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Top 10 Most Interesting facts about Ashoka 1. According to Ceylonese Chronicles Ashoka killed his 99 brothers to get the throne. Leaving only one of his trusted brother. 2. Asoka was described as Devanampiyasa in Inscriptions. Devanampiya means dear of God's. 3. People weren't aware of the Buddha's image at the time when Ashoka embraced the Buddhism, that is the reason why no sculpture of his time contains Buddha's Image. 4. Kunala wasn't blinded son of Ashoka as many stories tell. 5. Before embracing Buddhism, Ashoka was known as the most cruel king. He had a chamber of torture termed as " Hell on earth". 6. A common torture in "Hell on earth" was to pry open victims mouths with an iron and pouring boiling copper down to their throats. 7. Ashoka destroyed and plundered all temples belonging to Brahims and their guru kuls also. 8. Before receiving his title as "Samrat Ashoka" he was known as "Chanda A...
Facts About Baba Vanga Blind Mystic Baba Vanga predicted 9/11 , advent of ISIS and even Britain exit from European Union long before her death in 1996. Her two predictions for 2018 are making in news. Let us see what these predictions are about. China will become super power defeating USA in its game. Discovery of new form of energy on Venus. Baba Vanga’s predictions are considered very important as she had predicted 9/11 by saying “two steel birds” would attack the “American brethren.” It is also said to have foreseen Brexit. She said Europe as we know it will “cease to exist” by the end of 2016, and she also warned of the rise of an extremist Muslim army that would invade Europe, thought to refer to the rise of ISIS.
Here is a new iPhone. We buy. We discard. We buy again. In recent years, we have been doing it faster. All thanks to Apple who is taking advantage of you. Apple has a history of over pricing its product much greater than standard technology just because they have its name. Increasing prices of newer model in comparison to its last flagship model makes the old one obsolete just after its launch and this makes one's think it is the best in class. It is one of the dirty tactics played by Apple from a long time. Apple knows its huge fan-base and it leaves no stone unturned to elicit as much money as possible. One such dirty tactic played by Apple has recently shaken-ed the whole tech community. Apple has admitted that it has been deliberately slowing down the performance of older models in iPhone from time to time and ov...
Top 10 Fun Facts About Canada 1. In 1948 Canada wasn't going to sent a Hockey team to the Olympics, so the Royal Canadian Air Force sent some servicemen to represent the country, and they won Gold. 2. Canada has one fifth of the world’s freshwater. 3. The Canadian government established one of the most northern settlements in the world by tricking 8 families into living there and then not allowing them to leave. 4. Canada has a little-known, "world class," elite special ops force called Joint Task Force 2, which was the only foreign unit accepted to join top-tier U.S. special operations units in Afghanistan. 5. California has a bigger population than Canada. 6. Canada was so nice to their POW's during World War 2 that almost 20% of them requested to stay after the war. 7. The USA spent 2 years building a fort to protect from Canadian invasion, but it was accidentally built in Canada. They abandoned construction and called it Fort Blunder. 8. ...
We all know Vatican City is surrounded by Rome, Italy. A s far as the general public knows, the Vatican City is headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church, home to the Pope and a trove of iconic art and architecture. The city has one of the most famous and oldest libraries in the world. But ever thought about that what is so special at The Vatican city library . To be more precise what is commonly known as ‘ Vatican Secret Archives ’. The 85km of shelving in the Vatican's Secret Archives holds manuscripts and publications accumulated over more than 12 centuries. It is restricted section in the Vatican City library. No one is allowed to browse the Archives – they’re called Secret for a reason! -And who so ever want access to these areas, must specifically ask to view a particular text, only select scholars, academics, and journalists are allowed to enter the Archives . The library is home to original letters written by Michelangelo, documents relating to expendi...
Top 10 Most Interesting Unknown Facts about Japan 1. Japan has a sociological phenomena known as "Hikikomori", in which there's an estimated 1 million Japanese who choose to completely isolate themselves from society by rarely or never leaving their homes. 2. In Japan, '39' is common text speak for 'thank you', due to how 3 (san) and 9 (kyu) sound when spoken out loud. 3. Traditional Japanese calendars have 24 15-day seasons split into 72 five-day microseasons. Right now is "Farmers drain fields," followed by "Wild geese return" and "Chrysanthemums bloom." 4. In Japan, death by overwork is so common that they have a word for it, "Karoshi". Some examples of karoshi are: working 110 hours a week, working 3000 hours a year with no days off in 15 years, working 4320 hours a year, and working 34 hour shifts five times a month. 5. Kyoto, the former capital of Japan, just means "capital city" a...