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BEFORE SLEEPING KNOW THIS...
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!!
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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.
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Aprajita Rai Lost Her Father At 8 But Not Willpower,
20 Yrs Later She Cracked UPSC Twice, Now She Is Sikkim’s FIRST IPS Officer.
Currently placed in West Bengal, Aprajita has won several awards like Shri Umesh Chandra Trophy for FIELD COMBAT.
#BharatKeVeer
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With over 7,351 rooms, the First World Hotel in MALAYSIA is the LARGEST HOTEL in the World.
This will be broken in 2021 by the ABRAJ KUDAI in Mecca with more than 10,000 rooms & 70 RESTAURANTS !!!
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John & Theodore Copsey who BUILT the California Jail in 1876, were the FIRST prisoners to be Jailed there!!
And they promptly escaped, becoming the 1st Prisoners to ESCAPE from the jail!!
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Poverty forced her parents to marry off at just 16, and Jyothi REddy was then forced to work for as Daily wage labourer for Rs.5 per day.
AFter 2 daughters were born, Jyothi slogged hard by workingin Night school, then as a librarian, soon learnt Computers which changed her entire life.
She started her own company and is now CEO of Key Software Solution Inc in Phoenix, US with over 100 employees helping 100s of Orphaned kids back home.
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When guests enter BILL GATES’ house they are made to wear PINS, that ; upon entering a room ; AUTOMATICALLY adjust temperature, music, and lighting based on the guests’ preferences !!
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The most number of SWIMMING POOLS in a Resort is in Lexis Hibiscus Port Dickson, MALAYSIA with 643 pools.
Each of its Villa has its own Private Swimming Pool.
Been there??
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From 1993 Turkmenistan citizens received government-provided 35,Kilowatt of ELECTRICITY monthly, 250 litres of WATER daily and 50 Cubic Metres of NATURAL GAS FREE OF CHARGE every day!!
After 24 years, FREE period ended in November 2017
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Dolphins don’t drink water!!
Sea water would make them ill and possibly kill them. They get their liquid needs through the food that they eat.
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The World Record for DYING IN MOST movies belongs to Actor John Hurt,
for dying in more than 40 different movies including Alien, Spaceballs, Hellboy and V for Vendetta.
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On India's longest Highway - the NH 44 which runs from Srinagar to Kanyakumari,
there is an ELEVATED strech of 16km inside the PENCH TIGER RESERVE (in Kurai Ghat between Nagpur and Jabalpur)

This has ensured not only reduced killing of animals due to vehicle movement but created habitat connectivity.
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NASA space exploration is actually very profitable venture.
For every dollar invested in space exploration, the US economy receives about $8 of economic benefits in return.
Could well be the same for ISRO too
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Indian born (Bathinda) Gurtej Sandhu has MORE patents to his name than the Father of Inventions - Thomas Edison.
Yes...Gurtej Sandhu has secured 1,325 patents while Edison had only 1,084 patents !
Bravo
#BharatKeVeer
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The Falkland Isles in South America with a size of 12170sq km has population of ONLY approx 2924 !!!!! (as on 27th August 2018) and
It has a ratio of more than 350 SHEEPS per person with more than 7,00,000 SHEEP!!
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A fisherman in the Philippines kept the world's LARGEST NATURAL PEARL under his bed for over 10 years as a good luck charm!!!
I wonder how high his bed was!!
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The Grand Anicut Dam or The Kallanai dam in the state of Tamil Nadu was built over 2000 years ago and is still standing .
The dam was originally constructed by the Chola king Karikalan around the 2nd Century AD and is considered to be one of the oldest water-diversion