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May this Holi be filled with fun, joy and love.  Happy Holi 2022! Holi, the festival of colours is finally here and people are rejoicing with the arrival of this festival. This year,  Holi will be celebrated on March 18. Holi is a very popular festival in India and is celebrated in all states of the country.  People throw coloured powder on each other and throw coloured water on each other via ‘pichkaris’ or buckets. The whole affair is very enjoyable and warm, as people dance to the tunes of breezy songs, play with colours and also drink thandai! Holi signifies the triumph of good over evil. People also distribute sweets and gifts to their loved ones on this precious occasion.  People dress up in white to celebrate Holi and play with colours. Many families also arrange a puja at their home to pray for prosperity, wealth, good health and luck.

Did you know? Chocolate can kill dogs, as it contains theobromine , which affects their heart and nervous system.  

Did you know? A snail can sleep up to three years. Snails need moisture to survive; so if the weather is not cooperating, they can actually sleep up to three years. It has been reported that depending on geography, snails can shift into hibernation (which occurs in the winter), or estivation (also known as 'summer sleep'), helping to escape warm climates. Butterflies taste with their feet. Butterflies taste food with their feet. Butterflies have taste sensors on their feet and by standing on a leaf, they can taste it to see if their caterpillars can eat it. The flying insects mainly consume liquids like nectar or juice from fruits, and sometimes even fluids from carcasses. Most lipsticks contain fish scales. Lipstick contains fish scales. The ingredient under discussion is called pearl essence. (Some sources give this as "pearlescence.") It's the silvery stuff found in fish scales that's used in some lipsticks, nail polishes, ceramic glazes, etc., to make them...

This life has no existence without a strong ally in ‘Woman’ in every stage of life starting from motherhood to wife, from sister and finally a daughter.  Happy Women’s Day!  Celebrated annually on March 8, International Women's Day is one of the most important days of the year to celebrate women's achievements, raise awareness about women's equality, lobby for accelerated gender parity, and fundraise for female-focused charities.  Furthermore, International Women's Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women.  The campaign theme for International Women's Day 2022 is #BreakTheBias .

Did you know? When you put on headphones, you cover your ears from the natural air, which increases production of bacteria in your ear by 700% in 1 hour.

Did you know? The " sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick " is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language. "Rhythm" is the longest English word without a vowel.  

  Did you know? If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib.  If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die.

Did you know? There are only two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: " abstemious " and " facetious ". TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.

Did you know? The sentence, "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the English language. "I Am" is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.  

Did you know? Our oceans cover more than 70% of Earth's surface and less than 5% of our planet's oceans have been explored. The majority of life on Earth is aquatic. Over 70% to 80 % of the oxygen we breathe is produced by marine plants, nearly all of which are marine algae.  

Did you know? There are about 73,000 tree species discovered on Earth. Trees are believed to have been in existence on Earth for about 370 million years. At present, Earth has around 3 trillion trees.  

Did you know? Sushruta is considered the "Father of Surgery" .  He lived in India sometime between 1000 and 800 BC, and is responsible for the advancement of medicine in ancient India.  

Did you know? Crocodiles do not have sweat glands and release heat through their mouths in a process called " mouth gaping ".  

Did you know? 22 February, 2022 (Tuesday) is both a palindrome and an ambigram . The date will read the same from right to left, left to right and upside down.  

Did you know? The magnitude 9.0 earthquake that struck Japan in 2011 , was so powerful, that it shortened Earth's day by 1.8 microseconds and shifted it's figure axis by 17 centimeters .  

The Felicity Ace , a massive Panama-flagged cargo ship carrying thousands of Volkswagen Group vehicles, including Porsches, Lamborghinis, Audis caught fire near the Azores islands in the Atlantic ocean. The ship was on it's way to the port of Davisville in the US state of Rhode Island when the tragedy struck the vessel.  The ship's 22 crewmembers were evacuated by the Portuguese Navy and Air Force. The sip was left unmanned and adrift. Under the maritime law, the ship is now "finders keepers".  It is now believed that the ship had around 3,965 Volkswagen Group vehicles on board which includes the 1,100 Porsches and 189 Bentleys. The detailed numbers for the rest of the luxury vehicles are yet unknown.