Monday, January 30, 2012

Facts about blue whale

                          Facts about blue whale

Blue whale is the largest animal in the world. But unlike other fishes, it has lungs just like us. Hence it can not use the oxygen which is accumulated in water in liquid form. For that reason, Blue whale comes above the water. Inhale plenty of oxygen and then go back to water.
After some time, it again comes above the water and exhale the oxygen and takes in fresh oxygen. While exhaling, it just does the water like the fountain. Its a beautiful sight to watch that.

Saturday, January 28, 2012

The story of devotee of Shrikrishna

                                      The story of devotee of Shrikrishna

King Kamsa had 8 ministers in his court. Akroora is one of them. Though he was serving Kamsa, he was the devotee of Kamsa's nephew Shrikrishna.
But Kamsa was fearing death from his nephew. Thats why he had arranged a kusti competition . In that, well known players of kusti across country are invited. Kamsa thought if his nephew Shrikrishna also participates in competition, he will get hurt and it is easy to kill him.
Hence, Kamsa decided to invite Shrikrishna for competition. He gave the responsibility to his minister Akroora. Akroora happily agreed. When he was bringing Shrikrishna on his chariot, it is said that God Krishna pleased by his devotion , has shown his eternal form to him.
Though Akroora is from his enemy side, God has not done partiality.

The story of saint Agasthya

                                     The story of saint Agasthya


According to Hindus, there are seven great saints. Among them, Agasthya is also one. Here is the story explaining how he has got his name.
In ancient India, Saint Agasthya was living in northeren part. There is Mount Vindhya seperating north and south India. The persons who wants to travel across country, have to pass through this mountain. But there was a problem. Mount Vindhya was growing day by day.
It had become so much  tall that now it has become difficult for Sun and Moon to complete their daily routine. Hence they requested Agasthya to find a solution for this. Agasthya agreed  to help. He went near Mount Vindhya. By seeing its tallness, Agasthya was dumbfunded.
He said to mountain Vindhya that now he wants to go to South India. It would be difficult for him to cross the mountain if it continue growing. Thats why he requested mountain not to grow till he returns. Mountain agreed. Agasthya crossed mountain and came to south india.
He stayed near Nasik in Maharashtra . He didnt return to his original place. Mountain Vindhya stopped growing and it is still waiting for the saint to return as it has promised him. Aga means mountain in Sanskrit and Stha means person who has stopped it.. Agasthya stopped growing of mountain hence he got the name Agasthya.

Pioneer's story

                                          Pioneer's story

Pioneer is the name of a spacecraft which was aired by America. It is aired so that it can explore the aliens or any living on other planets in our galaxy.
At present , pioneer has gone beyond planet Pluto into deep sky. Insearch of aliens, it consists of everything regarding planet earth, its continents, countries, animals, people, languages speak by them. In this list, my language Kannada is also there !

Monday, January 23, 2012

Horns and legs of a deer

                                          Horns and legs of a deer

Once in the forest, a deer was drinking water in a river. That time it saw its image on water. Image had shown deer's horns beautifully. By seeing them, deer was very proud. It thought my horns are very beautiful. They are very strong too. Because of them, other deers are afraid of me. But my legs look very thin. If they are also little fatty, then I would be the handsome deer of forest.
It left with this thought in mind. It didnt observe a wolf following it. In some time, wolf started chasing the deer. Fearing for its life, deer started running with its thin and not so beautiful legs. While running, its beautiful horns stuck in a bush. Wolf was nearing.
In a haste, deer tried to pull the horns. They came out. But they are broken now. Deer didnt worry. It ran with its not so beautiful legs and protected itself.

Silence is most powerful than talking

                                    Silence is most powerful than talking

There was a man who had 2 sons. He wanted them to study. Thats why he joined them near a saint who was running a school. After some years, both of them returned saying that their study is over. Father was very anxious to know what is their intelligence.
He asked the eldest son to explain features of God. Son started quoting big words from saints describing God. Father didnt understand anything. He asked the same question to his youngest son. He stood silent with no reply. Father was happy.
He said The honeybee who has found a beehive wont make sound when flying. But the honeybee who is still searching, makes noise. He sent his eldest son to school again.

