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ANAND ARNOLD of Ludhiana bagged his 1st Bodybuilding title at age 13.
However, at age of 15, he was cancer stricken & became paralysed.
He fought back in spectacular fashion & began intensive training
to become India’s FIRST WHEELCHAIR BODYBUILDER!
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Flamingos can stand in ANY kind of water.
Yes, any kind of water.
Even in boiling, highly caustic, soda which is guaranteed to strip the skin of most animals.
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Owning an Electric Car in Norway grants you
FREE Public Parking, FREE Ferry Trips and the Right to Drive even in Bus Lanes
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Known as Modern Einstein, SOBORNO ISSAC BARI started taking FULL sentences at age of 6 months only and could solve ANY question on Maths, Physics !
He is now the YOUNGEST PROFESSOR at the age of just 8!!
He is author a book on Happiness too.
In 2008, Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw was admitted to Wellington Hospital, Tamil Nadu. He often kept taking a name ‘Pagi-Pagi’ during the days of his ill-health and semi concious state. The doctors asked one day "Sir, who is this Pagi?"

This is based on what Sam Sahib himself narrated....

In 1971, India had won the war. General Manekshaw was in Dhaka and ordered that Pagi be invited for dinner that day. A chopper was sent. While boarding the chopper, a bag belonging to Pagi remained left on the ground and the chopper was turned back to pick it up.The officers opened the bag before placing it in the helicopter as per the rules and were stunned because it had two rotis, onions and a dish of gram flour (gathiya).One half of the meal was eaten by Sam Sahib and the other by Pagi for dinner.

Later, a border post of ‘Suigaon’ at the international border region of North Gujarat was named ‘Ranchoddas Post’. This was the first time that an army post was named after a common man as well as a statue of his was installed.

Pagi means 'guide', the person who shows the way in the desert. Ranchoddas Rabari, the man in the picture, was affectionately called ‘Pagi’ by General Sam Manekshaw.

Ranchoddas of ‘Pathapur Gathras’, a village bordering Pakistan in ‘Banaskantha’ district of Gujarat was where he used to rear sheep, goat and camel. Life changed when, at the age of 58, he was appointed the police guide by the Banaskantha Superintendent of Police, Vanraj Singh Jhala.

The guide's skill was such that after seeing the footprints of the camel, he used to tell how many men are riding on it. By looking at the footprints of humans, he used to guess their weight, their age and how far they must have gone. His estimations had the exactness of a computer analyst.

In the beginning of 1965 war, Pakistan Army captured ‘Vidhkot’ in Kutch border in Gujarat. In this encounter, about 100 Indian soldiers were killed. A 10,000 men Indian Army contingent was mobilised and had to reach ‘Chharkot’ in three days.The need for Ranchoddas Pagi was felt for the first time by the army. Due to his grip on the desert paths, he guided the army to the destination 12 hours before the scheduled time. He was personally chosen by Sam Saheb to guide the army and a special post was created in the army, 'Pagi' i.e. the person with knowledge of feet.

The location and approximate number of 1200 Pakistani soldiers hiding in the Indian border was revealed based only by their footprints, and that was enough for the Indian Army to win that front.

Along with the guidance of the army in the 1971 war, getting ammunition to the front was also part of Pagi's work. Pagi's role was important in the victory of the Indian tricolor on the ‘Palinagar’ town of Pakistan. Sam Sahib himself gave a cash prize of ₹300 from his own pocket.

Pagi also received three honors for his contribution in the 65 and 71 wars - ‘Sangram Medal’, ‘Police Medal’ and ‘Summer Service Medal’!

Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw died on 27 June 2008 and in 2009 Pagi also took 'voluntary retirement' from the army. Pagi was 108 years old then! Yes, you read it right ... 'voluntary retirement' at the age of 108! Pagi died in 2013 at the age of 112.

Even today his exploits are a part of Gujarati folk songs. His gallant saga will be sung for ages. Ranchoddas Rabari i.e. our 'Pagi' has become immortalized forever in Indian military history due to his patriotism, valor, bravery, sacrifice, dedication and decency.

Salute to such a brave heart.🇮🇳
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Johannesburg is the CITY with the highest number of TREES in the World
It has more than 10 million trees lining up its streets ,& large number of Parks
That's why it's called *The Largest Man-Made Urban Forest in the World*
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In GERMANY, Father's Day is celebrated by Men pulling their Wagons filled with BEER into Parks and drinking the whole day !
In Thailand, children gift their dad Canna flowers and wear YELLOW in celebration of masculinity.
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In the 2002 World Cup Qualifying match against Australia, American Samoa had 19 players OUT due to Passport Issues and the replacement of Under-20 were unavailable due to School Exams!
Thus, they had only ONE REGULAR player and lost miserably 31-0
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Shukavana Bird Home in MYSURU set by Sri Ganapati Sachidananda Swamiji holds the GUINESS WORLD record for the MOST BIRDS in an aviary.
The 50 metre High Free Flight Aviary has more than 2,100 colourful residents of 468 different species!!
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In 1896, in Texas, 2 Trains were deliberately were crashed Head-On as a Publicity Stunt.
Old outdated locomatives which were to be replaced were used for the Clash and it resulted in HUGE PUBLICITY for the company was watched by 40,000 people LIVE.
Extreme Reality Show Century Back!!!
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Mount Everest has about 200 dead bodies on it,
which are now landmarks on the way to the top.
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Desmond Doss was a combat medic during World War II.
He was awarded the Medal of Honor for saving 75 soldiers under heavy gunfire during one of bloodiest battles on Okinawa island....all this without even carrying any weapon !
The movie HACKSAW RIDGE is based on him
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Roger Brown, at 67, died in 2013 leaving behind a secret amount of £3,500 to each of his 7 closest friends with the condition that they use it to BOOZE over a weekend away in an European City !!!!
What a friend !
Cheers to him !!!
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Japanese Football Fans stay back after all Japan matches in World Cup Finals games so that they CLEAN up the Stadium!!
The tradition stems back to 1998 World Cup.
Truly Appreciate this!!
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Green park is a place in Austria which is a dry Park during the winter & yeah 10 metre deep Lake during summer!!!
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To help small bookstores, France tried stop Amazon offer free shipping to its customers by fining them €1,000 per day.
Amazon continued to pay the fines instead of ending its policy of offering free shipping. After law was created banning free shipping, Amazon effectively snubbed it by charging 1 cent for delivery!!
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There are Shabbat elevators in areas of large Jewish population in Israel, the United States, Canada and Ukraine.
These elevators stop at every floor so that Jews won’t have to press buttons on the Sabbath since pressing buttons is considered ‘doing work’.
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Stalin sent assasins to kill Josip Broz Tito but all failed.
Josip Tito wrote a letter to Stalin
"Stop sending people to kill me. I have captured 5 of them, one with a bomb, another with a rifle. If you dont stop, I'll send one to Moscow and I wont have to send a second one"
Stalin never sent another !!
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Mr.Kuroki's wife suddenly lost eyesight due to Diabetes and become more and more depressed.
Her husband spent 2 years planting 1000s of SCENTED FLOWERS so that she could enjoy the SMELL and enjoy life.
And at present it's like a DREAM GARDEN full of amazing scented plants.
So lovely..