organs. There is no wealth more valuable than an organ, because there is nothing more valuable than life.
I officially announce I am an organ donor this week. I’m an organ donor, are you? Tell your family.''

Moments before lowering the car in the
ground he revealed his genuine motive.
To create awareness for organ donation.
Well done Mr. Scarpa.

For all those wondering whether he had buried the Bentley or not?

No! He didn't bury his car. After all it would be idiotic to bury such a nice car. ;-)



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This event was nominated for one of the most creative media campaign in that year. Also organs donations to Brazilian Association of Organ Transplantation increased by 31.5% in 1 month of the campaign.

Mathematics: What is the most beautiful theorem proof, and why?

Late 1700s, in a German elementary school, as a punishment for misbehaving with the teacher, he was asked to sum 1 to 100.
The teacher was astonished when a kid solved this within seconds as:

S = 1 + 2 + .......+ 100
S= 100 + 99 +....+ 1
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2S = 101 + 101 + ....+ 101 (100 times)
= 101x100

=> S = 101x100/2 = 5050

The student was the famous mathematician and physical scientist Carl Friedrich Gauss.

Squaring a number with lightning fast speed

I am assuming we all know squares upto 25

Numbers close to 50
(1) Numbers less than 50 (E.g. 42 and 37)




(2) Numbers greater than 50-
The process is almost same - Compute (N - 50)
Add this difference to 25
E.g. 56*56=
1. 56 - 50 = 6
2. Last two digits = 6 * 6 = 36
3. First two digits = 25 + 6 = 31
Therefore, 56 * 56 = 3136

Numbers close to 100
(1)Numbers less than 100



(2)Numbers greater than 100-
The process is almost same - Compute (N - 100)
Add this difference to N
E.g. 107*107=
1. 107 - 100 = 7
2. Last two digits = 7 * 7 = 49
3. First three digits = 107 + 7 = 114
Therefore, 107 * 107 = 11449

What are some mindblowing facts about Albert Einstein?

1. Albert Einstein did not fail math. Many people have blamed their bad math skills on Einstein with quips like, “Well, Einstein flunked math!” He didn’t. He wasn’t a bad student. He knew college physics before the age of 11 and mastered languages like Latin and Greek. Oh, and he was a calculus whiz before the age of 15. So, yeah, that excuse is out the window.

2. Einstein really did marry his cousin. For a man with such a high IQ, Einstein did make some strange decisions. He married his own cousin, Elsa Einstein, in 1919. According to Bio.com, they were romantically involved, even in Einstein’s first marriage to Mileva Maric, the only female physics major at Polytechnic, where Einstein attended college. (Mileva and Einstein, left. Elsa and Einstein, right.)








Interestingly enough, Einstein isn’t the only famous figure to have married his cousin. Darwin, Allan Poe and Saddam Hussein also married their first cousins.

3. Einstein could have lived longer. When he suffered a burst blood vessel in 1955, doctors told him that surgery could have saved his life. He declined, saying

It is tasteless to prolong life artificially.”




4. Albert Einstein loved sailing. Along with marrying cousins, it was one of his passions. However, he reportedly never learned to swim. (Hope his boat was sturdy.)




5. Einstein could have been the president of Israel, had he accepted the offer. After Israel’s first president Chaim Weizmann died, Einstein was asked to step up to the plate. He was 73 at the time, and in his letter of refusal cited that he lacked the

natural aptitude and the experience to deal properly with people”


but also that he was getting old.

6. Einstein was a serious smoker. Adding to his disheveled image, those around him often found him in a cloud of smoke. He always had his pipe with him. Not limited to the pipe, he also had the occasional cigar and even cigarette. He said of smoking:

I believe that pipe smoking contributes to a somewhat calm and objective judgment in all human affairs.”



7. Einstein had a daughter, but we don’t know what happened to her. Before he and Mileva were married, she became pregnant with a daughter, whom she named Lieserl. Einstein didn’t have a job at the time and illegitimate children were frowned upon, so Mileva returned to her parents home and had the child. Einstein did know about her, as he referenced her in some of his letters. But it was such a secret that the fact has only come to light in recent years. It is believed that Lieserl either died of scarlet fever or fought off the fever and was later given up for adoption.

8. Although he was actually good at math, Einstein did fail his college entrance exam. In 1895 when he was 17, Einstein applied for entry at Swiss Federal Polytechnical School. He passed math and science (of course) but failed other subjects. He went to a trade school before he finally took the exam again and passed.

