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BEFORE SLEEPING KNOW THIS...
During New Zealand’s first rugby match vs England (1889), an English player’s shorts got ripped off. The NZ players formed a circle so he could change. Another Englishman picked up the ball and scored.
New Zealand lost the match 0-7
BEFORE SLEEPING KNOW THIS...
Princess Sunandha Kumari Ratna of Thailand drowned in 1880 even as her servants watched.
The Servants were FORBIDDEN to touch her and hence helplessly watch their princess drown!!
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Mr.Rappai from Trissur once ate 700 idlies on top of 10kgs of Halwa during a Eating Competition in Kerala.
He normally has ONLY 75 idlies for Breakfast
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Have you observed that OWL's Ears are placed at DIFFERENT HEIGHTS on the sides of their faces (yes its place asymmetrically)
Due to this sound reaches Owl's each ear at DIFFERENT TIMES helping in identifying the EXACT direction of the sound
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In Japan in 1968, 4 bank employees were transporting 300 million YEN in the trunk of a car. They were stopped by a young police officer, who claimed dynamite was on the car.
When the Officer crawled under to check and SMOKE came billowing out....fearing for life, the 4 bank employees ran away.
The “officer” then got in the car and cooly drove away.
The case remains unsolved now, after 51 years !!
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The person who invented
the stop sign,
the
pedestrian
crosswallk,
the traffic circle,
the
one-way street,
the taxi stand, and
pedestrian
safety islands,
William Phelps Eno,
NEVER LEARNED HOW TO DRIVE.
BEFORE SLEEPING KNOW THIS
The Sylvia Hotel in Canada actually changes COLOUR WITH THE SEASONS!!
Built in 1912, the Sylvia Hotel is located in Vancouver.
Been there??
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In Iceland, Babies are left outside to nap in FREEZING temperatures, as it is believed that Fresh Air is good for babies!!
Science too has proved that this is actually GOOD for the baby!!
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Lahore in Pakistan is named after Luv (Lord Ram's Son).
Even today there is temple dedicated to Luv inside Lahore Fort which is opened only on request
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Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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The Indonesian capital of Jakarta -is sinking 10 inches per year due to excessive use of groundwater & lack of piped water. Its expected that the city will be completely submerged in the next 30 years

Hence, Authorities are building GREAT GARUDA, a 32km OUTER SEA WALL across Jakarta Bay along with 17 artificial islands to rescue the sinking city
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Yes. You could actually TELL the difference between Hot Water & Cold Water by LISTENING to the sound of water!
In Hot water, there are more bubbles and thus you get higher frequency of sound and vice versa !
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Want to settle in MARS sometime in future?
A CALENDAR system for MARS has already been devised for future settlement.
The calendar contains 24 months of 27 or 28 days each, named after Latin and Sanskrit constellation names.
#knowledgegenie
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Nao Kazami today the Lake Saroma 100 KM (yes, one hundred kilometres!) ULTRAMARATHON in a world record in 6 hours and 14 minutes (!!!)
at Lake Saroma, Japan today
He created a new World Record with this feat.
Salute!!!
BEFORE SLEEPING KNOW THIS......
Kit Kat is produced worldwide by Nestlé, except in the U.S. where their competitor, Hershey makes them.
The taste too is different!!
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Soccer star Christiano Ronaldo refuses to get any tattoos on his body just so he can continue on donating blood.
Due to risk of Cross contamination and Hepatitis, a person's eligibility to donate blood is impacted by NEW TATOOS
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Known as The ICEMAN, Wim Hof has ablility to control his INTERNAL body temperature with his mind!
He has climbed Mt.Kilimanjaro
and almost climbed Mount Everest (had climbed 23,600ft) only on SHORTS !
His biggest is for the fastest Half Marathon BAREFOOT ON ICE & SNOW with 2 hours, 16 minutes !
*Mathematical FACTs!*

Did you know ???

👉a, b, c, d are not used in spelling from 1 to 99.
And.....
👉d is first used in ‘Hundred’.

👉 a, b, c are not used anywhere in spelling from 1 to 999.
And...
👉a is first used in ‘Thousand’.

👉 b, c is not used anywhere from 1 to 99,99,999.
And......
👉c is first used in ‘Crore’.

👉 b is not used anywhere from
1 to 999,999,999.
👉b is first used in ‘Billion’.

*Mathematical informative FACTs !*
BEFORE SLEEPING KNOW THIS.....
In 2016, a British man crowdfunded a ten hour (10) film of PAINT DRYING in order to force the British Board of Film Classification to watch it, as part of a protest against it.
This is due to independent filmmakers needing to pay EL,000 per submission in order to be
certified. The film received a *U* certificate
BEFORE SLEEPING KNOW THIS..
We lose lot of WEIGHT during our sleep!
Sometimes as much as 1 kg!!!
Coz our body loses lot of water due to Respiration & Sweating.
And Water is HEAVY.
In fact, 1 LTR of Water = 1Kg!
That doesn't, of course, mean you should sleep a lot to lose Weight!
No way!