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AMAZING FACTS

What are some Google search tips that can help us to find exactly what we are looking for?

  1. To search for an exact phrase and avoid other permutations/omissions: Type the phrase in double quotes (“query”).
    1. e.g. “Batman is Bruce Wayne” will only return results that contains the 4 words in that order (capitalization doesn’t matter though)
  2. To omit a particular word of phrase from the search results: Use a minus sign (-query).
    1. e.g. Tony Stark - “Robert Downey Jr.”
    2. P.S. You can replace the minus sign with the Boolean Operator NOT
      1. Boolean Operators need to be in caps
  3. To search for two terms together: Use a plus sign (query1 + query2)
    1. e.g. “Peter Parker” + Spiderman
    2. P.S. You can replace the plus sign with the Boolean Operator AND
  4. To search only a particular website: Append site:sitename.com at the end of the query.
    1. e.g. “Steve and Bucky” site:tumblr.com
    2. P.S. no space between the colon and the sitename.
  5. Context searching: If you are searching for two words that you think should appear close to each other, and want to omit any results where they are distantly mentioned, use around(N) where N denotes the number of words between the two queries.
    1. e.g. Superman AROUND(10) Lois will return queries where Superman and Lois appear within 10 words of each other (in either order)
  6. To search for a particular filetype: Append filetype:extension at the end of the query.
    1. e.g. Doctor Bruce Banner research filetype:pdf
    2. Common filetypes include doc, docx, ppt, pptx, png, jpg/jpeg, gif, etc
  7. You can also search for normal websites that contains embedded objects (like doc, ppt, png etc) by using contains:fileextension operator.
  8. To search only in the URL of a webpage and not the webpage content itself: Type inurl:query.
    1. e.g. inurl:Thor would return websites whose URL contain the word Thor
    2. No space between the colon and the search query
    3. If you need to search for URLs containing 2 or more words, use allinurl.
      1. e.g. allinurl: Thor Jane will search for websites whose URL contains both terms. (P.S. allinurl needs a space)
  9. To search only in the title of webpages or documents: Type intitle:query.
  10. Wildcard searches: Use asterisk (*)
    1. e.g. “Captain America vs *” will return searches like “Captain America vs Falcon”, “Captain America vs Winter Soldier”, “Captain America vs Iron Man”, “Captain America vs Red Skull” etc
  11. Reverse image search: Right-click on any image, and choose “Search google for this image” to search the web for the said image (and close approximations of it).
  12. Time-bound search: Use the search tools to limit the results to before, after, or during a particular period. Useful if you want to search for an article or result from a specific date, week, month; or if you want to figure out the original article vs the plagiarized ones.
  13. Viewing the Google cached version of a website: If a website is down or not loading due to some issues, you can access the Google cached version of the same by typing cache:websitename.com along with any query.
  14. Range searching: To search for a range of number use two consecutive fullstops (..).
    1. e.g. “I will walk 100..500 miles” will return results for 401 different queries including “I will walk 399 miles” (doesn’t make sense though!)
  15. Google Scholar : To find research papers, theses, academic books and journals, and all sorts of scholarly and legal literature.

 

 

What are the mind blowing facts about Dubai?

 

It says we could see Ubers all across the world…
Just for the fun of it, I decided to check the kind of Ubers and their fares across the world.
Central Park, NY - first place that popped in my mind
Eiffel Tower - no reason whatsoever
Burj Khalifa - Dubai has something exciting always
And it didn't fail me. I saw this:

A chopper? Seriously????
 

 

 

 

What are some interesting mathematics facts?

 



This is Ramanujan's magic square.
  1. the sum of any column is 139
  2. The sum of any row is 139
  3. The sum of diagonal elements is 139
  4. The first row 22 12 18 87 is special because it Ramanujan's Birth date 22/12/1887

 

What can I learn right now in 30 minutes that will be useful for the rest of my life?


