Why Do Men’s and Women’s Shirts Button on Different Sides?

If You've ever accidentally tried on a shirt intended for the opposite gender, you no doubt figured it out as soon as you tried to button the buttons. Why do clothiers put the buttons for men and women on the opposite side of the shirt?

Why Do Men’s and Women’s Shirts Button on Different Sides?

If you’ve ever had to fold the laundry of men and women (or if you’ve ever accidentally put on a piece of women’s clothing in the dressing room without realizing it), you’ve invariably noticed that while men’s shirts have their buttons on the right side, women’s shirts have their buttons on the left side. Why is this?

Though there’s no historical record or museum with an exhibit devoted to buttons (and/or factual logic as to why a person’s sex would have anything to do with said buttons’ orientation), most sources seem to cite the same simple rationale that dates back over a century.

Mens’ buttons are on the right side because men have always tended to dress themselves and most men (and women, for that matter) are right-handed.

Womens’ buttons are on the left side because years ago (say, during the Victorian Era), the women that could afford fancy clothing with a bunch of buttons would rely on maids to help dress them. So, if a servant (most of whom, naturally, would be right-handed) is going to routinely buttoning up a shirt/dress for someone else, that servant is going to prefer to have the buttons on their right side (which would be the left side of the garment.

Mind blowing facts about the Sultan of Brunei

Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Haji Omar Ali Saifuddien Sa'adul Khairi Waddien
is the 29th and current Sultan of the oil rich country Brunei.









Here are some of the facts about Sultan of Brunei :

• He is the 2nd Richest King in the World
• His net Worth is estimated at $20 Billion USD
• He has the largest Cars Collection In the World

 All his Cars are valued at  $300,000,000.00

• 604 Rolls Royces
• 574 Mercedes-Benz
• 452 Ferraris
• 382 Bentleys
• 209 BMWs
• 179 Jaguars
• 160 Porsche 
• 134 Koenigseggs
• 21 Lamborghinis
• 11 Aston Martin

• The Sultan of Brunei celebrated his 50th birthday in 1996 with a $25 million banquet for 3,000 people, including Michael Jackson concert and Prince Charles in one hall of his 1,778-room palace.
• While playing polo with Britain's Prince Charles, the sultan once had his polo shoes delivered by helicopter to the palace field.

CALM YOUR NERVES INSTANTLY

You can soothe your nerves using a simple technique called "The Diving Reflex"

What actually is the diving reflex?

The mammalian diving reflex is a reflex in mammals which optimizes respiration to allow staying underwater for extended periods of time. It is exhibited strongly in aquatic mammals (seals, otters, dolphins, etc.), but exists in weaker versions in other mammals, including humans.

In other words, when your body comes in contact with cold water, it automatically responses with:

• Decrease in heart rate by 10 to 25 percent (depending on the coldness)
• Decrease in blood pressure.
• Decrease in other symptoms of stress.
• Purpose of this reflex: The diving reflex is the body's physiological response to submersion in cold water and includes selectively shutting down parts of the body in order to conserve energy for survival.

If you submerge your left arm in ice cold water, you'll experience a reboot in your heart. 

So How can you use the Diving Response?
If you are going to perform e.g. at a competition or at a business event, activating the diving reflex can help you relax. The diving reflex is activated by breath holds and by facial contact with cold water. If you cover your face, especially the forehead and the area around the nose (area of the trigeminal nerve) with a cold wet towel, the diving reflex will be activated. Because the diving reflex innervates the vagus nerve your pulse will drop and your body will relax. In this way you can quickly calm your nerves before a performance.
The maximum response (the braycardia effect) that is, highest reduction in heart rate and blood pressure, can be observed by holding your breath while submerging your face under cold water.

This also a well known ancient Indian technique to reduce stress and tensions

Source : Wikipedia

Why do staircases always have an odd number of steps?

Staircase have odd number of steps to prevent people from stumbling. Most people are right handed, so they naturally step with right foot first. And if the top stair will be an even stair then the person will be in it's left foot. But the brain is used to of right foot first, so the odd step will put them back on right foot, and there is less of a chance that a person might stumble.

Hence the Staircase have odd number of steps.

How do they get the graphite leads into a pencil?

Contrary to popular belief, it is not as if a hole was drilled into the pencil and the lead was inserted into it. It is simply two halves being glued together.

Below is the pictorial representation of how a single block of wood is made into pencils:

Here is the top/bottom view of how it would look like:

Here is yet another step-by-step process of pencil making...

