General Knowledge Facts - Part 31

1. Tamil actor Murali was born on 'May 19, 1964'.

2. Murali was the son of famous Kannada film director Siddlingaiah.

3. Murali's first film in Kannada was "Prem Parva".

4. Murali acted in his first Tamil film 'Poovilangu' in 1984.

5. Murali won the Tamil Nadu best actor award for his performance in 'Kadal Pookal' (2001).

6. Murali acted more than 100 films.



1. "Packard Motor Car Company" introduced the first power windows (along with automotive air-conditioning systems) in the 1940 Packard 180 series cars.

2. Cambridge University is the second oldest university in England and the seventh oldest in the world.

3. Sharks belong to the class of fish, Chondrichthyes.

4. The value of "pi" was first calculated by the Indian Mathematician Budhayana.

5. Titan watch division was started in 1987. At launch it was the third watch company in India after HMT and Allwyn.

6. Toshiba developed the World's first Notebook with a DVD writer in 2003.

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1. MGR (Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran) was born in Nawalapitiya (near Kandy), Sri Lanka in 1917.

2. Emperor Penguins "Aptenodytes forsteri" make the deepest dive of any bird ranging from 444 - 483 m.

3. Sonja Kristiansen (Norway) holds the Guinness World Record for fastest text message (SMS),

4. NIIT was founded by Rajendra S. Pawar and Vijay K. Thadani in 1981. It is the world's largest Information Technology training and education company with 5 million students across 40 countries.

5. The first 3d movie in the world is "Power of Love", released in September 1922.

6. Chewing bubble gum is said to keep you from crying as it reduces stress and helps in concentration.

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1. The headquarters of World Bank is located in Washington, D.C.

2. The United Nations Children's Fund or UNICEF has its headquarters in New York.

3. The Four Stages of Butterfly Metamorphosis are 1. Egg, 2. Larva, 3. Pupa, 4. Adult. The larva stage of the butterfly is called caterpillar.

4. It was the Chinese who invented the bristle brush toothbrush.

5. Sushil Kumar Solanki (born May 26, 1983) is an Indian wrestler who won the gold medal in the 66 kg freestyle competition at the FILA 2010 World Wrestling Championships.

6. The worlds largest dam is "Syncrude Tailings Dam" in Canada.