Common Knowledge Pt.- X
Wisdom is intuitive information that is unlimited. I easily find many parking places with my unlimited wisdom.
Besides time and energy, your wisdom can also save your life. Take the time to quiet your mind and tune-into your intuition. It can help you enjoy a fun, amazing adventure called life.
Knowledge VS Wisdom
Chinese fishermen throw fish into the sky during the celebration of this festival. Hundreds of people attended this festival that runs from December 27,2005 to February 6, 2006. Chagan, home to some 70 species of fish, is one of the 10 largest freshwater lakes in China, and the only place in the north where fishermen catch fish from frozen water.
This product is called sponge iron due to its porous nature. It is also called as direct reduced iron (DRI).
Why are more people right-handed than left-handed?
While it’s not certain why more people are right-handed people than left-handed, there are several theories.
Interpol is an international police organisation established in 1923 and has 184 member countries. Its full name is The International Criminal Police Organisation.
A flock of storks fly in an arrow-head formation headed by a leader bird. When the leader bird gets tired, another bird § replaces it as the leader.
The attorney general of India is the Indian government’s chief legal advisor, and its primary lawyer in dealing with the Supreme Court of India. The office of the attorney general was created by the Constitution of India, and attorney generals have the right to participate in the proceedings of Parliament, but cannot vote. Unlike the United States, in India, the attorney general does not have executive authority and is not a government minister; those functions are performed by the law minister. The attorney general is assisted by the solicitor general of India and several additional solicitors general. The solicitor general is the second law officer of the state after the attorney general.
It gets its name from the Green Shoe company, which was the first company to allow such an option.
The law of averages deals with the probability of occurrences in the long term in which one will neither win nor lose all the time. Pop music, in popular and contemporary parlance, is a sub-genre of popular music.
The Korea, Congo, Liechtenstein and India celebrate their Independence Day on August 15. August 15 is celebrated as Liberation Day in Korea. Also, Liechtenstein Day is celebrated on August 15.
Producers from all over the world use the IGW to test-market food and luxury items and establish a brand image. Presentations feature fresh produce; fish, meat, and dairy products.
The Punj-Aab Express is part of the bus diplomacy between India and Pakistan, the first that links Pakistan and Punjab in India. The whole exercise is geared towards encouraging people-to-people contact between the two countries.
Sensex is a basket of 30 constituent stocks representing a sample of large, representative companies. The sensex’s calculation involves dividing the total market capitalization of 30 companies in the index by the index divisor — the only link to the original base period value of the sensex.
Diesel is not cheaper then gasoline or petrol in all European and North American countries.
According to Airports Council International, the world’s busiest airport in terms of passenger traffic is the Hartsfield-Jackson. Next in order of number of passengers is the O’Hare International Airport in Chicago and the Heathrow Airport in London, which is also the world’s busiest international airport.
The heft’s tall hat, also called toque, has its origins in mediaeval Europe, when in some countries, invading barbarian’s targeted intellectuals and skilled workers like chefs causing them to seek shelter in churches. According to a third theory, all cooks wear hats for hygienic reasons, and the chef, being the chief cook, wears a tall hat symbolising his high status.
The world’s biggest ship breaking yard is located at Alang along the west coast of Cambay in Gujarat.
The inflation rate is worked out from Consumer Price Index values (CPI). The CPI is calculated from the weighted prices of several groups of articles of consumption like food items, machinery, chemicals, metals, building construction material, etc. In AD 498, Pope Gelacius declared February 14 as Valentine’s Day.
Sport models are generally small, light, two-wheel drive vehicles which accelerate quickly, have a manual transmission, and run at speeds up to 120 kmph.
The country with the oldest flag in the world is that of Denmark. The Danish flag, called the Danneborg, dates back to 13th century A.D.
Muscat has the highest expatriate population of over 6,12,000 persons.
Tweety Bird was created by Warner Brothers’ animation artist Bob Clampett in 1942. Tweety Bird’s original name was ‘Orson’. It used to be a socio-religious activity carried out by small Greek communities in ancient times. On designated days, members used to transfer such looped strings, called cat’s cradles, from hand to hand to invoke blessings and, bring good luck.
Mersenne numbers are named after. Fr Mersenne, a 16th century Italian mathematician. so Mersenne Numbers are 1,3,7,15,31,63, 127… The importance of these numbers is that when a Mersenne number is a prime p, (the so called Mersenne prime), then the number p(p +1)/2 is a perfect number. The Mersenne prime 7 gives the perfect number 28, the Mersenne prime 31 leads to the perfect number 496 and so on.
Austric tribes are found all over India and even in Myanmar, Malaysia and some south-east Asian islands. The Austric tribes speak eighteen languages.
In finance, a high-yield bond (noninvestment grade bond or junk bond) is a bond that is rated below investment’ grade. These bonds •have a higher risk of defaulting, but typically pay high yields in order to make them attractive to investors.
Rapids are classified as: Class I Easy: Fast-moving water with ripples and small waves. Class II Straightforward: Wide, clear, channels.
What’s the origin of the word breakfast?
The London Eye is the largest observation wheel in the world, built in 1999 on the south bank of the river Thames in London.
Generally, one side has the imprint or embossing of the official head of state or an insignia or emblem and hence it’s called the head side. Why is it called so?
It broke the record for the highest amount paid for a musical instrument at an auction.
Companies get incentives like land allotments at reduced prices, subsidised power, tax holidays, etc. Southern or Afghan Turkistan is a small area of Northern Afghanistan. It’s mainly because promoter shareholding in India is quite high and the likelihood of FIs supporting the current management is also high.