Mind-blowing facts about food

It is amazing how Nature has given us hints about food that is beneficial for us in terms of its resemblance to our organs. Following are some examples:

1. Walnut- brain

A Walnut looks like a little brain, a left and right hemisphere, upper cerebrums and lower cerebellums. Even the wrinkles or folds on the nut are similar to those of the neo-cortex. Known as the ultimate “brain food”, Walnuts contain vitamin E, folate, melatonin, omega-3 fatty acids, and antioxidants that work to improve brain function.

2. Carrot – Eye

It is clear that a sliced carrot resembles an eye, it even has patterns of radiating lines that look just like the pupil and iris! Beta-carotene (what gives carrots their vibrant orange colour) helps to maintain healthy eyesight, protects against macular degeneration, and the development of cataracts.

3. Celery-bone

Celery, Rhubarb, Bok-choy and more look just like bones structure. These foods specifically target bone strength. Celery contains silicon, which is part of what gives bones their strength. Here’s an astonishing fact: bones are 23% sodium, and celery is also 23% sodium.

4. Tomato- heart

A Tomato has four chambers and is red in color, so also the heart is red and has four chambers. Research has confirmed that tomatoes are loaded with lycopine and it is indeed pure heart and blood food.

5. Avocado – Uterus

Avocados are shaped like the uterus and cervix, and avocados have been shown to balance hormones and prevent cervical cancer! And guess what? Just as it takes exactly 9 months for a baby to fully develop in the womb, it takes an avocado exactly 9 months to grow from a blossom into a ripened fruit!

6. Sweet potato- Pancreas

A sweet potato has a striking resemblance to the pancreas, and has been shown to help the pancreas do its job by helping to stabilize blood sugar levels and can actually balance the glycemic index of diabetics. Sweet potatoes are also naturally high in Vitamin B6, which studies have shown inhibits the growth of pancreatic cancer!

7. Ginger – Stomach

Ginger looks like the stomach and aids in digestion! Ginger has been used for centuries as a natural remedy for stomach health. Gingerol, the ingredient that gives ginger it’s strong scent and taste, is listed in the USDA database of phytochemicals as having the ability to prevent nausea and vomiting.

8. Grapes – Lungs

Grapes, especially heirloom concord grapes, resemble the alveoli of the lungs. The alveoli of the lungs allow oxygen to pass from the lungs to the bloodstream. A diet high in fresh grapes has shown to reduce the risk of lung cancer! Grape seeds also contain a chemical called proanthocyanidin, which can reduce the severity of allergy-triggered asthma.

9. Kidney beans- Kidneys

Kidney Beans actually heal and help maintain kidney function and are shaped exactly like the human kidneys (hence their name). Kidney beans provide a variety of minerals and vitamins, and so are generally beneficial for your health. If your kidneys are healthy, kidney beans can -- when consumed as part of a balanced diet -- contribute to your kidney health. If your kidneys are diseased, you might need to moderate your intake of kidney beans.

Source : Quora 

ARNAB GOSWAMI IS GOING TO START A NEW CHANNEL?, OR A REVOLUTION, HERE ARE SOME THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT ARNAB GOSWAMI

Arnab Goswami is one of the most popular TV journalists in India . He is the news anchor and chief editor of the Indian news channel  Times Now. The program ‘News Hour’ a live debate  hosted by Arnab at 9 pm during weekdays, is the most watched news program in India. He also anchors a special TV program ‘Frankly Speaking with Arnab’.

Early Life

Arnab Goswami was born in Assam Guwahati on  October 9, 1973. He was born in a family of well known jurists. Rajani Kanta Goswami, his paternal grandfather; was a lawyer, independent activist and a well known leader in the National Congress Party.

Gauri Shankar Bhattacharya, his maternal grandfather, was a leader in the opposition political group of Assam. He also received the award Asam Sahitya Sabha Award as a writer. Goswami’s father Manoranjan, was a Colonel in the Indian army. His mother Suprabha, was a homemaker.

Arnab Goswami – Education.

Being an army officer’s son Arnab got a chance to study in various schools in different schools. He appeared in the 10th board examination at the Delhi Cantonment at Mount St.Mary’s School. He attended his 12th standard board exams at the Jabalpur Cantonment in Kendriya Vidyalaya.
Goswami completed his graduation in Sociology from the Hindu College. He completed his Master’s degree in the field of Social Anthropology from Oxford University in the year 1994.

Arnab Goswami’s stint in NDTV.

