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Engineering entrance forms should come with a warning label reading “Admission into an engineering course may cause caffeine dependency, insomnia and lack of social life. Proceed with caution!” All those years in engineering are bound to have a profound effect on one’s personality, thought process and of course, the choices one is going to make in the future and engineering course seem to posses some weird gene modification process that not only changes how one acts and behave but also one’s looks and hairdo and gait etc

Although some don’t believe in these life-changing power of engineering institutions, they believe that you are chosen at birth to be an engineer based on their karma and whatever you do, you will end up being an engineer and give the world another geek or nerd 😀

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Acronyms You Use But Don’t Know What They Mean

Ayshi

An Acronym is an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word like CBI (stands for Central Bureau of Investigation) or OMG (stands for Oh My God). Acronyms are so common in the daily lingo that most of us don’t even realize that we are using one and we don’t even know what they actually mean.

Curious to know what the commonly known ones mean? Let’s take a moment for self-knowledge!

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Only a genius can solve all these puzzles!

Sheena Mathur

We know you all love puzzles, they come handy to kill time nicely, especially when we are all locked-in and oh! those memes and TikTok videos seem to get boring day-by-day. We believe its time for us to tease your brain a little.

Here are 6 puzzles, some easy – some wicked, for you to solve and then share with your friends and family. Solve these and check the answers at the end. Share with your friends to see how they fair.

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All things you don’t know about Beer

Gautam Singh

Love beer? Who doesn’t? The fact that researchers do Ph.D.s on the history of beer and brewing tells how seriously our society takes the beer. On the same lines, while there are mainly 2 types of beer, ales and lagers, there are more than 75 beer styles. A beer style is different than others in one or more of these elements – aroma, appearance, flavour and mouthfeel.

If you are tired of being in a group call or at home without anything to speak about or to know about, grab a beer and read this article. There are so many things you didn’t know about beer that will blow your mind.

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Outrageous Warning Labels that’ll make you go ROFL

Sanjana

Warning labels on products, although important, are usually ignored or just glanced over. But sometimes they sound little nuts and can give us a good laugh. Some of these labels are out-rightly stupid and others sound so lame because someone probably tried to do exactly what the label warns against, injured themselves as a result, and tried to sue the company involved.

Keep reading for some warning labels so strange that you’ll be left wondering whether these manufacturers were drunk or about to quit their job during the printing process.

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Which ‘Phile’ Are You?

Sanjana

The word ‘Phile’ comes from the ancient Greek word ‘phileein’, meaning ‘to love’. So a ‘philia’ is a special love, attraction or preference for a certain type of thing. Do you love working and being productive? You’re an ergophile. Obsessed with tattoos? You’re a stigmatophile. Read on to find out more words that might describe you!

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Why Do Graduates Wear Square Hats?

Sanjana

Graduation is a joyous time to celebrate the milestone of academic accomplishment. Wearing a graduation hat and gown to the ceremony is an age-old tradition, especially in Western countries. So what exactly is the origin of the square graduation caps? The square academic cap or mortarboard is said to have been developed from a similar-looking hat worn in the 14th and 15th centuries. Read on to know more

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Know if you live in these earthquake-prone districts and how to prepare yourself

Nikita Syal

The year 2020 has been a year of challenges. Amid Coronavirus pandemic, locust swarms and cyclone various Indian cities are now experiencing earthquake tremors. The best that we all do at this point is to learn if we are in one of the troubled zones and be at an alert and prepare.

Read on to find out which earthquake zone do you live in and information on how to prepare yourself. Stay informed and stay safe folks!

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Top 10 Magic Tricks Demystified

Sanjana

When we see magic, we know it isn’t really magic. Sometimes we’d dismiss it as a sleight of hand or some kind of grand illusion at other times and even a mass hypnosis.

We all try and be super attentive to see some loophole during the act but mostly we are not able to think of a plausible explanation for what had just transpired. No need to wonder any longer, for here are some trade secrets exposed!

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Is KV Kamath going to replace Nirmala Sitharaman?

Nikita Syal

Rumour mills are abuzz in the Capital that the present FM Nirmala Sitharaman may get replaced by a new one i.e. Kundapur Vaman Kamath or K.V Kamath. He is seen as a front-runner in the race for the choice of next Finance Minister keeping Nirmala Sitharaman as an option too.

PM Modi’s second term has not been great in the economic front hence there is an urgent need to address this issue and present times provide an opportunity for the economic revival.