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Interesting facts

We will share interesting facts and in bracket mention the country of these facts from 15th October 2024

 

 


Post
Largest postal network in the world ( India )
Floating post office in Dal Lake, Srinagar ( India )

Humans
Calculator
The human calculator - Shakuntla Devi ( India ).

National anthems
Two national anthems - Rabindranath Tagore wrote national anthems for India & Bangladesh ( India )

Polling Station
Polling station for lone voter (Mahant Bharatdas Darshandas) in the middle of Gir Forest ( India )


Even though up until the 1990s the availability of fresh water was scarce, people on the main island of Santorini have been able to establish prominent wine and tomato agricultural industries in Akrotiti (Non UN Member country / island)



Vegetarians
Largest number of vegetarians in the world ( India )

Wettest place
The wettest inhabited place in the world - Mawsynram, Meghalaya and Cherrapunji ( India )

Diamonds
Diamonds first mined ( India ).

Construction
Bandra Worli Sealink has steel wires equal to the earth's circumference.

The highest cricket ground in the world (Altitude : 2,444 meters, Chail : Himachal Pradesh)

Body
Shampooing is an Indian concept (Sanskrit word champu, which means to massage)

Discoveries
Water on the moon (India)
The world's largest producer of milk (over 132.4m tonnes in 2014)
The first country to consume sugar


Animals
India has a spa just for elephants (Punnathoor Cotta Elephant Yard Rejuvenation Centre)
Snakes and Ladders originated in India  (Earlier known as Moksha Patamu

Style
When an Albanian is agreeing with you, he or she will shake their head, and when they are disagreeing with you they will nod. Be warned and avoid confusion. Yes means no and no means yes.

Belief
Albanians believe that a scarecrow placed on a home or other building while it’s under construction will ward off envy from the neighbours. Sometimes you’ll see a teddy bear serving the same purpose.

Interesting things

Interesting facts an be man made or are gifted by nature

Interesting facts in Thane
Before 1996, the city was called 'Thana', the British spelling of the city, until it was replaced with the more-local name.

Thane was the terminus for the first ever passenger train in Asia. On 16 April 1853, the passenger train service was inaugurated between Bori Bunder (Bombay) and Thane

A copper plate dating to AD 1078 was discovered near the foundations of Thane Fort in 1787

Lake city
Thane was known for its lakes and CSRidentity.com wants Thane to be the ocean point of knowledge of Health Information in the world.
Lakes in Thane
Ambe Ghosale Lake , Balkumb Lake , Brahamala Lake
Burbank Lake , Datiwali Lake , Dawala Lake
Desai Lake , Devasar Lake, Diaghar Lake ,
Diva Lake , Gokul Nagar Lake , Hariyali Lake
Jail Lake , Jogila Lake, Kacharali Lake
Kalwa Lake , Kasar-Wadavali Lake , Kausa Lake
Kavesar Lake, Khardi Lake , Kharegaon Lake
Khidkali Lake , Kolbad Lake , Kolshet Lake
Makhamali Talav (Lake) , Masunda Lake (Talao Pali)
Naar Lake Naar , Phadakepada Lake, Railadevi Lake
Rewale Lake , Shill Lake, Siddheshwar Lake
Upvan Lake

Notable people
Thane is known for politics and political greats.
But we do not cover the names of these greats despite of the fact that one of the two time MP of Thane (Shri Rajan Vichareji is batchmate of founder), former MP of Thane (Late Prakash Paranjape, Founder & his family stayed in his Delhi Bunglow when founder's international NGOs website was launched by US Ambassador) or Former MP (Rajya Sabha MP, Shri Dr Vinay Sahastrabuddhe is known to founder because founder had taken sessions in Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini, where Vinayji was head)

Malaika Arora – Bollywood actress and dancer
Amrita Arora – Bollywood actress
Hruta Durgule – Indian television actress
Poorva Gokhale – Indian television actress
Suhas Joshi – Indian film and television actress
Umesh Kamat – Indian film and television actor
Kavita Lad – Indian television and film actress
Prajakta Koli – Indian Youtuber
Priya Marathe – Indian television actress
Diana Pinto – Miss India America 2009
Prithvi Shaw – Indian cricketer
Laxmi Narayan Tripathi – Indian LGBT Activist
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