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गोपाल का इलाज

Gopal ka ilaaj

गोपाल भांड नहुत ही बुद्धिमान और मेहनती आदमी था। उसकी बुद्धि और व्यवहार कुशलता के बहुत चर्चे थे। लोगों की हर समस्या का हल वह चुटकियों में करता था। इसलिए उसके पास लोग अपनी – अपनी मुश्किलें लेकर आते ही रहते थे। किस्मत की बात है – उसके पड़ोस में एक निहायत कमअक्ल दम्पति रहता था। उस पर तुर्रा यह …

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Why do flowers have different smells and colours?

The smell in flowers comes form the special oils that are produced in the petals, as the plant grows. When this oil evaporates, which it does very easily, it gives off a fragrance which we can smell. Various combinations of chemicals in the oil of different flowers result in a variety of fragrances. Some are pleasant sweet smells, like those …

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Why are zodiac signs named after animals?

The term ‘zodiac’ stands for animals. However, all zodiac signs do not represent animals, like Libra is represented by a balance. Astrologically and astronomically, zodiac signs are representative of various pattern formed by stars. Ancient astronomers had named each zodiac by the shape formed by a few important and bright stars resembling the shape of animals, located in that section …

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Why are viruses at the borderline of living and non-living things?

A virus has a very simple composition. It has a protein sheath inside which there is a strand of DNA. A virus shows some properties akin to living organisms. However, unlike other organisms, they show some properties that are akin to non-living things. They can undergo crystallization and in that form, survive for billions of years. They can survive very …

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Why are there waves on the sea?

Only very rarely are the seas completely still. These were the times that sailors on the old sailing ships feared the most – even more than they feared the worst storms. They became becalmed, which meant that no wind was blowing to fill the great sails to carry them to their next port of call. The sea would be motionless …

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Why are stars grouped in constellations?

People who gazed at the skies in ancient times believed that they could see the shapes of animals and peoples traced out in the stars. These star groups, or constellations, have the Latin names of the shapes, and astronomers use the names in identifying stars. But the stars in a constellation do not belong to any actual group in space …

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Why are Some Plants Non-vegetarian?

Are you scared of going to the forest because you think there are man-eating tigers in the forest? What would you do if there were man-eating plants too? Don’t worry. Man-eating plants do not exist. But insect and animal-eating plants do. They are what you would call non-vegetarian plants. In fact, there are 500 varieties of plant species that trap …

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