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“The Knowledge Library”
Knowledge for All, without Barriers…
An Initiative by: Kausik Chakraborty.
“The Knowledge Library”
Knowledge for All, without Barriers……….
Knowledge for All, without Barriers…
Typoglycemia Typoglycemia is a neologism given to a purported recent discovery about the cognitive processes behind reading written text. The legend, propagated by email and message boards, purportedly demonstrates that readers can understand the meaning of words in a sentence even when the interior letters …
Strawberries are the only fruit that wears their seeds on the outside. The average berry is adorned with some 200 of them. No wonder it only takes one bite to get seeds stuck in your teeth. Strawberries aren’t true berries, …
Frogs have mucus-covered skin and go through metamorphosis. Frogs are amphibians. They have thin, mucus-covered skin that they can breathe through, lay shell-less, squishy-looking eggs, and often go through a metamorphosis from tadpole to fully-grown frog. All of these things set them apart from reptiles, …
एक समय की बात है। एक पंडित जी कई वर्षों तक काशी में शास्त्रों का अध्ययन करने के बाद गांव लौटे। पूरे गांव में शोहरत हुई कि काशी से शिक्षित होकर आए हैं और धर्म से जुड़े किसी भी पहेली …
रात के ढाई बजा था, एक सेठ को नींद नहीं आ रही थी. वह घर में चक्कर पर चक्कर लगाये जा रहा था, पर चैन नहीं पड़ रहा था. आखिर थक कर नीचे उतर आया और कार निकाली. शहर की …
सिर के ऊपरी भाग को ब्रह्मांड कहा गया है और सामने के भाग को कपाल प्रदेश। कपाल प्रदेश का विस्तार ब्रह्मांड के आधे भाग तक है। दोनों की सीमा पर मुख्य मस्तिष्क की स्थिति समझनी चाहिए। ब्रह्मांड का जो केन्द्रबिन्दु …
The Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai volcano has erupted regularly over the past few decades. It consists of two small uninhabited islands, Hunga-Ha’apai and Hunga-Tonga, poking about 100m above sea level 65km north of Tonga’s capital Nuku’alofa. But hiding below the waves is a …
BrahMos missile derives its name from the combination of the names of Brahmaputra and Moskva Rivers. They are designed, developed, and produced by BrahMos Aerospace, a joint venture company set up by DRDO and Mashinostroyenia of Russia. It is a two-stage missile with …
BRIDGE :(VERB): (जोड़ना): join Synonyms: link, connect Antonyms: divide Example Sentence: New initiatives were needed to bridge the great abyss of class. RELENTLESS: (ADJECTIVE): (सतत): persistent Synonyms: continuing, constant Antonyms: short-lived Example Sentence: We bore the relentless heat of the desert. INCITE :(VERB): (उत्तेजित …
Hundreds of years ago, your communication options were quite limited. If you had a message for a friend, you could tell them in person or write them a letter. Today you might text, post, or email someone a message. Or …
The story of these stretchy, bouncy, durable bands goes back thousands of years. Experts believe it began in the regions that many today call Mexico and Central America. There, ancient civilizations harvested latex from rubber trees. To make this material less brittle, they mixed it with juice …
That honor goes to the super-speedy peregrine falcon. Peregrine falcons are one of the most common birds of prey around the world. They can be found on every continent except Antarctica. Peregrine falcons are raptors that hunt other birds and bats. They patrol the skies …
As the farthest planet from the Sun, Neptune has long been difficult to study. In fact, it’s one of only two in our solar system that can’t be seen with the naked eye. Neptune was also the only planet predicted to exist …
Is it magic? Nope! It’s science — and it’s all about water. The regular white glue most students know so well is made up of a variety of chemicals called polymers. These polymers are long strands that are either sticky or stretchy. Glue manufacturers have …
In fact, it’s a question that every human being has surely thought about at one time or another. At some point in time, every single person comes face-to-face with the reality of his or her mortality. All things that live will …
Despite its popularity today, YouTube hasn’t been around long. In 2005, three friends named Jawed Karim, Chad Hurley, and Steve Chen wanted to share a video online. The three looked for a video-sharing site but couldn’t find one. That’s when …
There are several theories about why we yawn. One theory suggests that we don’t breathe as deeply when we’re bored or tired as we do when we’re excited or exerting energy. When our breathing slows, our bodies receive less oxygen. This reduction in oxygen makes us feel tired and lethargic. Yawning helps bring a burst of fresh oxygen into …
Despite its name, the French fry is not French. The origins of the French fry have been traced back to Belgium, where historians claim potatoes were being fried in the late-1600s. According to local Belgian lore, poor villagers living in Meuse Valley often …