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DOLPHINS CAN OVERCOME SLEEP DEPRIVATION AND REMAIN CONSTANTLY VIGILANT FOR DAYS
THEY DO THIS BY RESTING ONE HALF OF THEIR BRAIN
WHILE THE OTHER HALF REMAINS CONSCIOUS.
Portland, Oregon, is home to the annual QUIET Music Festival, which features only soothing music!!
In fact, the organisers even provide RUGS & PILLOWS to the audience to truly enjoy the Quiet Music!!!!
Manchineel Tree is considered as world’s most dangerous tree.
Its trunk sap gives you blisters, eating its apples can kill you & the smoke from the burning tree can blind you!!
BEFORE SLEEPING KNOW THIS...
K Rajitha is the daughter of a daily wage labourer. Her village has no electricity. She helps her mother COLLECT FIREWOOD to earn a living.

She now wants to collect medals instead and will get a shot as she is representing India at the Nairobi World Juniors athletic meet this month.

She is inspired by NeerajChopra's achievement at Tokyo2020 and wants to emulate him.

Wishing her all the very best
BEFORE SLEEPING KNOW THIS...
There are only 2 HORIZONTAL waterfalls(yes, you read it right... indeed Horizontal) in the world, and bothof this unique natural phenomenon are located in Western Australia.
https://youtu.be/pbkO9y6iGNA
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In 1987 when a 737 taking off it hit ..... something.
The takeoff was aborted.
The crew checked the runway but we're shocked to find not a bird but a .... FISH
Yes the plane was hit by a FISH
The conclusion was the fish may have fall from a bird's mouth
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Laurence Kim Peek (the Real RAIN MAN) was the Only savant known to Science who could read 2 pages of a book simultaneously - EACH WITH 1 EYE!!!
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Kodinhi town in Malappurm,
Kerala has 350 pairs of Identical Twins in a population of 2000!!!,
earning the title of TWIN TOWN.
BEFORE SLEEPING KNOW THIS...
31 year old Dhanya Ravi suffers from Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) which means her bones get fractured every week!
Even if she sneezes, a bone could get fractured.
She has had more than 400 fractures till now.
Highly motivated that Dhanya is, she is now a motivational speaker delievering talks in TEDx, colleges, events, youtube,etc and helps lots of NGOs
Thank God her tongue has no bones!
BEFORE SLEEPING KNOW THIS...

In 2012, a Nepalese farmer named Mohammed Salmodin was bitten by a cobra, but Mohammed bit the cobra back.
The cobra DIED and he went about his daily business with no symptoms as if nothing had happened..
He finally agreed to go to the hospital after pressure from family, neighbors and police.
He was found to be not infected or poisoned !!
BEFORE SLEEPING KNOW THIS.....
The Taj Hotel, Mumbai was not always a Hotel !!

Briefly, During the World War 1 which was during 1914 to 1918, the Taj Hotel in Mumbai was turned into 600 bed HOSPITAL to treat Injured Victims !!
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ON 15th August 1947, to celebrate India's Freedom, Bengal based GD Pharma distributed 1 lakh tubes of BOROLINE (Antiseptic cream)
And amazingly this company GD Pharma has Not been Indebed to the Government for a SINGLE RUPEE in its history of 92 years !
#InspiringIndians #BharatKeVeer #HappyIndependenceMonth #IndiaIsGreat #DontRetireRich
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CHAU SMITH of US ran 7 Marathons in 7days on 7 Continents to celebrate her 70th Birthday!!!

Between January 25 and January 31, 2017 Smith ran marathons in Perth, Singapore, Cairo, Amsterdam, New York, Chile; and King George Island, Antarctica.

Each day, Smith woke up and ran 26.2 miles (!!!)
. Then she'd get on a plane and fly to the next destination to do it all over again.
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In 585 BC, an eclipse happened during a battle between the Lydians and Medes. They IMMEDIATELY STOPPED FIGHTING and signed a peace treaty!!!
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Studies have proved that the walking through a doorway causes memory lapses,
which is why we walk into another room, only to forget why we did!!
BEFORE SLEEPING KNOW THIS...
The Hebbal flyover of Bangalore is the LARGEST Urban Flyover in India.
It spans a length of 5.23 kms.
It is considered as a Civil Engineering Wonder as it has a serpentine maze of Flyovers.