Paradox: Rich country vs Poor country

                                     Paradox: Rich country vs Poor country

Everyone knows rich country is the one whose income is not halted. But here is a country which proves all the theories wrong. The country is none other than Afghanistan.
Afghanistan is the largest producer of opium in the world. Opium is bought in a price more than diamonds. It is a natural speculation that the country which produces opium must be rich. But actual fact is Afghanistan is the second most poor nation in the world !

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Fox and the grapes

                                     Fox and the grapes

Once a fox was wandering in village. He saw a farm of grapes. It had juicy and ripe grapes hanging from the plant. Fox's mouth was watering. It had an urge to eat the grapes. So, it went near grapes. The grapes were situated in a higher altitude.
Fox jumped. But he could not reach the grapes. He tried many times but of no success. Tired fox sat in a corner. It started to look on other sides of the farm. There he saw a ladder. Fox had seen humans using the ladder. It thought why it will not use the ladder to get the grapes?
He reached near the grapes after climbing the ladder. He ate grapes till his hunger got quenched.

War of Shiva and Arjun

                                    War of Shiva and Arjun

Once Yudhistira was saying to his brother Arjun to get some ammunitions so that they can protect their kingdom from others. Arjun agreed and went to please God Shiv for that. At the same time, a demon by name Mooka disguised himself as a pig appeared .
Arjun by seeing that, shot  an arrow in order to kill it. At the same time, there was a hunter who also shot the arrow to pig in order to kill it. Pig is dead. But Arjun was very angry on hunter. He argued with hunter that its not a good manners to shot an animal which has been already aimed.
But hunter argued that he shot the animal first. So, fight started. Arjun fought with hunter with his bows and arrows. But hunter broke all of them. Then Arjun started to fight with his sword. But hunter broke that. By seeing that, Arjun got fainted and fell down without sense.
When he was allright, he saw that God Shiv is standing infront of him . Shiv told Arjun that he is the bravest among all warriors . He blessed Arjun with an ammunition called Pashupatastra and said that with that he can conquer whole world.

Chameleon fact

                                       Chameleon fact

The strange thing about chameleon is with its eyes, it can see in 2 different directions. Humans can concentrate on one object with both of their eyes together at a time. But chameleon's eyes are such that each eye can look at a perticular , different direction at a same time. That means they can look at 2 different directions at a same time.

Why crocodiles seen with their mouth open?

                                 Why crocodiles seen with their mouth open?

Its a usual sight to see crocodiles with mouth open. Humans have sweat glands. We sweat when there is excess heat generated in our body.Crocodiles dont have sweat glands in their body. In order to throw away excess heat generated in their body, they keep their mouth open. Same thing with dogs also. We can see dogs wandering with their tongue stretched out.
This is the way they are throwing out the excess heat generated in their body.

Friday, January 13, 2012

The life of mice in laboratories

                                           The life of mice in laboratories

A mouse which stays in its natural habitat, will survive a life span of 4 months to 4 years. Then the death may occur due to natural reasons like falling pray to cats or snakes etc.
But , scientists are looking after mice for their research work. They feed them with good food, also take good health concerns.
But , after doing all this mice will not live to full of their lifespan. The mice who are brought up in laboratories will survive only upto 2 years. Mother nature has fixed the lifespan of mice. Humans whatever they do, can not go beyond that point.

The nuclear fusion reaction

                                             The nuclear fusion reaction

When travelling in space, enormous amount of energy is required for the spacecraft. At present, all the space crafts are using solar energy as it is not a good idea to carry fuel with space crafts. But using solar energy itself has a main drawback.
Till planet Saturn, it is easy to get solar energy. But beyond that, solar energy is not available fully as distance from Sun goes on increasing. That's why scientists are now thinking of possiblity of Nuclear Fusion reaction in order to get energy.
Nuclear Fusion is a reaction where 4 hydrogen molecules are combined to get a helium ion. The reaction results in enormous energy. Scientists are now hoping to get this perticular reaction for the energy needs as spacecraft moves away from Sun.

