Knowledge | Posted by Shwe Zin Win
The so-called 'egg-laying cliff', situated in south-east China, regularly produces large round rocks as heavy as 660 pounds, according to the locals. It's said that the 'stone eggs' would drop from the cliff once every three decades or so. Scientists are yet to give an official explanation to the phenomenon. (The picture taken in October, 2016, shows the stone spheres on the 'egg-laying cliff' in China) (The unusual phenomenon is observed in an area measuring 66 feet long and 20 feet wide on a mountain in the Gulu Zhai village in Guizhou Province, as the picture from 2016 shows) The unusual mountain is located in the Guizhou Province in the Gulu Zhai village,...
Knowledge | Posted by Hnin Ei Khin
In the early 2000s, Charlie Munger–Warren Buffett's longtime business partner – made an unexpected decision. He handed almost $90 million of his family's fortune to a 38-year-old investor named Li Lu. At the time, Li was a rising star in the investment world, often called the "Chinese Warren Buffett." What followed was remarkable. That initial investment grew into about $400 million, showing just how successful that decision was. Li Lu, the founder of Himalaya Capital, had a reputation for applying the value investing principles of Ben Graham, similar to Munger and Buffett. Instead of focusing on the crowded American market, Li turned his attention to Chinese stocks, where...
Knowledge | Posted by Hnin Ei Khin
David Copperfield has been hit with a lawsuit seeking over $2.5 million to repair damage to a New York City condominium he owns. In the lawsuit, which was filed on Tuesday, Aug. 6, the board of managers of the Galleria Condominium — a luxury high-rise located on East 57th Street — claim that the magician “trashed” his unit in the building before abandoning it in 2018. Copperfield, 67, first purchased the N.Y.C. condo in 1997 before transferring ownership to Sky Tower, a Nevada shell company he owns, the following year, according to the lawsuit. The board alleges that the star left the “formerly pristine” condo — the largest in the building,...
Knowledge | Posted by Aye Myat Thu
In a world where wealth often comes hand in hand with lavish lifestyles, the story of Rama Murthy Thyagarajan stands as an enigma. Imagine a billionaire, the founder of a ₹1.10 lakh crore empire, who shuns luxury, lives in a modest home, and drives a car worth just ₹6 lakhs. Even more intriguing, this tycoon doesn’t own a mobile phone, choosing instead to lead a life of remarkable simplicity. Rama Murthy Thyagarajan, a name unknown to many, is the mastermind behind the Shriram Group, a financial giant he established in the 1960s. What started as a chit fund company has today blossomed into a behemoth, with Shriram Finance alone boasting a market cap of ₹1.10 lakh crores. But...
Knowledge | Posted by Si Thu Aung
Khan Sir has created a special place among students and his Khan GS Research Centre has 23.3 million subscribers on YouTube. Many popular teachers have come into the headlines again after three UPSC aspirants died in the basement of an IAS coaching centre in Delhi due to flooding. One such teacher is Khan Sir who is known for his unique teaching style. He runs Khan GS Research Center, a coaching institute, in Patna. He ventured into YouTube in 2019 and became popular after his video went viral during the Covid lockdown. He teaches students to prepare for government jobs and other competitive exams. Khan Sir has created a special place among the students. Khan Sir was born in a soldier...
Knowledge | Posted by Shwe Zin Win
Oracle shares closed up 5.1% on Monday, continuing their recently rally and propelling Chairman Larry Ellison to become the world’s second-richest person, snatching the title from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. Since the close of trading Friday, Ellison’s net worth has jumped $8.1 billion to reach roughly $206 billion, according to Forbes’ real-time billionaires list. Bezos, who had been the second-richest person on and off since 2016, is worth $203 billion. Tesla CEO Elon Musk sits at the top of the list, with a net worth of $251 billion. Oracle’s stock has climbed to new highs after the company reported earnings last week that surpassed expectations and boosted its...
Knowledge | Posted by Zarni Kyaw
A father and son in China who took the national university entrance exams together and were accepted by their institutions of choice have wowed many people online. Liu Aohan, 18, made his family proud when he was accepted into the Future Aerospace Leadership Programme at Beihang University in Beijing, one of the world’s best universities for aerospace engineering. He scored 625 out of 750 points, and ranked 64 in the science track of gaokao – China’s key university entrance examination – in northwestern China’s Qinghai province. His father Liu Jianbo, 47, also took the gaokao in the same year.He scored 454 out of 750 in the arts track, and was accepted to...
Knowledge | Posted by Zarni Kyaw
In Somankottai village of Tamil Nadu’s Tiruppur district, Dr Kandasami Saravanan has created a lush green haven of moringa oleifera on four acres of land. Departing from conventional practices of waiting for the trees to bear drumsticks, Dr Saravanan opts to quickly harvest its leaves. For decades, his family had been cultivating moringa for harvesting drumsticks. However, the crop was becoming increasingly unprofitable and unsustainable owing to low market rates. “For drumsticks, farmers earn between Rs 100 and Rs 150 per kg. But during peak production, the price reduces to as low as Rs 5 per kg. I observed moringa farming was becoming unprofitable for farmers despite its...
Knowledge | Posted by Zarni Kyaw
[Unicode] အိမ်မှာ အသုံးပြုနေတဲ့ LCD / LED TV များ အချိန်မတိုင်ခင် ပျက်စီးခြင်းမှ ကာကွယ်ပြီး သက်တမ်းပြည့် အသုံးပြုနိုင်ရန်အတွက်နည်းလမ်း ကောင်းများ... မိတ်ဆွေတို့ အိမ်မှာအသုံးပြုနေတဲ့ LCD /LED TV များ အချိန်မတိုင်ခင် ပျက်စီးခြင်းမှ ကာကွယ်ပြီး...
Knowledge | Posted by Aye Myat Thu
[Unicode] အိမ်တစ်လုံးကို အလှဆင်တဲ့အခါမှာ အရောင်ရွေးချယ်မှုက အဓိကကျပါတယ်။ လတ်ဆတ်ပြီး စိတ်ခံစားမှုကို ပြောင်းပေးနိုင်တဲ့ အိမ်သုတ်ဆေးအရောင်တွေဟာ သင့်အခန်းရဲ့ ဒီဇိုင်းနဲ့ သင့် Mood ကိုပါ လုံးဝအသစ် ဖြစ်သွားစေမှာပါ။ ကိုယ့်အိမ်ထဲက အခန်းတွေ ဆေးသုတ်ဖို့...