9. Einstein’s brain was stolen. No, I don’t mean his work. I mean his actual brain. Einstein wanted his body to be cremated, brain intact. Thomas Harvey, the pathologist who performed the autopsy, removed it. He kept it for many years in a jar, later relinquishing it to another hospital, where it was cubed. Literally. Sectioned into cubes. Rumor has it that Harvey also removed Einstein’s eyes and they are sitting in a safety deposit box in New York somewhere. Watching us all.




10. Yoda = Einstein. Yes, the appearance of Yoda of Star Wars was modeled after Einstein. Those wrinkles? Those eyes? They’re all Einstein.




Einstein was a genius, we know that from his IQ. Rarely do we take the time to appreciate him as a person and learn about his past.

What are some lesser known facts about Virender Sehwag?

1. India's Score in 2011 WC for first 5 Games:
4/0 in 0.1 Overs
4/0 in 0.1 Overs
4/0 in 0.1 Overs
4/0 in 0.1 Overs
4/0 in 0.1 Overs

The man responsible for this is Virender Sehwag.

2. Virender Sehwag holds the record for:

2nd Highest Fours in Test innings: 47
2nd Highest Fours in ODI innings: 25
Fastest Test Triple Century
Fastest Test 250
2nd Fastest Test Double Century

3. Show me one Batsman. Who hit a Six to reach 300.Who tried to hit a six from 195 ( MCG ). Who hit a Six to reach 100.

4. India's Highest Total in ODI:
418/5
414/7
413/5 and Virender Sehwag was Man of the match in all three matches.

5. In Test Cricket, he holds the record of :
2nd Fastest 200 3rd Fastest 200 5th Fastest 200 9th Fastest 200 10th Fastest 200.

6. 11 Consecutive Centuries Converted into 150 in Tests:
195 309 155 164 173 201 254 180 151 319 201*
Its a record.

7. India's First Captain:
Test: CK Nayudu
ODI: A Wadekar
T20 International: V Sehwag

What are some witty lines that can be used in day to day conversations?

Few examples of Sarcasm specific to the conversations.

When someone says, "expect the unexpected" slap them and say, "you didn't expect that, did you?
'Are you home?' "No. I just answered my home phone from a bat cave".

Oh, I offended you with my opinion? You should hear the ones I kept to myself.

OMG are you serious?! No, I just wanted to see your reaction.

I Would Have Called but I was busy converting oxygen into carbon di oxide all day.. sorry.

*Calls in middle of night* "Are you sleep?" "No I was in coma, thanks for saving me."

"Was that lightning?" Nooo... they're taking pictures for Google Earth.

Instead of "LOL", try "LSIMHBIWFEFMTALOL": Laughing Silently In My Head Because It Wasn't Funny Enough For Me To Actually Laugh Out Loud.

"Onions are the only food that can make you cry". *hits with a water melon*. "Say that again?"
"Hi" "Hey" "You awake?" "No, I taught myself how to text in my sleep."

"Does this dress make me look fat?" Nah, the fat does.

Captain is the ship sinking? Captain: No, its doing a f***ing wheelie.

"Would you like a table?" ... "No, I came to the restaurant to eat on the ground, a carpet for 5 please."

I'm sorry but I can't come, my uncle's cousin's neighbor's son's best friend's aunt's insurance agent's pet rock fell ill today.

"Hi can I help you?" "No I just waited in line for 15 minutes to say,hi."

"Why didn't you answer my phone call?" Oh, sorry I was dancing to the ringtone.
I'm not staring. I'm simply admiring how absolutely unattractive you are.

"Are you crying?" "No, I'm trying to replicate a water fountain..."

Mind blowing fact about James Cameron, a notorious perfectionist

James Cameron, a notorious perfectionist

Consider this for an example.

The interiors of the the ship RMS Titanic in the 1997 movie - "Titanic" have all been portrayed with utmost detail and are in co-relation with the actual RMS Titanic.

But in the 1997 movie there was a minute "flaw"
The scene, in which Rose is lying on the piece of driftwood and staring towards the stars, does not show the correct star field.




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The American astronomer Neil deGrasse Tyson pointed out this flaw to Cameron.Cameron Responded: “And with my reputation as a perfectionist, I should have known that and I should have put the right star field in. ‘All right, send me the right stars for that exact time and I’ll put it in the movie.’

The exact star map at the position Latitude: 41° 46' North Longitude: 50° 14' West and local time 4.20am on April 15, 1912 (location and time of sinking of Titanic) has now been included it in the relaunched 3D version of the blockbuster film.

That's James Cameron for you and that's how 11 oscars are won and more than $2.18 billion earned from a single movie.