Next time when you want to download some stuff or view content from a website and they ask you to register.
Dont waste your time, just head to this website: BugMeNot: share logins
Type in the domain name and they will provide you with a username and password.
Heres a sample I tried for 4shared.com:






 

What are some mind blowing facts of Oscar (academy) Awards?
Seat Fillers: The Academy Award uses seat fillers, while the actor is accepting or presenting awards


Neil Patrick Harris talking to a seat filler at Oscars 2015

A seat filler is one who attends award shows and sits in the seats of the celebrities while they are accepting or presenting awards. Seat fillers are primarily employed so that when TV cameras show audience shots there are no empty seats.
The producers of the show at the academy awards have instructions that there would be no empty seat when the camera is showing the audience and so even if an actor is out for a bio break for a few minutes, someone will be made to sit in the actors seat until he/ she arrives back.
There are some strict rules to be a seat filler,
One can only be a seat filler through connections. it is either if a relative is working for the Academy or if you work for PricewaterhouseCoopers, the accounting firm that counts the votes
  • If one Misbehaves, he/ she can get their connection fired
  • No talking to the stars or other people who actually have real invitations
  • Should not do anything so that they stand out in the camera
  • one should not draw attention to themselves
  • Strict dress code
  • All seat fillers will waiting around the theater and will be called whenever required
  • There is no Payment for the Job
  • If the actor does not come back to the seat they have to be present in the seat until the show finishes
now that’s one odd job!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What are some small facts that might save your life one day?

 


 

 

 

 

Which places are worth all the hype?

 


 

 

 

 

 

What are the most interesting facts you know?




Jose Mujica.
He may look like an average farmer, but he has been President of Uruguay since 2010. This man is globally known as the “World's Poorest President” due to his simple lifestyle and the fact that he donates around 90 percent of his $12,000 (£7,500)  monthly salary to charities that benefit poor people and small  entrepreneurs.

He declined to live in the opulent presidential palace or use its staff.

Instead he lives in a small farm owned by his wife.

His humble lifestyle is reflected by his choice of an aging Volkswagen Beetle as transport.

He  was a guerilla fighter that battled for the rights of the country’s  citizens, was imprisoned twice and was shot 6 times after an escape  attempt.

He  doesn't care about money or appearances, but just leading his country.

 

What are some interesting facts about MIT?

What are some really interesting unknown facts?











What are some little known facts about McDonald's?

















Have you ever noticed these number triangles below the plastic bottles you use?






Do you know what the number inside the triangle represents?

I’ll tell you their significance.

  • Number 1 inside the triangle as shown in the above picture represents the plastic is made of Polyethylene terephthalate. (PET)

This plastic is safe for single use and should never be heated.

If you observe carefully, there’ll be a message on the cover saying:

CRUSH THE BOTTLE AFTER USE.


These are commonly used for bottled water and soft drink bottles.

Please don’t use the bottle after its expiry date. The plastic disintegrates eventually after the expiry date. You’ll end up drinking water along with minute amounts of plastic which is very dangerous.

SAVE YOUR LIFE


  • Number 2 inside the triangle represents the container is made of High-Density Polyethylene . These plastics can be reused and refilled.
Commonly used for detergents, shampoos etc.
  • If you see number 3 inside the triangle, avoid the usage of that plastic immediately. They contain carcinogens (these plastics are made of PVC)
Commonly found in peanut butter jars.
  • You can reuse the plastic if it has number 4 inside the triangle. These are commonly used as reusable bags especially for shopping.
Common usage: Grocery store bags, plastic wrap, dry cleaning bags, shopping bags etc.
  • Number 5 inside the triangle is the safest. You’ll find it in ice creams cups, straws and syrup bottles.
Common usage: Medical storage, food storage.
  • Number 6 inside the triangle is dangerous and number 7 inside the triangle is deadly. PLEASE AVOID
They are made of polystyrene and BISPHENOL-A (BPA).
HORMONE DISRUPTORS
Continuous usage might lead to cancer.
Common usage: Plastic spoons, plastic forks, water bottles (mostly used by athletes)
For those who are asking “TUPPERWARE having 7 inside the triangle, is it safe or unsafe?”
Here you go..
You don’t need to remember those chemical names. Just remember which numbers (inside the triangles) are safe to use and which are not.
To sum up:
USE THESE
AVOID THESE
I don't know whether you know this or not but you should know this :)
Now it’s your turn to educate other people :D














Would it be possible to send garbage from Earth to space, to clean up Earth if it gets heavily polluted?

