General Knowledge

Bees collect honey with great trouble, but a hunter comes and takes the honey easily. Even so people hoard wealth and other things with great difficulty, but they have to leave them all at once and depart when the Lord of Death takes hold of them. Doing abundant, spontaneous and ...

Compared to the other sensations our taste sense (in particular smell) is not very sensitive. It is estimated that a person needs 25,000 times as much of a substance in the mouth of taste it as is needed by the smell receptors to smell it. However, inspite of this, the ...

Shyness is a human quality that everybody feels at some point of time in their lives. Shyness reveals itself in various ways – dry mouth, shaking hands, sweaty palms, loss of words, etc. Where does shyness come from? In some cases, genes contributes. Parents of shy children are often shy themselves. The ...

Wry: Pertaining to anything twisted or distorted especially a facial expression indication displeasure or disgust. Misapprehension: Misunderstanding: mistaken idea. Disingenuous: Insincere; deceitful, not straightforward. Splotch: Smear, stain or spot. Blasphemous: Profane; showing disrespect for God or anything held sacred or in high esteem. Quandary: Perplexing difficulty; dilemma; predicament. Succour: To help or give aid ion times ...

Geoff Alklott’s Record Against South Africa at Auckland in 1999. New Zealand left-arm Seamer Geoff Allott Set the record for the slowest duck in test History, lasting 77 balls and 101 minutes. The earlier record for the longest time to get off the mark was 97 minutes, set in 1947 by ...

Through prayer alone devotion is used deepened and fulfilled. To turn ardently our hearts into the Lord, to offer our all at His Altar in our infinite love, to bow down in total surrender at His feet, to cry in the joy of the flooding love, this is prayer at ...

The world’s first ‘self-watering’ plant was discovered by a team of researchers led by Ne’em in Israel’s Negav desert – one of the driest regions on Earth. The study revealed that the Desert Rhubarb has a metre-wide giant leaves which can hold 16 times more water then other desert counterparts. ...

Mind can be controlled by constant effort to fix it on God. Sit alone and watch the mind and its movements. Be indifferent and unattached. Remain a witness. Do not identify yourself with the thoughts. Do not think of the past. Do not plan for the future. Live in the present. Read spiritual books. ...

Venus seems to have evolved rapidly compared to the Earth Data from Venus Express supports the theory that the Earth’s  twin once had significant volume of water covering the surface but it appears that these oceans were lost in a very short geological timescale. Due to loss of water, the ...

Wake Up! Decide to have a good day. Dress Up! The best way to dress up is to put on a smile. Shut Up! Say nice things and learn to listen. Stand Up! For what you believe in. Stand up for something or you will fail for anything. Look Up! Keep yourself centered. Remember you are important. Reach Up! For something ...