My meager education in biology and evolution gave me the mistaken impression that evolution optimized everything. But it didn't.
One example is the recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN). It goes from behind your ear, loops down below your aorta, and then back up to the voice-box
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Dear @Phogat_Vinesh, you will always be a champion in our eyes. I was deeply hoping you could win the gold. The little time I spent with you at PDCSE was watching a woman with a superhuman will fight to get better. It was inspiring. I am here for you always, sending all the universe’s positivity your way ❤️🤗
In these days of mega franchises like MI, CSK and KKR, I can never forget the first franchise team I read about!
It featured H G Wells, Rudyard Kipling, Arthur Conan Doyle, P. G. Wodehouse, G. K. Chesterton, Jerome K. Jerome and A. A. Milne and assorted professors, architects, big game hunters and painters.
Their captain and founder was the writer of Peter Pan, James Barrie.
The team's name was a portmanteau of Barrie's name and the mistaken belief that 'Allah akbar' meant 'Heaven help us' in Arabic, very apt, given that they were wonderful authors and terrible though hugely enthusiastic cricketers.
But Barrie always encouraged his players. He praised one teammate's performance by observing that "You scored a good single in the first innings but were not so successful in the second."
His selection policies were also unique. In his words, “with regard to the married men, it was because I liked their wives, with the regard to the single men, it was for the oddity of their personal appearance.”
He was a canny captain. He would never allow his players to practice on the ground just before a game as the sight would invariably boost the confidence of the opponents.
He would also remind his players that, “should you hit the ball, run at once. Do not stop to cheer."
It was tough captaining the Allahakbarries. As it was the easiest position to field, most of the fielders would go to long on, sometimes as many as seven would gather there with huge gaps in the rest of the field.
The team played all their matches in the magical pre-war era, and some of them lost their lives later in the great war of 1914.
But the story of the Allahakbarries remains an inspiration to all cricket enthusiasts, and Barrie's book about the team had a foreword by Sir Donald Bradman when it was re-released in 1950!
@ThePujaTeli Look at the language of this tweet.
Does this give you the full context?
No.
So, rather than just be outraged, go and search for all the facts.
Then come back to this tweet and ask yourself why it’s worded in this way.
#Congress के खिलाफ वेल्थ डिस्ट्रीब्यूशन-कथित इन्हेरिटेंसी टैक्स के मुद्दे पर छात्रों का प्रदर्शन लेकिन ज्यादातर को न मुद्दे पता थे ना वजह। कुछ बैनर भी ठीक से नहीं पढ़ पाए। देखिए कांग्रेस मुख्यालय की ओर प्रदर्शन करने चले छात्रों के गजब जवाब।
#ReporterDiary | (@JournoAshutosh)
वो ग़लत करते हैं
या मैं ग़लत देखता हूँ
ग़ुस्से की आँच पर
कलेजा सेंकता हूँ
कुत्ते की तरह भौंकता हूँ
गदहे की तरह रेंकता हूँ
चीखता हूँ चीख कर फिर
घुटने मैं टेंकता हूँ
कमाल कर दिया है
कमाल करने वालों ने
वो करते नहीं रुकते
मैं बिन किए झेंपता हूँ
@bengawalk This is a really great representation of one of the most complicated interchanges in Bengaluru.
Sorry to nitpick, but it would have been nicer if the pedestrian pathways connecting the different systems would have been differentiated a little from the roads.