Oscar Wilde and his publisher’s interesting communication through telegraph
Oscar Wilde had sent a telegram to his publisher to know how his book was doing in the market. He sent – ‘?’ The publisher replied – ‘!’
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Knocked out in two bizarre fashions
‘Handling the ball’ and ‘obstructing the field’ are two bizarre and extremely uncommon ways of getting out. Mohinder Amarnath is the only batsman in the world to have been dismissed in both the fashions in one-day internationals. Handling the Ball – 1986 Triseries (India-Australia-New Zealand) second match of best of three finals against Australia. Obstructing…
Moby-Dick, a real life story
Moby-Dick was written by the American author Herman Melville. Moby-Dick was a great white whale. Captain Ahab an old seafarer became obsessed with capturing the whale, so much so that he spent his whole life for the venture. Ahab lost his leg in his hunt for Moby-Dick. His ship also got lost and there was…
Steve McQueen’s distressed childhood
Terence Steven McQueen was a famous Hollywood actor and director known for the famous films such as Magnificent Seven and Towering Inferno. He had a horrible childhood. Steve McQueen was dyslexic, partially deaf as a result of childhood ear infection and he was the son of an allegedly rebellious alcoholic lady of questionable character. His…
Ivan Lendl’s reaction on losing Single Wimbledon Men’s Championship
Ivan Lendl had held the rank of world’s no. 1 in men’s tennis for long but could never win at Wimbledon. He lost in finals (1986 to Boris Becker, 1987 to Pat Cash). Referring to Wimbledon’s Grass Court, he said out of frustration ‘Grass is only meant for cows.’ After Andy Murray (whom he coached)…
The mathematical connection between the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi and Lal Bahadur Shastri
Both were born on 2nd October, i.e. 2/10. ‘2’ may represent the binary system. The numbers involved there are ‘1’ and ’0’, which constitute ‘10’. Moreover, ‘10’ is the binary representation of ‘2’.