Cat's Head nebula

Cat's Head nebula is NOT a separate nebula. It's a small pillar of dust INSIDE the big *Carina Nebula*.

- Distance: *7,500 light-years* from Earth.

*Why called Cat's Head?*

- It looks like a *cat sitting with its back to us, head turned right*.!!!!

- Long dark body = cat's back and tail

- Top rounded part = head with 2 small ears

- *Red glowing dot = Cat's eye!* That eye is actually a *baby star* born inside dust.!!!!

*How it formed?*

- Nearby there are super big stars (Eta Carinae - 5 million times brighter than Sun).

- Their strong UV light and wind blew away light dust, but dense dust stayed - carved into cat shape.

- It's temporary - after some lakh years, it will break and vanish. 

With which country France shares longest border ??

 This information was shared on Koun Banega Karodpati program.

When I heard this piece of information, I was surprised   !!!

Question 

With which country, France shares its longest border  ??

After hearing this question, I imagined map of Europe.

I could name Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Germany etc.

All of these are comparatively small countries ......

Out of them, France shares longest border with Spain about 623 km  !!!

Believe it or not,

  France shares its longest border with   BRAZIL    !!!!

France has an unique situation because it has land both in Europe and South America ......

The longest land border is between French Guiana and Brazil in South American continent  !!!

French Guiana is not a mere French colony  !!!

It is a full part of France same as Paris ......

So , this region is officially France  --  Brazil  border     !!!

Correct answer :   BRAZIL    !!! 

Which is the most expressive language in the world ??

 The most expressive language in the world 

1.  Spoken by 1.5 billion people in the world  !!!

2.  It is the official language in 67 countries.

3.  It is flexible enough for both scientific writing as well as poetry  !!!

4.  It keeps changing with around 1000 new words added to the dictionary each year 

5.  It is useful for global communication, business and technology.

It is             ENGLISH     !!!

Lesser known facts about English   -----

1.  English adds a new word to the dictionary every 98 minutes !!!!

2.  English is the international language of flights regardless of pilot's nationality.

3.  ' E ' is the most commonly used letter in English.

4.  English has more synonyms than any other language.

5.  ' I ' is the shortest and oldest word.

Capital of which country ??

 This question was asked on Koun Banega Karodpati program.

Question

Capital of which country is named after a person who fought against army of Tipu Sultan  ??

1.  Barbados 

2.  Jamaica 

3.  United States of America

4.  New Zealand 

Answer 

I was pretty sure that it is not United States of America  !!!

Barbados and Jamaica are too far that a person came from these countries to fight against Tipu Sultan   !!!

Correct answer 

    New   Zealand   !!!

Capital of New Zealand is  WELLINGTON  ......

It was named after Arthur Wellesley   ,  First Duke of Wellington.

He was a young Brutish officer in India and fought in Fourth Anglo Mysore war against Tipu Sultan where Tipu Sultan died..

Later he became world famous for defeating Napoleon   !!!

The city of Wellington is named after him by British settlers which later became Capital of New Zealand  !!!

Why cyclones are more in Bay of Bengal than in Arabian sea ??

 This question always comes in my mind.

I live in Karnataka coastal region. Arabian sea is just 7 km away from my house   !!!

Here we are dying in sweating because of humidity whereas Bay of Bengal coastal region is always receiving rain because of cyclones.

Now cyclone Arnab has made its landfall in Andhra Pradesh coastal region   !!!

I always wondered why cyclones form only in Bay of Bengal and not in Arabian sea ??

80% of cyclones  of India come from Bay of  Bengal.

Only 20%  are from Arabian sea  !!!

I have finally managed to list down 3 important reasons.

1.  Water is more hot in Bay of Bengal.

          Cyclones need sea water above 27 degree Celsius to born.

           Bay of Bengal is small, shallow and closed.. Sun heats it quickly.

           Arabian sea is big, open and deep. Heat spreads away.

2.  All the big rivers fall into Bay of Bengal like Ganga,. Brahmaputra, Krishna etc.

      Arabian sea has NO BIG RIVERS.

       Fresh water is ligut. Easily gets heated.

        As Bay of Bengal receives fresh water continuously, this water gets easily heated thus born cyclones  !!!

3.  Bay of Bengal is surrounded by land on 3 sides.  India Bangladesh Myanmar.

      Wind gets trapped and starts spinning.

       Arabian sea is wide open. Wind runs away and can't spin property to form cyclones  !!!

That's why CYCLONES ARE MORE IN BAY OF BENGAL THAN ARABIAN SEA  !!!