Interesting facts about technology

Here I Come Up With Some Mind Boggling Tech Facts You Would Find Really Interesting To Read. There I Go… 1) IBM announced world’s first 1 GB hard drive in 1980. The price was of $40,000! 2) Samsung created first ever fighter jet KF-16 of South Korea. 3) Formerly the Android Operating System wasn’t created […]

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Remembering the noble leaureate

As a kid, you must have often asked these questions: ‘Why is the sea blue?’ ‘Why do clouds appear white in colour?’ The answer to this and many similar questions lies within the realm of“Raman Theory”. Also known as the “Raman Scattering”, the theory helps in analysing the molecular behaviours of a wide range of […]

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Presenting to you the humble Pi

Adopted by mathematicians worldwide, the mathematical constant Pi is represented by the Greek letter ‘π’. This irrational number that determines the areas of circles is quite the phenomenon among math enthusiasts. In 1988, physicist Larry Shaw recognised March 14 as ‘Pi Day’ based on Pi’s value – 3.14. He initiated the celebration to get the […]

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Why do flowers have fragrance?

It’s early evening, and while taking a stroll you are hit by a strong, but sweet smell of Honeysuckle flowers. At night it gets even stronger. But why do flowers have a fragrance? A one-liner answer would be – to attract ‘pollinators’! Without pollination flowers cannot produce seeds, and without seeds they cannot produce more […]

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Who discovered hot chocolate?

Chocolate was discovered and brought to Europe in the early 1500s by Spanish Conquistador Hernando Cortez. After trekking through the jungles of what would later become Mexico and Central America, Cortez had an audience with Montezuma, king of the Aztecs. During the visit in 1519, Cortez and his companions noticed that the king, and nearly […]

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