Before being a part of NDTV,  Arnab Goswami commenced his journalism career in The Telegraph at the city of Calcutta.  But he worked with the daily for under a year.  During the same year (1995), he shifted his career to broadcasting daily news at NDTV. He also worked on a program called ‘News Tonight’ for DD Metro.  He was involved in the transitioning of NDTV 24/7 into the 24 hour slot in 1998.  The Newshour show on NDTV was the longest running news analysis show from 1998 to 2003. Being a senior editor, he was responsible for the entire editorial content of the channel. He was also the host of Newsnight, another news analysis program on NDTV which won him an award for the Best News Anchor Asia in 2004, at the Asian Television Awards.

Arnab Goswami’s stint in Times Now.

Loved and loathed equally,  Goswami changed the game for news reporting and news analysis after he took over as the editor-in-chief and anchor for Times Now in 2006. In his own words,  after the experience of 26/11,  he decided that a journalist couldn’t afford to be objective and disjointed; he has to exercise his opinion and become a person of influence in order to bring out change. . In this program he has taken interview of many famous personalities like Parvez Musharraf, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Rahul Bajaj.
Post 2008, the Newshour aired at 9PM became deafeningly argumentative with Arnab arguing with the panelists and giving strong rebuttals. His interference and cutting down people from talking, invited criticisms. Nevertheless, because of Goswami’s playing to the gallery approach and cross-examining facts earned Times Now’ program ‘The Newshour’ the tag of being the most widely watched news program on television.
Goswami has called his style of journalism, a journalism of ‘opinion’ rather than being a product of PR exercise.

Resignation from Times Now (reason).

Arnab Goswami resigned as Editor-in-Chief of Times Now, on November 1, 2016.  Though the concrete reason was not disclosed, he stated in a one-hour web conference to media persons that the ‘game has just begun’. There are speculations that he would be joining  Fox News or he may start a news channel in partnership with Rajeev Chandrasekhar and Rupert Murdoch.

Arnab Goswami – Salary and Net Worth.

The monthly salary of Arnab Goswami is above Rs 1 Crore, his annual earnings is above US $2 million. Arnab Goswami is a big and prestigious name in the media, who earns a net worth of 12 crore in INR.

Arnab Goswami – wife.

Arnab Goswami is married to Pipi Goswami.  The two became friends when they were studying at The Hindu College.  Besides, she was a Bengali, she  found it too communicate with most of her batch mates who knew Assamese.  On the other hand, Arnab was familiar with both languages. It is said that she proposed him after she found him to be quite helpful and caring by nature.  The two got married in the mid90s, after Arnab came back from the UK.

Arnab Goswami – trivia.

Though he puts a no-nonsense approach in the media, in his personal life, he is known to be soft-spoken, humble and approachable.  He has written a book called ‘Combating Terrorism – A Legal Challenge’.  His one-liners ‘One Minute’,  ‘You cannot run away from these tough questions’, and ‘The Nation Wants to Know’ are quite popular.  There are numerous jokes and videos on the Internet carrying out memes on Goswami. There are a few Facebook pages called ‘Arnab Goswami jokes ‘ alluding to the fact that the news anchor is a newsmaker himself,  playing judge even before the investigations are through. Nevertheless, there is no escaping the fact that Goswami has changed the rules of journalism in India, whether ones likes it or not.

SOURCE;-INTERNET

The Rescuing Hug

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Twin girls, Brielle and Kyrie, were born 12 weeks ahead of their due date. Needing intensive care, they were placed in separate incubators. Kyrie began to gain weight and her health stabilized. But Brielle, born only 2 lbs, had trouble breathing, heart problems and other complications. She was not expected to live.

Their nurse did everything she could to make Brielle’s health better, but nothing she did was helping her. With nothing else to do, their nurse went against hospital policy and decided to place both babies in the same incubator. She left the twin girls to sleep and when when she returned she found a sight she could not believe. She called all the nurses and doctors and this is what they saw (refer to the picture above). As Brielle got closer to her sister, Kyrie put her small little arm around her, as if to hug and support her sister. From that moment on, Brielle’s breathing and heart rate stabilized and her health became normal.

Today, they’re all grown up.

Amazing fact about the Audi R8 Advertisement

The Audi R8 is probably one of the best sports car on the market today.

Audi also spends a bomb on marketing it. We're guessing it entails loads of camera equipment, crew of a hundred and a budget of a million Euros. And then this happened. Audi asked photographer Felix Hernandez to create a photo set of the car. He did it alright. He shot the car that costs about Rs 2.5 crores, using a scale model that costs Rs 2,500.

