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In 1541, John Calvin, a Swiss Protestant Reformer banned all jewelry as frivolous & sinful displays of vanity. This left Swiss jewelers, goldsmith’s & craftsmen jobless, so they all shifted their skills to making watches, which were exempted from the ban because they were considered time-keeping devices , & not jewelry. And that is how the Swiss became the best watchmakers in the world

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@DataOfStats Kerosene lamp was game changing

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@Sumitraj002 Nice bhai made it look so easy

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We live in a tropical country with high temperature and humidity. That's why it became imperative for us to use more Oil, Spices in our food as a natural preservatives to keep food preserved for longer period. Culture/Food is highly integrated to Geography.

@Lotus_Arise Wtf they are asking about bitcoin when govt doesn't recognise it is beyond my comprehension

#UPSCPrelims2026 GS Paper 1 Subject-Wise Distribution The overall difficulty level of UPSC Prelims 2026 GS Paper 1 was Moderate to Difficult.

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Aishwarya Rai has been compared with 3 other ppl her age. This lines up perfectly with the data on TB that shows that one in every 4 persons in Mumbai is exposed to TB everyday. Rai was rumoured to have stomach TB back in 2010. It's possible that she has been advised to stay fat.

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What is the Artemis Programme?

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@DataOfStats Paris is The City of Light, not lights.

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The journey of electricity...

TIL, the US Consulate in Calcutta is the second oldest US consulate in the world (after Britain). Established in 1792.

@paraschopra There are also Rime Phonesthemes (at the end)

@paraschopra 👀 I would like to register a polite objection. glue, gloom, gland, gladiator, glutton, glacier, glitch,… snack, snake, snail, snob, snitch, snug, snicker, snapshot,… change the teacher as a matter of urgency, ideally without delay.

@paraschopra its applicable to words starting with sl too.. for something unpleasant, slippery, or downward slime, slither, slouch, slump, slack, slop, sludge, slum, slash, slap, slu- nvm

Today I learned that in English: words starting with "gl-" often relate to light: gleam, glint, glance, glare, glaze, glimpse, glitter, gloss, glower, glisten, glaze, glitz, glazed. words starting with "sn-" often relate to nose: sniff, sneeze, snuff, snore, snort, snot.

Ok, so I learned that these are called phonesthemes :)

@kunalrv How can we even expect this?

Ye question tough tha.

India produces 40% of its edible oil needs domestically. Imports the rest — roughly ₹1.5 lakh crore annually. Nobody panics about this. Its not sexy like semiconductors or rare earths. But cooking oil touches every single Indian household every single day. Palm oil from Indonesia, sunflower from Ukraine. Two supply chains that have been disrupted in the last four years. And yet there is no Mission Edible Oil with a catchy acronym and a press conference.