Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Randomaniaa

Facts About INDIA



    * India never invaded any country in her last 100000 years of history.

    * When many cultures were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus Valley Civilization)

    * Chess was invented in India.

    * Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus are studies, which originated in India.

    * The 'Place Value System' and the 'Decimal System' were developed in India in 100 B.C.

    * The World's First Granite Temple is the Brihadeswara Temple at Tanjavur, Tamil Nadu. The shikhara of the temple is made from a single 80-tonne piece of granite. This magnificent temple was built in just five years, (between 1004 AD and 1009 AD) during the reign of Rajaraja Chola.

    * India is the largest democracy in the world, the 7th largest Country in the world, and one of the most ancient civilizations.

    * The game of Snakes & Ladders was created by the 13th century poet saint Gyandev. It was originally called 'Mokshapat'. The ladders in the game represented virtues and the snakes indicated vices. The game was played with cowrie shells and dices. In time, the game underwent several modifications, but its meaning remained the same, i.e. good deeds take people to heaven and evil to a cycle of re-births.

    * The world's highest cricket ground is in Chail, Himachal Pradesh. Built in 1893 after leveling a hilltop, this cricket pitch is 2444 meters above sea level.

    * India has the largest number of Post Offices in the world.

    * The largest employer in India is the Indian Railways, employing over a million people.


     * The world's first university was established in Takshila in 700 BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects. The University of Nalanda built in the 4th century was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education.

    * Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to mankind. The Father of Medicine, Charaka, consolidated Ayurveda 2500 years ago.

    *Christopher Columbus, attracted by India's wealth, had come looking for a sea route to India when he discovered America by mistake.

    * The Art of Navigation & Navigating was born in the river Sindh over 6000 years ago. The very word Navigation is derived from the Sanskrit word 'NAVGATIH'. The word navy is also derived from the Sanskrit word 'Nou'.

* Bhaskaracharya rightly calculated the time taken by the earth to orbit the Sun hundreds of years before the astronomer Smart. According to his calculation, the time taken by the Earth to orbit the Sun was 365.258756484 days.

    * The value of "pi" was first calculated by the Indian Mathematician Budhayana, and he explained the concept of what is known as the Pythagorean Theorem. He discovered this in the 6th century, long before the European mathematicians.

    * Until 1896, India was the only source of diamonds in the world
      (Source: Gemological Institute of America).


    * The Baily Bridge is the highest bridge in the world. It is located in the Ladakh valley between the Dras and Suru rivers in the Himalayan mountains. It was built by the Indian Army in August 1982.

    * Sushruta is regarded as the Father of Surgery. Over2600 years ago Sushrata & his team conducted complicated surgeries like cataract, artificial limbs, cesareans, fractures, urinary stones, plastic surgery and brain surgeries.

    * Usage of anaesthesia was well known in ancient Indian medicine. Detailed knowledge of anatomy, embryology, digestion, metabolism,physiology, etiology, genetics and immunity is also found in many ancient Indian texts.

    * India exports software to 90 countries.

    * The four religions born in India - Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism, are followed by 25% of the world's population. 

     * Jainism and Buddhism were founded in India in 600 B.C. and 500 B.C. respectively.

    * Islam is India's and the world's second largest religion.

    * There are 300,000 active mosques in India, more than in any other country, including the Muslim world.

    * The oldest European church and synagogue in India are in the city of Cochin. They were built in 1503 and 1568 respectively.

    * Jews and Christians have lived continuously in India since 200 B.C. and 52 A.D. respectively

    * The largest religious building in the world is Angkor Wat, a Hindu Temple in Cambodia built at the end of the 11th century.


    * The Vishnu Temple in the city of Tirupathi built in the 10th century, is the world's largest religious pilgrimage destination. Larger than either Rome or Mecca, an average of 30,000 visitors donate $6 million (US) to the temple everyday.

    * Sikhism originated in the Holy city of Amritsar in Punjab. Famous for housing the Golden Temple, the city was founded in 1577.

    * Varanasi, also known as Benaras, was called "the Ancient City" when Lord Buddha visited it in 500 B.C., and is the oldest, continuously inhabited city in the world today.

    * India provides safety for more than 300,000 refugees originally from Sri Lanka, Tibet, Bhutan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh, who escaped to flee religious and political persecution.

    * His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists, runs his government in exile from Dharmashala in northern India.

    * Martial Arts were first created in India, and later spread to Asia by Buddhist missionaries.

    * Yoga has its origins in India and has existed for over 5,000 years.

Law and Crime Facts


Law and Crime Facts


      1. The people most often killed in robberies are the robbers.
     
      2. In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child.
     
      3. Every day 20 banks are robbed. The average take is $2,500!

      4. The IRS employees tax manual has instructions for collecting taxes after a nuclear war.
    
      5. 16 percent of Americans will receive one speeding ticket this year and it will cost them on average $150 per ticket.
     
      6. There have been over 7,200 acts of terrorism against the US over the last 15 years.
     
      7. The U.S. Government will not allow portraits of living persons to appear on stamps.
    
      8. The most common time for a bank robbery is Friday, between 9 and 11 a.m. The least likely time is Wednesday, between 3 and 6 p.m.
   
      9. Organized crime is estimated to account for 10% of the United States' national income.
   
      10. Only 1 out of 700 identity thieves gets caught!

      11. Nose prints are used to identify dogs, just like humans use fingerprints!
 
      12. No patent can ever be taken out on a gambling machine in the United States.

      13. Native Americans do not have to pay tax on their land.

      14. Murder is the only crime that does not increase during the full moon. Theft, disorderly conduct, larceny, armed robbery, assault and battery, and rape all statistically increase dramatically during the full moon.
 
      15. Most burglaries occur during the daytime!
 
      16. Less than 10% of criminals commit about 67% of all crime.

      17. It takes five minutes to execute someone in a gas chamber.

      18. Half of all identity thieves are either relatives, friends, or neighbors of their victims.

      19. Eighty percent of Americans will be the victim of violent crime at least once in their lifetime.

      20. Bank robber John Dillinger played professional baseball.

      21. Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.

      22. According to Gaming Law, casinos have to stock enough cash to cover all the chips on the 'floor'.

      23. About 1 in 30 people, in the U.S., are in jail, on probation, or on parole!

      24. A man gets robbed in London every 4.5 minutes! (and he is getting fed up of it)