Oh! My God

Oh! My God

Call this a prison?

Adarsh Karagar located on the outskirts of Lucknow is a unique prison. The convicts in this jail are permitted to move about freely. They also earn their living. Some have laundries, other run barber shops while some have formed a musical band which is in great demand at functions. They queue up each morning before leaving for their chosen work but have to return by sundown. But of course Adarsh Karagar is not for all and sundry. It is only meant for ‘star prisoners’ with exemplary records who are between 21 and 40 years, physically fit and have strong family ties. The Karagar also has an open village with 50 acres of land for cooperative farming. The main aim of this jail is to reform the convicts by providing financial and emotional security.

 

Camel can go for several days without food or water

Camel can go for several days without food or water. They carry a supply of fat in their humps. A camel with a sagging hump is a hungry camel! They lose no water from their bodies. They do not sweat and their urine is solid crystal. People in the desert do not wash-up with water, they use sand to clean their dirty dishes.

 

Camel can go for several days without food or water.

Camel can go for several days without food or water. They carry a supply of fat in their humps. A camel with a sagging hump is a hungry camel! They lose no water from their bodies. They do not sweat and their urine is solid crystal. People in the desert do not wash-up with water, they use sand to clean their dirty dishes.

 

Can you imagine how long it would take to count a million pounds?

If the money was in one pounds notes a bank clerk could count a break it would take at least eight days for him to work through a million.

 

Cat’s Tail

When subjected to an electric current of at least 50 volts, a cat’s tail always points toward the north.

 

Chameleon Snatches – Sharpshooter

The chameleon snatches up its insect prey in a fraction of a second. It waits for an insect to land within range, then it shoots out its long tongue. The insect is caught on the sticky tip of the tongue.

 

Change your eye color

Ingesting small doses of ink over an extended period of time will change your eye color slightly.

 

Clean Shave your knowledge

Shaving was even done by men in distant past caves in Stone Age. Razors have been found in the digging of graves from the times of Stone Age and the ancient Egyptians in North Africa. Safety razors are a later invention. The shaving became popular only in 1901, when Gillette began producing razors in large quantities.

 

Cleaning Crocodile

The Egyptian Plovers, pick off tiny animals that live on the crocodile’s body. They can even climb into its mouth without being harmed.

 

Clocks that make Patit Paban Dutta

It is clocks that make Patit Paban Dutta of Calcutta tick-literally! He has been tending the clock towers of Calcutta for more that half-a-century. Starting as an apprentice under his father at the age of 16, Dutta is still able to climb up a flight of 108 stairs to check the clock a top St. Paul’s Cathdral every week and wind it with the help of 5-kg iron crank. It was one of his forefathers who had set up the famous clock towers of Calcutta way back in 19th century. Assisted by son Subir, Dutta also looks after other clock towers in the city and in suburbs like Bandel and Hooghly. In fact it was Subir who had repaired the clock at the Golden Temple at Amritsar.

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