LOLs

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This is absolutely terrifying at first glance!  Centaurs are awesome, until you run into one in real life.

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 o.0

 

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Three legs!?!?  Look again…

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The photographer has been following this football player for months to try to get the perfect shot.

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This is definitely a personal foul by any standards, but a great shot nonetheless. In fact, the defender should get 3 points for such a good shot.

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Everyone knows that Yao has the tastiest armpits in the league.  This guy apparently didn’t believe the hype!

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Aw… poor little girl. This does not look like it’s going to end very well. It looks like tears might already be welling up in her eyes.

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Ouch. The moment before you start wondering why the bee hates you so much that he would sacrifice his life to inflict this annoying pain on you. Why bee? WHY?

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 This dude has a legendary stream.  It doesn’t even seem like this one is intentional, just great camera work from a passerby.

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It’s really about time to shave, when you have 4 inch long whiskers poking out. Come on have some class and grab a razor.

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So who is copying who? I know who is higher up in the sky and that’s a bit of a scary thought.

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You thought the chipmunks were just after nuts, but little did you know they’re one of the most well read creatures around. So instead of feeding them read to them instead.

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Poor little pigeon thought he found a good place to rest. Little does he know he’s about to be statue dinner in a minute. Fly away quick little pig!

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Everyone is interested in what’s inside the cave but him…

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This guy has some serious gas!  He is also killing the trailer park look.

Area Names in Bangalore

We are living in this awesome Bengaluru someone in Marathahalli, someone in Domlur and some other in Basvangudi but have you ever wondered how did these areas got their names? I know that your answer is NO. Let’s know it today. It is interesting.

1.Nagarbhavi

The name literally  means “a well of snakes”. The name is due to the high number of snakes present in the area before it got urbanized. Also, some believe that it is called a “well” because of the surrounding hillocks that are no longer present  due to urbanization.

2.Marathahalli

The area got its name from a fighter aircraft named Marut which was designed and assembled in HAL, which is very close to this area. There are though a few contradicting reports that a Marut once crash landed in this area giving it its name. Halli in Kannada means village.

3.Basavangudi

The name “Basavanagudi” refers to the Bull Temple that is located here. You can find a monolith statue of the Nandi Bull. Basava in Kannada, the local language, means Bull and Gudi means temple. Hence, the name Basavanagudi.

4.Malleswaram/ Malleswara

Located in the north-west of Bangalore, it derives its name from the famous Kaadu Malleshwara temple in this area.

5. BTM layout

BTM is actually an abbreviation for Byrasandra Tavarekere Madiwala. The area for the layout was carved out from these three neighborhoods and hence the name.

6. HSR Layout

HSR is an abbreviation for Hosur Sarjapur Road Layout. A relatively new suburb located in the south-east of Bangalore, the layout, which is built on land reclaimed from the Agara lake, is located between Hosur Road and Sarjapur Road.

7. Rajajinagar

The area was named after Rajagopalachari, the freedom fighter and the last Governor-General of India.

8. Kodigehalli

This place/area was reportedly given as a gift(gift = Koduge in Kannada) by the former King Kempegowda to someone.

9. Madiwala

Madiwala in kannada means a washerman. Years when Bangalore ended in Jayanagar, this area was full of washermen and hence the area got the same name.

10. Sunkadkatte

The area was like a tollgate which was next to Lake and in Kannada Sunka means Tax and Katte mean lake.

11. Seshadripuram

The area was named after the late Diwan of Mysore Seshadri Iyer.

12. Domlur

Mosquitoes are called Domalu in Telugu. Since the area was notorious for its mosquito population, it is named as Domlur [Doma + ooru which translates to Mosquito Village]

13. Doddanekundi

Not that it is the back part of Elephant. The area was again dominated by Telugu origin where it was originally called as Dodda Nakka Vundi which means ‘There’s a big jackal there’ which then became Doddanekundi in the mouth of kannadigas.

14. Ulsoor

The area had a jackfruit orchard. Jackfruit is called Halasu in Kannada. Halasu-ooru (Jackfruit Village) colloquially became Ulsoor.

15. RT Nagar

The area is named after the National anthem writer Rabindranath Tagore.

Hope it was informative. Do leave me your comments..

Dancing peacock

A must watch. The ever blue and green peacock dance. 

No words. Just simple bliss. Here is the video.

 

Oldest Indian Coins

The currency code for Rupees is INR, and the currency symbol is ₹ today. 

Way back in the 6th century BC, India was one of the first issuers of coins, with the first documented coins being called 'punch-marked' (pana) coins. Symbols were stamped on the metal blanks to transform them into coins. Probably, the blanks were slightly heated before the symbols were stamped. The symbols were stamped, one after the other, at various points on the blank, with punches, each punch having one distinct symbol. Hence, the popular name 'punch-marked coin.'

Punch marked coins

 

India's coinage designs frequently changed over the next few centuries as various empires rose and fell. By the 12th century, a new currency referred to as Tanka was introduced. 

India Temple Ram Tanka with Hanuman

Indian Sikh temple token

During the Mughal period, a unified monetary system was established and the silver Rupayya or Rupee was introduced.

Aurangzeb rupee

The states of pre-colonial India minted their coins with a similar design to the silver/copper Rupee with variations depending on their region of origin. 

1818 coin

In 1825, British India adopted a silver standard system based on the Rupee and was used until the late 20th century. Although India was a colony of Britain, it never adopted the Pound Sterling/British currency. In 1866, financial establishments collapsed and control of paper money was shifted to the British government, with the presidency banks being dismantled a year later. That same year, the Victoria Portrait series of notes/coins was issued in honor of Queen Victoria, and remained in use for approximately 50 years. 

1862 East India Company

After gaining its independence in 1947 and becoming a republic in 1950, India's modern Rupee (INR) was changed back to the design of the signature coin. The Indian Rupee was adopted as the country's sole currency, and the use of other domestic coinage was removed from circulation. India adopted a decimalization system in 1957.

Coins evolution

6 reasons why the earth will end

Few theories of how earth may end.

Exaggerating and over saying it, yet confers an imagination of possibilities.

 1. The world will disintegrate itself failing to take the pressures on human misuse any longer.

 2. The sun will burn the earth.

 3. The floods will drown the earth

 4. The CO(2) releases by human activities will kill the beings and earth

 5. The mass bodies in the galaxy will strike and disturb the forces binding the earth and will kill it

 6. The volcanic eruptions will kill the beings on the earth