What are some wonderful facts?

Anuraag Maddikunta, MBBS from Jinzhou Medical University (2019)

Answered Jul 31

1. Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.

2. In Egypt, servants were covered in honey so as to attract flies away from pharaoh.

3. Horses have the largest eyes of any land mammal.

4. A shrimp's heart is inside of its head.

5.Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology discovered that all mammals over a certain size (including humans) take approximately 21 seconds to pee.

6. The inventor of 5 Hour Energy Drink lived as a monk in India for 12 years.

7. In the last 3,000 years, there have only been 240 years of peace in the world.

8. The current US flag was designed by high schooler Robert Heft as part of a school project. He initially got a B- on the project, but when his design was chosen for the country, his teacher gave him an A.

9. Robert Downey Jr. credits Burger King for getting him off drugs: Apparently, he ate a burger that was so nasty, it made him rethink his life choices and throw all of his drugs into the ocean.

10. Until the 1800's, dentures were often made from the teeth of dead soldiers.Geez!

What was the craziest thing you ever did in high school?

Emily Cross

Updated Sep 10

So we had this one guy in our school who was a complete and total douchebag.

Something like this:

He was a prep and constantly bullied the hell out of everyone he perceived as “second class citizens”. His family was rich so he believed he could do and say whatever he wanted, whenever he wanted.

One day he crossed my path and like a child with nothing better to do, started to make fun of my red hair and freckles. I ignored him, which of course made him angry. “Hey bitch, I’m f-in talking to you!” Continued to ignore him. A crowd was gathering. He pulled my backpack off from my shoulder, threw it on the ground, got up in my face, and said “Hey, c*nt, you deaf or something”, and tried shoving me against the locker. I kept my balance which infuriated him. Then he stepped in close and said “How about I f-you up right here and now in front of all your friends”? I just looked at him bored and wondering where the teachers were.

One of my friends who was standing nearby decided to chime in “You don’t want to mess with Emily”.

So the jerk turned his attention to her and slapped her upside the head.

Unbeknownst to Mr. D-bag I am a 2nd Degree Black Belt in Judo. While his focus was still on my friend, I closed the distance, spun him around by the shoulder and performed the glorious throw O Goshi

He went down hard and I put all power into it. I immediately curb stomped him in the face while he was down which busted up his mouth and knocked out one of his teeth.

The crowd that had gathered went hysterical “Oh you got beaten up by a girl”! Yadda yadda.

Then of course, the teachers showed up wanting to know what happened. And what happened next made my year.

The other kids that were there (cough* witnesses cough*) hated Mr. D-bag just as much as I did and told the teachers that D-bag was horseplaying and ran into the locker. The teachers didn’t believe that, and one of them said “It sounded like there was a fight”.

So one of them turned to D-bag and asked “Is this true? What happened here”?

He looked around as everyone stared at him, clearly looking embarrassed, and I guess rather than admitting to the teachers and everyone else that I, a little 120 lb petite girl, just beat him up, he said “Yeah, I ran into a locker”.

After that his “street cred” or whatever you want to call it was gone and he became an entirely different person.

I still wondered if any of the teachers or admin checked the security cameras…

Are you happy?

Shovan Chowdhury, 29 years of life experience with pains, growth and wanders

Updated Wed

“Have you travelled 20+ countries? Someone asked me online. I said, “No” not even a single country.

Do you have a girlfriend? I replied “No”

Did you get a high CGPA in BBA? I replied, “I have graduated with poor CGPA”

Has anyone ever proposed “I love you” to you? I was surprised to hear this and told “No”

Do you have your own house, good bank balance, high-paying job and a personal car? I smiled and said “No”.

Do you have lots of family property? I replied “No” Not even a single piece of land.

Do you impress people within few minutes? I thought and replied “No, I can't.”

“Can you speak English fluently?” I sighed a deep breath and told “No” But I am trying to develop my English skills.

Are you a tall heighted person? I chuckled and told, I am only 5′ 2”.

Are you handsome? I replied, not at all. Moreover, I am growing bald gradually.

Do you have high IQ? I replied, No. Because I forget small incidents very quickly and I always struggle to identify left-right direction of roads.

Do you know how to tie and lace your shoes? I felt embarassed and told “No” But I am practising it by watching youtube videos.

He told me, “Shovan, don't mind. You sound weird. Perhaps you are an unhappy person”.

I replied, No. I am not unhappy about my life. I am truly a very happy person. I have accepted myself. Moreover, I am enjoying every moment of my life despite lots of limitations. Happiness does not depend on traveling several countries, physical beauty, property, cars, high-paying job and a girlfriend. It depends on you. I live in the moment, lead a simple life, work hard, love my parents, spend quality time with my family and friends, explore my country, help people, meditate, run, chase my passion and do what I love to do.

“Very little is needed to become a happy life, it is all within yourself; in your way of thinking”. - Marcus Aurelius

What is the most useless fact you know?

Corey O. Graff

Answered 1h ago

Before clocks were invented there were candle clocks, that would burn a set amount of hours. If you needed an alarm call you would put a nail into the candle and when it burned down the nail would fall and clink on the ceramic/metal dish holding the candle.

In Germany they build fake bus stops outside nursing homes to prevent the seniors wandering off.

A strawberry isn’t actually a berry, but a banana is

Well you all know what a banana looks like, but picturing with text seems to be a trend on here.

You know that ying yang symbol? It’s earliest use was in Rome, heard it somewhere, it’s true look it up.