The Palm Islands in Dubai are three large artificial islands currently being constructed by Al Nakheel Properties.
The postal index number was introduced on August 15,1972. Under this, every head post office and sub-post office were given an individual six-digit number.
Qingming festival is a traditional Chinese festival celebrated on the 106th day after the winter solstice, usually occurring around April 5 of the Gregorian calendar. Young and old pray before the ancestors, sweep the tombs and offer food.and libation to the parted ones.
Why do some people have dimples?
Following Henry’s defiance of both provisions, civil war broke out. This phenomenon is called Faraday Tyndall Effect or Tyndall Effect. The illuminated path is called the Tyndall Cone.
It is a system of classifying stars by their surface temperatures.
The largest power plant currently in operation is the Itaipu hydroelectric power plant at the border between Brazil and Paraguay. The power plant uses the water from the Itaipu Dam constructed on river Parana, has 18 generating units, and generates 12,600 MW of electrical power.
What’s the origin of the word ‘gaucho’?
There are conflicting theories as to the origin of the word.
Gold standard is defined as the use of gold for the standard value of the country. The country redeems the currency equivalent to the value of the gold.
Although the origins of stock exchanges can be’traced back to the stock exchange in Antwerp (1460), the Amsterdam Stock Exchange is considered the oldest in the world. It was the first company to issue stocks and bonds.
What’s the origin of the word plagiarism?
Investment banking aids companies in acquiring funds. It also offers advice for a wide range of transactions a company might en- gage in from time to time. Also, investment banking includes the process of wholesaling newly issued government securities, corporate stocks, bonds, and similar financial assets by purchasing large blocks and reselling them in smaller units to the public.
Why is a radio button called so?
Flamenco combines acoustic guitar playing, singing, chanting, dancing and staccato hand-clapping. Flamenco hand-clapping produces a sharp and piercing sound.
What is a group of geese called?
A lemma is a Statement that forms part of the proof of a larger theorem.
It was invented in the 19th century Water cannons were originally created for use on fire boats.
What is the origin of the term ‘to walk away scot-free’?
Harvey Ball claimed he created it in 1963 for the State Mutual Life Insurance, Massachusetts. Franklin Loufrani of SmileyWorld, London said he created it in 1968 and trademarked it in 80 countries. The person making such a disclosure is called a whistle blower. Peter Pan spends his never-ending childhood on the small island of Neverland as leader of his gang, the Lost Boys. As the garden is a terrace garden located on a hill slope, it is called Hanging Gardens.
Hamburg is the economic centre of Germany and is its second largest city. Any nation having access to such funds/sources of energy effectively controls the world economy. This has been proved on a number of occasions when Saudi Arabia and other West Asian countries dictate terms to the world. The US being the world’s largest economy, wants to have effective control of such resources.
Often, chocolates are stored for long periods.
The word denotes a variety of small, fresh water fish of the carp family It is generally used to refer to small or new players in comparison with the established players in any activity — be it business, sports or politics. Hence; countries like Bermuda, Scotland, etc. are referred to as minnows in the ongoing cricket World Cup.
Fishing dates back to when people of ancient times began fishing for food, and pieces of bone were used as hooks and lengths of vine as line. The planet in question has been named HD 209458b and it lies about 150 light years away from Earth in a constellation called Pegasus. Today’s wax figures at the museum include historical and royal figures, film stars, sports stars and even famous murderers. It was waged without a single shot fired making it one of the world’s longest wars and the war with the fewest casualties. Two years later, Kristiansen adopted the name Lego as a brand name for his toys. The name is derived from the Danish words ‘leg godt’, which mean ‘play well’. In 1949, Lego began producing similar bricks, calling them ‘Automatic Binding Bricks’. Both direction and velocity at a place keep varying because of: i) the cloud cover which varies randomly from time to time, and hence the heat received by different parts of the earth in the same area varies randomly, causing unpredictable differences m air temperature; ii) the topography of the earth, characterised by hills, water, trees and buildings, is uneven, and the air flows through different areas with different velocities.
Which is the oldest political party in the world?
The oldest existing political party is the Democratic Parts established by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in the 1790s. The western part went to India (and was named West Bengal) while the eastern part joined Pakistan as a province called East Bengal (later renamed East Pakistan, giving rise to Bangladesh in 1971). Even today, Bengal is called West Ben- gal even though it is in the East.
In 1968, John Wheeler, an American scientist, coined the term black hole. After settling there, he named the land Grfnland (Greenland), possibly to attract more people to settle there. Greenland was also called Gruntland (Groundland) on early maps. Piezo speakers use piezo electric effect. Groups that refer to their native country as a fatherland associate it primarily with paternal concepts. Motherland is a term that may refer to a mother country, the origin of a colonial power or an’ ethnic group or immigrant.
The world’s largest fondue was prepared on February 28,2007 under the supervision of Chef Terrance Brennan, owner of the Artisanal Cheese Center in New York.
Several studies rate various countries as being the happiest. The University of Leicester rated Denmark as the happiest country.
If christopher columbus discovered america, then why is america’s name derived from mother sailor called amerigo vespucci?
Christopher Columbus tried to each India taking a western sea route. When he set sail on August 3 1492 to reach India, he landed ashore on October 12 1492, and thought he’d reached India. Vespucci realised it was some hitherto unknown place, not India.
What’s the island of arezou?
This island on Oroumiyeh Lake in the northwestern part of Iran will completely be a male-free zone.