General Knowledge
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During a BBQ, a woman stumbled and took a little fall – she assured everyone that she was fine (they offered to call paramedics) …she said she had just tripped over a brick because of her new shoes. They got her cleaned up and got her a new plate of food. While she appeared a […]
Have you backed up your data recently? Everyday people, businesses, even games lose huge amounts of valuable data because they fail to follow this one basic procedure. World Backup Day is set aside as a reminder to back up your files, even if it’s once a year! A backup is a reserved copy of all […]
Hindus throughout Fiji and former residents abroad will tonight mark the conclusion of the Holi festival with the Budhwa Mangal. Rather than being a part of the Sanatan Hindu religion in the Fijian Diaspora the practice of Budhwa Mangal is more of a culture. It records and relates us back to our roots- originating from […]
North Korea never ceases to amaze the whole world. Despite the fact that this country is closed to ordinary tourists, and you are unlikely to see a photo from there on Instagram, nevertheless, sometimes interesting information about this country does get out. The country is considered the most closed country, which is not surprising given […]
A note written by Albert Einstein containing advice on happy living has sold at an auction house in Jerusalem for $1.56m (£1.19m). Einstein gave the note to a courier in Tokyo in 1922 instead of a tip. He had just heard that he had won the coveted Nobel prize for physics and told the messenger […]
A person only feels trapped when he knows what exists beyond the walls. Knowledge about the outside world is what makes us restless to venture and discover. Legend has it that a Greek Orthodox monk called Michael Tolotos died in 1938 at the age of 82, without EVER seeing a woman. Be very surprised, the […]
Guru Amar Das was born on 5 May 1479. Sri Guru Amardas was the third of the Ten Gurus of Sikhism and became Sikh Guru on 26 March 1552 at age 73. Before becoming a Sikh, on a lovely pilgrimage after having been prompted to search for a guru, he heard his nephew’s wife, Bibi […]
In 1915, 30-year-old Essie Dunbar’s sister was late to her funeral; and when she arrived, she demanded that the coffin be opened to see her for one last time. Alas, when the coffin was opened, the dead woman opened her eyes, sat up and smiled. Essie Dunbar then went on to live for another 47 […]
The Suleman octuplets are six male and two female children conceived via in vitro fertilization (IVF) and subsequently born to Nadya Suleman on January 26, 2009, in Bellflower, California. Residing in Lancaster, California, they are the first known octuplets to survive their infancy. The extremely controversial circumstances of their high-order multiple births have led to […]
In July 2021, a woman who broke a world record for giving birth to nine babies at the same time said she feels very happy three months after the delivery — and hasn’t ruled out having more children. To say Halima Cisse has her hands full is a bit of an understatement. The family said […]
