Things you didn't probably know

Show it off ! Teach us something. Here is how this works. You just have to share something interesting that you know that you think most people don't know.

It could be a story your appa or uncle told you, it could be a cool thing that you read in a book, it could be an insider story a friend told you, or something you know because of your job, something you discovered while traveling or something you saw in a documentary. Whatever it is, it has to an be interesting "Did you know" kind of thing. I will kick this off by sharing a few things here and some in the Comments section.

If you had only 1.5 Lakh Rs to your name (Your bank deposits + Assets - debts) you might not think yourself terribly fortunate. But you would be wealthier than 50% of the world’s population. Yes, the poverty/inequality situation is that bad ! Just google for poverty in India and you will know what I am talking about. If you had 45 Lakh Rs or more, you would be in the top 10%. I am willing to accept gifts and treat from you for the next one month if you realized just now that you are in top 50% or 10% or something like that. Hurry, Message me today itself and avoid the last minute rush!

Another less known thing related to prosperity. When we talk about the British,we often hear about how developed they were. However that was not the case, not always.
In the 18th century, life of the common man in London was so terrible that people considered the place unlivable and decided that mass fleeing to an unknown/relatively
uninhabited island was better than living in Britain, that is how modern New Zealand was created(New Zealand was inhabited by the Maori tribe when these British arrived). All the whites in New Zealand are the British who decided to start a new and better life in a far away island, similarities to the present day Syrians is striking. Isn't it? Source : 2 separate tour guides in New Zealand.

When we think of Samsung, we often picture a cheap Chinese company that copies everything that Apple does. What we don't know is that Apple might look like a bachcha if we think about how big this this Korean giant actually is. Samsung makes satellites, robots, semiconductors, Apparel and about a hundred other distinct products. It is a bit like Tata + Reliance + Wipro. It is so HUGE that it is responsible for 20% of South Korea's entire GDP !

According to former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, Hold your breath, every two days human beings create as much information as we did from the dawn of time until 2003. That is right. Data produced in 2 days = Data produced from last GOD KNOWS HOW MANY THOUSAND YEARS(What he did not say however is that 99% of that is people writing brain numbingly idiotic shit and my research says that 12.34567% of that is Liberals and Modi fans throwing abuses at each other)

Lenses, megapixels and stuff is overrated, lighting and composition is underrated. People don't understand how important lighting is and how blocking and composition can dramatically alter the image. While the quality of the camera certainly makes a difference in the quality of the footage, a well-lit and carefully thought-through scene from an average camera can look way way better than a shot from a hi fi camera pointed at something poorly lit and lacking composition. Source: Cinematographers in internet.

When the word "Graphics" is mentioned, most people think of films like Jurassic park, Avatar, Life of Pi and Avengers. The visuals however might be misleading.
Christopher Nolan for instance does not like graphics, so most of what you saw in The Dark knight, Inception and Interstellar was not graphics! They were achieved using practical effects. David Fincher on the other hand likes Computer graphics. So Some of what you saw in films like Zodiac, The Social network and Gone Girl was actually graphics even if it did not feel that way. That leads us to the important point, when it is done well you don't really say things like, "This is graphics!" because the graphics doesn't stick out and you get immersed in the story. Source: Interviews/behind the scene features of DVDs, video essays in youtube

You all have read about that Rajasthan judge who told that a Peacock does not have sex with the peahen and the peahen gets pregnant after swallowing the tears of the peacock. Anybody who was active in facebook has seen N number of jokes on the topic. Well, here is the thing. In a way, The joke is on you! He of course was wrong about the peacock but the idea itself is not all that ridiculous. Turns out that Asexual reproduction is quite common in the animal world. Turkeys can spontaneously impregnate themselves(Called as Parthenogenesis). Hammerhead sharks, komodo dragons, mole salamanders, and an assortment of other reptiles, fish and insects can all produce offsprings without mating ! Source: Science articles in net/animal related documentaries.

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