Thursday, January 12, 2012

The amazing fact of birds

                                           The amazing fact of birds

The body temperature of birds is nearly around 40-44 degree celcius. Human body temperature (normal) is believed to be around 32 degree celcius. If he experiances body temperature like that of birds, they call it as person having high fever !
Mammals and birds are believed to be having high body temperature. There are some amphibians also, who can adjust their body temperature according to envoirnment conditions.

Longest stay

                                            Longest stay in space

The longest duration of stay in space is achieved by a Russian astronaut. He was staying in Mir space station for 438 days. Its more than a year's time. The record is still not broken.
After the fall out of USSR, America has launched many space programs including sending astronauts to space. It includes indian origin astronauts like Sunita williams and Kalpana Chawla. But Kalpana Chawla met with an accident while returning back.

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Loneliness in space

                                        Loneliness in space

When astronauts travel to space, its not easy to overcome their feeling of loneliness. Its not like planet Earth so that persons can go on sharing their feelings and expressions. The contact between earth and space are only available for certain limit. That also with lots of disturbance.
It was in the year 1982. Mir space station. 2 Russian astronauts had gone to space station. The crazy thing is when they were leaving planet Earth itself, they had a fight with each other ! They had decided that they will not talk with each other even in space.
Both of them had spent total 244 days in space together. But they didn't talk with each other one day also ! That's surely is an act of foolishness.

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Bird named Arctic Turn

                                      Bird named Arctic Turn

There is a bird named Arctic Turn. It is a migratory bird.  For the migration, it firstly starts travelling from North Pole. It flys and reaches South Pole. It spends time there. Again it starts its journey back to North Pole. Every year it continues like this.
The strange fact is it covers the same region everytime. It is a curious fact that how it remembers its way.

Monday, January 9, 2012

Work is worship

                                       Work is worship

There was this teacher. Though he was old, he was doing hardwork at his farm amd was then coming and feeding himself. Once also, he didnt leave this habbit.
His students were not happy over this. They thought they would do the work if their master asks them. But their master is not ready to tell a simple work to them. Hence they thought if they hide the apparatus which is needed for gardening, their master might stop the work.
They did the same. They hid the apparatus. Next day teacher woke up. But he could not find his tools. He was very sorry. That day, he idnt feed himself. Next day also, same story. Students were fed up of this. Their plan has backfired to them.
They showed apparatus to their master. Master was happy. He said for him, work is worship.

All God's wish !

                                        All God's wish !

It was a lonely night. That time, a thief sneaked into a mango garden . He climbed a mango tree and started eating the magoes.
That time itself, a couple had come there. By seeing them , anyone could tell they are lovers. They sat beneath the tree where thief was hiding. They drank water and also ate meal.
That time, girl said "Its impossible to wait for many days. I am already pregnant. Its better to find a suitable job and come near  father asking for marriage."     By listening to that, her lover was consoling her saying that everything  will be all right. Its all God's work. If he wants their problems will get solved in fraction of a second.
Boy was going on telling like this. Thief could not stand anymore. He jumped down and scolded couple that if God is doing everything, why are they started relationship? Couple were scared by that. Soon they fled from the scene !

Demon Mahishi's wish

                                               Demon Mahishi's wish

Demon Mahishi was killed by Aiyyappa. But she was an angel. Because of curse, she had taken the form of a demon. But when she got killed, her curse was cut off. Now she wants to lead a peaceful life. She was very grateful to Aiyyappa for granting her a new life.
She was in love with Aiyyappa. She begged Aiyyappa to marry her. But Aiyyappa was not keen on this proposal. But how can he dishearten his follower? Thats why he said to Mahishi that if some woman come to visit him as his follower, that time he will marry her.
Mahishi agreed to that. Every year she will wait so that any woman might visit the temple of Aiyyappa and he will keep his promise. But no woman is still dared to take that challenge.

Pluck the evil qualities when they are sprouting !

                                      Pluck the evil qualities when they are sprouting !

