10 Interesting Facts about Historic India

There are many fascinating facts about Indian history that will leave the people around the world shocked and surprised. Our country in not an ordinary country if we turn the pages of the history there are many facts that will make the modern man bow his head to the greatness of India. Here is a list of some of the many amazing and interesting facts.

1. In the 11th century Sridharacharya introduced Quadratic Equations.

2. In India Surgery existed 2600 years ago, and Sushruta, known as the Father of Surgery, and conducted many complex surgeries.

3. In ancient India Anesthesia was used.

4. The oldest city in the world that is inhabited even today is Varanasi.

5. The famous astronomer Bhaskaracharya calculated the correct time taken by the earth to revolve around the sun.

6. Ayurveda originated in India and it is the earliest school of medicine known to mankind.

7. The world's first university was established in India, in Takshila In 700 BC.

8. The Decimal and Place Value system originated and developed in India.

9. Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus were invented in India.

10. Budhayana famous mathematician calculated the value of "Pi" In the 6th century, and he also explained the concept of Pythagoras Theorem.

Read the rest of this entry

Five Predictions of Nostradamus for 2014

Nostradamus was a 16th century French Philosopher whose predictions are famous worldwide.

He studied astrology as well as various occult sciences, if we turn the pages of history all his predictions went right. Here is a list of his predictions for the year 2014.

1. Nostradamus predicted that petrol and oil in Gulf areas would be set on fire.

2. Many natural calamities are likely to take place and there will be huge and unusual changes in the weather patterns even worse than earlier or what it is now.

3. He predicted that there will be unusual changes in the planetary alignments (astronomical changes) which will initiate huge events on earth.

4. He predicted that Obama would be the last president of America.

5. According to his predictions many explosions will take place in the Middle east area.

Read the rest of this entry

Top 10 Amazing Brain Facts

More than any other discoveries of the man, knowing and discovering the facts about human brain is the most important one. There have been many research throughout the years, revealing to us the amazing facts about brain, let us know some of them.


Approximately 75% of the brain is water.
Brain only weights about 3lbs, but uses 20 to 25% of the energy supplies each day.

In the average human brain there are 1.1 trillion cells and 100 billion neurons.

Human brain never loses the ability to change and learn.

Even when we are asleep the brain is still working very hard digesting the food, pumping heart and maintaining blood pressure.

If blood flow to the brain is lost one can last only 10 seconds.

It is a myth that we use only 10% of our brain; the fact is that we use it in total.

There are only a few people who can do more than one thing at a time (multitasking) efficiently, multitasking forget it.

In matters of concentration brain is very poor it cannot concentrate for long periods of time, so to improve efficiency, it is always preferable to take short breaks rather than one long break.

Brain cannot deal with every single detail that we look at.

Read the rest of this entry