Know Your Day[Dec 10th, 2013]

Birthdays :
Chakravarti Rajagopalachari (Tamil: சக்ரவர்த்தி ராஜகோபாலாச்சாரி Cakravartī Rācakōpālācārī) (10 December 1878 – 25 December 1972), informally called Rajaji or C.R., was an Indian lawyer, independence activist, politician, writer and statesman. 
Rajagopalachari was the last Governor-General of India
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Inventions/Patents :
1901 - First Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to Wilhelm Röntgen for his discovery of X-rays
discovery of X-rays
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Events Happened This Day But Not Today :
1948 - UN General Assembly adopts Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Facts you Didn't Know :
David Warner is the only Australian cricketer in the last 100 years of cricket history, who has played his first international match without playing a single first class(domestic) match before that.

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Random Facts:
The tip of a bullwhip moves so fast that the sound it makes is actually a tiny sonic boom.

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Quotes :
The only thing standing between you and your goal is the bullshit story you keep telling yourself as to why you can't achieve it.
~ Felix Baumgartner  

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Health Facts :
The top air purifying plant as ranked by NASA’s study is the Areca palm tree. Dubbed “the most efficient air humidifier” by MetaEfficient, the Areca can be counted on to keep your home or office moist during dry times and continuously remove chemical toxins from the air. During winter time, it can literally replace the use of electric humidifiers altogether!

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Sports Facts:
On 3rd Sept 2013, Boyd Rankin, playing for England, dismissed Ed Joyce of Ireland. In the 2007 World Cup Rankin - then playing for Ireland - dismissed Joyce who was then playing for England.


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