Long ago, in a village, an old man was having 3 sons. All of them were jobless and irresponsible. Old man was receiving complaints against his boys everyday by fellow villagers. He was tired of listening to them and pleading with villagers about his sons' innocense.
One day he decided to teach his sons a lesson. He called all his 3 sons near him. They left for his garden. After reaching garden, he asked his youngest son to pluck a weed at the front as it was blocking the sunrays to useful plants.
Eldest son in a moment, plucked the weed. Now, old man asked his 2nd son to vacate a small shrub which is growing in front. 2nd son though it is little difficult for him, was finally successfull in removing the shrub. Now, remaining one is the eldest one.
For him, old man showed a tree nearby and asked him to vacate that. Eldest son was very angry. He thought his father had given easy tasks to his brothers. But to him , its a difficult task. He said to his father that he cant pluck it since it is already grown up and it is better to chop it off. Old man agreed.
Eldest son brought the axe and chop it off. He was gasping for breath. That time, old man said "If the weeds are removed when they are sprouting, It is very easy to get rid of them. But once, they are strong it is difficult to eradicate them. The bad qualities are of same case. The bad qualities must be eradicated as soon as possible. They must not allowed to continue."
Boys realised what their father mean to say. They decided to follow the same path as suggested by their father. They became good children.

Amazing animal facts

                                            Amazing  animal facts

In the family of cats, the tiger is the strongest among the family members. Tiger is basically a cat. Cheetah, lion are also belong to the same family. Cheetah can climb the tree.
Though tiger is hunting , it is basically an animal who is scared of most ! Unlike its family members, tiger is the animal having much afraidness among his family members.

Friday, January 6, 2012

Strange animal facts

                                                Strange animal facts

We all know about Ostrich. This is the bird which cant fly. But it can run very fast. The strange thing is that its brain is smaller than its eye which is visible on its face.
Ostrich even though can not fly, it can kick the intruder by its strong legs. Its blow is so strong that a healthy man also will feel the pain. Ostrich usually visible in Australia. But now its found in every part of world. It covers its face in sand when it senses danger.

The queen of detective novels

                                               The queen of detective novels

It was the time when the world war 1 was going on. There was this young lady working for redcross. She was helping the volunteers to help the injured persons of war.
The war was over. But the lady doesnt know any other work than helping the fellow people. Now she is jobless. She decided that she will write a detective novel containing all her experiances on battle field. That clicked too. The lady is none other than highly acclaimed queen of detective novels " Agatha Christie". Her novels are based on the true experiances.

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Frog and mouse story

                                              Frog and mouse story

Long ago, there were a frog and a mouse. Both of them were best friends. They were always seen together. Frog is always on water and mouse always on ground. This irritated mouse deeply. It thought both of us are best friends. We must live together.
It expressed his wish near his friend , Frog. Frog didnt approve this. Frog said the condition are very opposite for both of them. But mouse is not ready to listen. It pressurised frog to grant his wish. Frog didnt have any other way out now.
Frog tied one end of roap to his one leg and the other end to leg of mouse. It said that it will jump to water now. Mouse must cling on the roap whatever happens. Mouse agreed. As soon as frog jumped to water, mouse also has been dragged to water.
But alas, mouse could not stay for much time in water like frog. The worst thing happened. Mouse died by drinking more water and due to suffocation. Frog didnt know of this. It was swimming in water. It thought his friend is enjoying his new adventure.
That time, an eagle was passing on sky. It observed the dead mouse on the water. It came near water and picked up the mouse. To his surprise, with dead mouse, a live frog has also come up. Eagle was very happy. It thought it is going to have a feast today.
Eagle first ate dead mouse. Then it also ate live frog too. Without commonsense, both the animals lost their lives. Eagle had a feast that day.

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Strange animal facts

                                          Strange animal facts

Panda bear is a bear which is cute to look and very small. Here is an interesting fact about this bear. Panda bear usually lays 2 cubs at a time each weighing 100 kgs.
The strange thing is though it has given birth to both of them at a same time, the mother panda bear selects one offspring from either of two. It will take care of that cub itself. Eventhough the neglected one by mother , is dying mother panda will not take trouble to look after it.
It will look after that cub which it has selected. It will take good care of it. But not the other. Usually , the neglected one will die due to starvation. Now itself, the reason behind this behaviour of mother panda is not known to humans.