See the results for yourself.

1 - R8 passing through the Alps

Nope. It wasn't Alps

2. The R8 drifting on snow

Actually it was just a wooden board

3. R8 resting on the beach

Not really

Felix hernandez is specialises in making mock ups and shooting model cars like they were real.

For more amazing pics click the link below.

Felix Hernandez Rodriguez

Transparent Aluminum

Oxford scientists have created a transparent form of aluminium by bombarding the metal with the world’s most powerful soft X-ray laser. 'Transparent aluminium' previously only existed in science fiction, but the real material is an exotic new state of matter with important implications for planetary science and nuclear fusion.

 Now you can have a window that won’t break.The future has arrived. Sort of. Pretty much.

All that work pays off. AlON can do amazing things. Here, for instance, a 1.6″ thick AlON plate successfully resists a huge, powerful .50 AP bullet that smashes easily through more than twice that thickness of conventional laminated glass armor, with plenty of energy left over to extremely kill a plastic mannequin head. It’s expensive, of course, and so generally reserved for high-performance applications, especially in military fields.

What is PET Plastic, PETE Plastic ?

Have you ever wondered what the numbers, or recycling symbols mean at the bottom of plastic bottles and containers?

If you don't then please look at your bottle for the symbols and have a read the below answer.

Every plastic container or bottle has a recycling symbol. The symbol is a number, ranging from 1 to 7, within a triangle(as shown above in the figure).They actually offer a great deal of information regarding the toxic chemicals used in the plastic, how likely the plastic is to leach, how much biodegradable the plastic is, and ultimately the safety of the plastic and its re-usability.

Symbol 1 – PETE or PET (Polyethylene Terephthalate) : Usually clear and used to make soda and water bottles. Although considered as safe, but this plastic is known to allow bacteria and flavor to accumulate.

It’s found mostly in soda bottles, water bottles, beer bottles, salad dressing containers, mouthwash bottles, and peanut butter containers.Hence, mineral water bottles come with a statement : Please crush the bottle after use.

Symbol 2 – HDPE (High Density Polyethylene) : It’s found mostly in milk jugs, household cleaner containers, juice bottles, shampoo bottles, cereal box liners, detergent bottles, motor oil bottles, yogurt tubs, and butter tubs.ilk jugs, detergent bottles, juice bottles, butter tubs, and toiletries bottles are made of this.  It is usually opaque. This plastic is considered safe and has low risk of leaching.

Symbol 3 – V or PVC (Vinyl) : Used to make food wrap, plumbing pipes, and detergent bottles, and is seldom accepted by curbside recycling programs. These plastics used to, and still may, contain phthalates, which are linked to numerous health issues ranging from developmental problems to miscarriages. They also contain DEHA, which can be carcinogenic with long-term exposure. DEHA has also been linked to loss of bone mass and liver problems. Never cook with or burn this plastic.

Symbol 4 – LDPE (Low Density Polyethylene) : Low density polyethylene is most found in squeezable bottles, shopping bags, clothing, carpet, frozen food, bread bags, and some food wraps. This rests among the recycling symbols considered to be safe.

Symbol 5 – PP (Polypropylene) : It is typically found in yogurt containers, ketchup bottles, syrup bottles, and medicine bottles. It is one of the safest plastic to be used.

Symbol 6 – PS (Polystyrene) : Polystyrene is Styrofoam, which is notorious for being difficult to recycle, and thus, bad for the environment. This kind of plastic also poses a health risk, leaching potentially toxic chemicals, especially when heated. Most recycling programs won’t accept it.

Symbol 7 – Other, Miscellaneous : All of the plastic resins that don’t fit into the other categories are placed in the number 7 category. It’s a mix bag of plastics that includes polycarbonate, which contains the toxic bisphenol-A (BPA). These plastics should be avoided due to possibly containing hormone disruptors like BPA, which has been linked to infertility, hyperactivity, reproductive problems, and other health issues.

Avoid recycling symbols 3, 6, and 7. While Number 1 is considered safe, it is also best to avoid this plastic.

Look for symbols 2, 4, and 5, as these plastics are considered to be safest. These are the plastics to look for in terms of human and animal consumption.

So next time you buy bottles for storing drinking water, look for the symbols first, color,design and price could be compromised not your health.

How do pickpockets know which pocket to steal from?

Many people will subconsciously check their wallet when they see this sign, and that will reveal to an observant pickpocket where someone keeps their valuables. So if you see a sign warning for pickpockets, don’t check your pockets.