How long does it take for a typical person to fall asleep?
Research has shown that the average sleeper takes about 7 minutes to fall asleep. You may fall asleep sooner or take longer.
2016
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How many sweat glands does our skin have?
Sweat glands are small tubular glands found just under the skin. These glands produce sweat for cooling the body. One square centimetre of human skin contains about 100 sweat glands, although the number of sweat gland varies from person to person.
The skydiver who became the first to break the sound barrier
Felix Baumgartner became the first person in the world to break the sound barrier. The sound barrier is 1110.45 kilometres per hour (690 miles per hour). On 14 October 2012, he skydived from an altitude of 38.62 kilometres (24 miles) and was in a free fall for more than 4 minutes, and then he hit…
Peter Douglas’ Smart State
The ‘Smart State’ slogan was given by the Premier of Queensland Peter Douglas Beattie. He envisioned the state to be technologically developed and put forward the agenda of restructuring the areas of education, health, research and development, and technology.
Sarojini Naidu’s charisma gets carried forward!
Sarojini Naidu had been the Governor of a state. She became the Governor of Uttar Pradesh after independence. Her daughter Padmaja Naidu became the Governor of the state of West Bengal.
Stroke of coincidence between Tulsidas’ birth and death anniversary
Goswami Tulsidas was the poet saint who retold the Ramayana. He was born on Saptami of Shukla paksha (the fortnight leading for ‘New Moon’ to ‘Full Moon’) in the month of Sawan, which is the seventh day of the waxing half of the Hindu month of Sravana (July-August) in 1497(?). Coincidentally he died on the…