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Parallel thinking

                                             Parallel thinking

We all face problems in life. But we tend to use some readymade procedures to solve the problems. But usually they fail. But also, we dont think about alternate way out. The other way is called Parallel thinking. Here is the story which employs it.
It was a huge truck carrying lots of goods. It was supposed to transport goods to other corner. For that, it has to cross beneath a bridge. The problem arised now is the goods carried by truck is just 2 inches above the level of bridge.
Because of this, truck cant pass the bridge. People gathered around the truck. They observed what had happened. Everyone suggested that truck must take another route so that it can avoid colliding with walls of bridge. Though the other way is round about, people thought it is better to go for that option. No one did think of any other solution.
At that time, a school boy was passing on that way. By seeing the chaos, he came to enquire. He caught hold of the siuation. He suggested a remedy to problem. He said to blow half of the air from the wheels of the tires of truck. Then the height of truck will reduce so that it can pass through the bridge. He suggested that the air can be blowed to full after coming out.
People who were present there, thought why this idea didnt struck them? They did the work in the same way. Truck has come out beneath the bridge without any problem. This is called Parallel thinking, thinking that there is a other way also to solve problems.

Monday, January 2, 2012

The daughter in law and mother in law story

                                       The daughter in law and mother in law story

Long ago, there lived mother-in- law and her daughter-in- law. People of village were saying that they are so greedy that they are not ready to help anyone.
Once a beggar came to their house. He didnt feed himself since 3 days. He shouted near the door of the house or alms. Daughter in law came outside and saw the beggar. Beggar requested her to feed him with anything since he didnt have anything for past 3 days. By listening to that, daughter in law got angry. She scolded beggar that she will not give anything.
But beggar went on pleading. He flattered her saying that she exactly looks like an angel. By listening to the chaos happening outside, mother in law came outside. She saw her daughter in law is arguing with beggar. She scolded her daughter in law to start preparing lunch.
Daughter in law went inside. Beggar thought  mother in law must be the boss of the house. He decided to try his luck with this woman. He pleaded to mother in law also. That time, mother in law asked him what her daughter in law said. Beggar replied that daughter in law refused to give any alms to him. By listening to that, mother in law was very angry.
She said she is the boss of this house. If she tells something, everyone has to obey her. Begger was very happy. Now he was very sure that this time he will get something to eat. But to his dismay, even mother in law scolded him and shut the door saying that no one ready to help anyone !

Who is the idiot most?

                                          Who is the idiot most?

Once to King Krishna Devaraya's court, a man from middle east came with an offer. His offer was to give the king best horses from his country. King thought its not a bad idea. The man will take care of transport and everything. King decided that he will go for the offer. He paid some advance to man also in order to get the horses. His courtier were seeing all these.
He was Tenali Ramakrishna. He didnt approve of this agreement. He sat down and started listing out the names of idiots he had come across. King was seeing all these. He was eager to see what Ramakrishna is writing down.
He came near him and saw that he was writing the names of idiot persons he had come across. King saw his name was first on the list ! He was surprised. He asked Ramakrishna for the reason. Ramakrishna said that without knowing the truthfullness of stranger, King has given him the money to bring the horses. Thats why he has written King's name first.
King said what if the man really brings the horses? Ramakrishna realised that he is really in problem. Instantly he replied that at that time, he will delete King's name and write stranger's name as idiot most ! By listening to that, King could not suppress his laughter.

How does plumber got his name?

                                           How does plumber got his name?

We all know the plumber who fixes leakage pipes. Here is the story how he got his name.
In ancient Rome, people are always suffering from Anaemia, a disease caused by the scarsity of red blood cells. Because of this, they were always feeling fatigue and were unable to complete any of their work. The research has been conducted regarding this. They found out the reason also.
In those time, water was supplied to the city in pipes constructed of Plumbum (lead). Because of that, the water is contaminated. Lead is a metal which causes anaemia. Today also, we can see the people are protesting against the petrol which we use for vehicles containing lead.
After knowing the cause, they started replacing the lead pipes. The work is done by skilled men. Since they are replacing Plumbum pipes (lead pipes), they have got the name Plumbers.