It takes a snail around 115 days to travel a mile.

If a set of identical twin women married a set of identical twin men their children would genetically be siblings.

What is the coolest fact you know?

Ryan Hong, Sophomore, aspiring pilot

Answered Jun 26

In 1987, American Airlines decided to remove one olive out of each first-class salad to save costs. No one really noticed it because no one really cared about how many olives there were.

American Airlines saved over $100,000 a year.

This tactic of saving costs, known as Penny-Pinching, became well known to other airlines and companies, United Airlines later adopted this technique and saved over $200 million by getting rid of refresher towels on short flights, removing unpopular juices from the menu, and reduced in-flight videos.

What are some "psychological hacks" that have backfired?

Joseph Kitts, Technology Enthusiast

Updated Sep 11

The notorious ‘Trump handshake'.

It’s not actually called that, but since he uses it so often it should be. In his method of greeting world leaders, he always hold a firm grip and does not let go in normal time.

The handshake gesture originated from being a sign that both participants where unarmed, but Trump’s masculine handshake twisted to the side gives a stern message to show that he is the dominate partner.

Hand tapping to show his ‘Alpha status’.

How has this ‘psychological hack’ backfired? Well he’s made himself more into a meme

The constant criticism from the media for his gestures

And some of the reactions he's received.

Prime Minister of Japan rolls his eyes after 19 seconds of handshaking with Trump.

His 'dominate handshakes’ looking like nothing more than an awkward tug of war…

But most importantly, how world leaders now want to avoid shaking his hand…

What is the best thing you have seen written at the back of a truck?

Tushar Khurana, former Style Steward at Arvind Internet Limited (2015-2016)

Updated Sep 9

‘Use Dipper At Night’

Now !! You may be wondering how this is the most Amazing and the Best Thing!

Well this popular catchphrase you would find generally at the back of many trucks (probably around the world)

Well it was used as a Marketing Campaign by TATA Motors (company)

The Campaign was created by: Rediffusion y&R in collaboration with TCI Foundation (the social wing of Transport Corporation of India Limited (TCIL)) and HLL Lifecare Limited.

Let’s shed some light on few facts about Truck Drivers Life in India.

But since, many don’t have adequate Safe-Sex or Sex Education, they don’t use proper contraceptive protection.

Now since Tata Motors, which happens to be a market leader in the Indian Trucking Industry, wanted to promote Healthy Lifestyle among the Indian Truck-Drivers.

So they launched a series of Condoms called ‘Dipper’ and distributed them to the Truckers at zero cost.

The designing of the Condom Packets has been inspired by the colors, graphics and fonts used in decorating the back of the Trucks.

And the Best Part is that, whenever Truck Drivers read this Catchphrase turned Tagline at the back of the other trucks on their Journey. It's reminds them of Using Dipper at Night both on the road and in bed.

The manufacturing of the Condoms was done by HLL Lifecare Limited. While, TCI Foundation helped in spreading awareness and distribution.

This is probably the best double meaning line ever !!

If you wish to read more about this Campaign, then visit the below link.

Tata Motors' 'Dipper Condoms', HUL's 'Lo kar lo baat' win Media Lions

P.S:

I got to know about this Campaign when I attended an Industry Talks Session at Symbiosis Institute of Media and Communication. ( I am currently pursuing my MBA in Communication Management from the Institute)

Edit: 1 Thank You Quorans ! Will be sharing more such Creative Marketing Campaigns as Answers to Questions where Marketing is not even mentioned.

Also wrote my first blog here : Learning at the Symbi Hill - 1st Month by Tushar Khurana on Learning at the Symbi Hill.

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Which is the most amazing thing on The Earth?

Mahendra Devireddy

Answered Jul 17

1. Best creative guide

2. Creative reflector

3. Lights in a creative manner.

4. Creative cooler.

5. Creative bench.

6. Creative thing for multipurpose

7. Tulip

8. Drier

9. Charging in the best time making it count.

10. Hammocks.

Thank you.

Source: Internet

What are some cool computer hacks?

Ramtin Mesgari, Reader, writer, watcher, listener.

Updated Jun 5

Originally Answered: What are some cool tech savvy hacks?

1. Use Lego men to hold your cables

2. Reopen a closed tab in most browsers with CTRL + SHIFT + T / COMMAND + SHIFT + T

3. Convert a YouTube video into a GIF, by adding “gif” before youtube in the URL (E.G: www.gifyoutube.com/blahblahblah

)

4. Download YouTube playlists using: MegaVN - even in MP3 format (OMG! right?)

5. Use the “JKL” and arrow keys on YouTube (great shortcuts)

6. Clean your keyboard with sticky notes

7. Get information about monuments and other boring things nearby from: Nearby - Wikipedia

8. Turn your ugly handwriting into a font on: Make My Ugly Handwriting into an Ugly Font

9. CamelCamelCamel for crazy!™ Amazon price drops

10. Turn a Wikipedia Article Into a pretty pretty PDF

11. Use Namechk to find out if a username is available

12. Find out how long it will take to read a book

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I wouldn’t really consider these tech savvy (the opposite really), but I thought they were cool. I use no. 2 more than 84 times a day… only because I use CTRL + W 452 times a day.

EDIT 1: I added 4 more handy mandy groovy smoothie hack attacks because I want them views! :D

EDIT 2: Another 4 mangolicious hacks to fill up your hackpacks.