 

Yes!!  Great idea!  We can shoot all our garbage into the Sun, it will definitely never come back.  Now let's make a quick calculation, with the information I quickly Googled.
  1. Roughly 1.2 trillion kilograms of garbage is produced worldwide every year.
  2. Best price I can find to bring something to Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO) is $16,600 USD/kg by the Russian heavy lift launch vehicle:  the Proton-M
This orbit (GTO) is not far enough to have the rocket continue towards the Sun, but let's say for now we're fine with the garbage being far away.  The yearly cost of this operation would be about 16,600 x 1,200,000,000,000 = 19,920,000,000,000,000 almost $ 20 quadrillion US Dollars.  Divide that by 6 billion, and we roughly get the cost per world-citizen per year:  $ 3.3 million dollars. 
Where can I send you the bill for your garbage pick-up-service?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What are some of the most interesting little-known things?





1. Men’s shirts have the buttons on the right while women’s shirts have the buttons on the left.

Because when buttons first appeared in the 17th century, they were seen only on garments of the wealthy. At that time it was the custom for rich men to dress themselves and for women to be dressed by servants.

Having women's shirts button from the left thus made things easier for the mostly right-handed servants who dressed them. Having men's shirts button from the right made sense not only because most men dressed themselves, but also because a sword drawn from the left hip with the right hand would be less likely to become caught in the shirt.


2. The Ramses brand of condom is named after the great Pharaoh Ramses II, who supposedly fathered over 160 children.
                           


3. Kopi Luwak, the world’s most expensive coffee, is made from the coffee beans collected from the dried feces of palm civet -  small, cat-like creatures found in south-east Asia.



The animal eats only the select berries, giving it a special flavor. It ingests the coffee cherries needed for this bizarre delicacy, but doesn't digest them. The animal passes the beans through its digestive tract to be picked up by waiting humans.

Kopi Luwak has spread from Indonesia to the US and Europe, with a London outlet last year announcing that it will charge patrons £70 for a cup.


4. In most of the malls today, perfumes are always found at the entrance. There's a reason behind this:

Before automobile came in, commuters used to depend on horses, which used to leave lots of dung on the roads. Just to ensure the stench/bad odor would not enter the sales outlet, perfumes and fragrances were always kept at the entrance. This was done so that the customers would have a pleasant experience the moment they step in.

5. A honey bee must tap two million flowers to make one pound of honey.

6. Potato chips were invented in Saratoga Springs in 1853 by chef George Crum as a mocking response to a patron who complained that his French fries were too thick.

7. To determine the percentage of alcohol in a bottle of liquor divide the proof by two.

8. American Airlines saved $40,000 a year by taking out ONE olive from each salad they served.

9. Jeans are stitched with orange thread so that it goes well with the coper rivets on pockets

10. The first product to have a  bar code on its packaging was Wrigley's gum.

11. The first cloned animal `Dolly' was named in honor of Dolly Parton, because it was cloned from a `mammary' cell



12. It takes 43 muscles to frown but only 17 to smile.

13. If a statue of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.


14. The liquid inside tender coconuts can be used as a substitute for blood plasma in emergency.

15. Honey is the only food that doesn’t spoil. It was found in an edible form even in the Pyramids. When you call someone “honey”, you are blessing them with a long life.

16. Only one McDonald's in the world has turquoise arches. This is in Sedona, Arizona. The Government officials thought the yellow would look bad with the natural red rock of the city.


17. Black box, the in-flight voice recorder, is painted orange so that it can be spotted easily in the event of a plane crash.


18. "A Persian carpet is perfectly imperfect, and precisely imprecise." Carpet makers in Iran introduce a deliberate flaw into their work so it is not perfect. This is because according to Islam, only Allah is perfect.

19. The sailor’s bell-bottom trousers, are commonly believed to be introduced in 1817 to permit men to roll them above the knee when washing down the decks and to make it easier to remove them in a hurry when forced to abandon ship or when washed overboard. In addition the trousers may be used as a life preserver by knotting the legs and swinging them over your head to fill the legs with air.


20. An airplane pilot and copilot are required to eat different meals to minimize the threat due to poisoning. Because even if one meal is contaminated, it is highly unlikely that the other is, ensuring the safety of at least one pilot!

21. For more than fifty years after the formation of the Indian Railways, there was one crucial element that was missing on the nation's trains: toilets.

Passengers had to wait till the stations to answer the call of nature, and it was not until a passenger named Okhil Chandra Sen wrote this angry yet amusing letter in 1909 that toilets were installed on Indian trains.











Do you know why Dumbbells are called so?


During the Tudor era in England, Athletes were using hand-held church bells to train their arms and upper bodies. Since the bells were making a lot of noise during the training, they decided to remove the clappers, making the bell ‘Dumb’. Hence, they are known as Dumbbells.

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