Category: Human Quirks
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Man takes it upon himself to correct stranger’s grammar on the internet
Ramesh Tandon, lovingly known as “that annoying little prick” among his friends and enemies alike, has taken it upon himself to correct other people’s grammar on the internet.
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Cooking classes take a hit as Maggi makes a comeback
The return of Maggi has destroyed the business of cooking classes, which emerged briefly after the ban on the popular instant noodles. The market that catered to hostellers, bachelors and women planning to get married is finding few takers after the ban was lifted last month.
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Nakula, Sahadeva not as cool as other Pandavas, people admit
Accepting the harsh reality, people all over India have finally admitted that Nakula and Sahadeva are just not as cool as their other brothers from a different mother.
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NASA discovers Earth-like planet to exploit and strip of resources
NASA’s Kepler mission has discovered Kepler-452b, an Earth-like planet millions of lightyears away. The planet becomes next in line to be exploited, and all its resources will now share the same bleak future as ours.
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Young siblings declare war as elder ones refuse to do their holiday homework projects
Taking the nation by storm, elder siblings in a historic revolt have refused to do the summer holidays homework of their younger brothers and sisters.
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Doodhwaalas all over India say they are in awe of Maggi’s milawat
After Maggi was found to have unsafe lead content, a milkmen’s association has called the instant noodles the first product ever to manage more milawat than their milk.
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Student who does not understand the Budget defends his views passionately
Calling it “like the best Budget ever”, an MBA student from IIN Ahmedabad has taken the social media by storm, with his viral statements that show his factually incorrect understanding of the annual government document.
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Teen visits Starbucks just to “check-in” on Facebook
Harshal Gupta, a middle-class boy studying in Yet Another College of Engineering (YACE), has developed some tastes of the elite class, or at least that’s what he believes. He thinks it is a fad to visit Starbucks, check-in on Facebook, and leave without ordering anything.
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Wife demands another son, so that elder sibling’s clothes can be used again
A woman in Noida has publicly demanded her husband for another son in order to reuse the clothes of their elder child again. She is on an indefinite dharna in her colony.
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God diagnosed with diabetes as lakhs of students offer prasad and prayers to clear exams
With semester exams imminent, college students all around the country are going to temples to offer prayers and prasad in return for the favour of passing the examinations with flying colours. This has resulted in the unfortunate situation of God being diagnosed with diabetes.
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Stuck in a lift during power-cut, dad finally gets time to talk to his son
On Tuesday evening, when Mr. Giridhar Sharma was stuck with his son in a lift, he encountered an event he had never imagined before. His son Aditya, just 10 years of age, rescued both of them without the slightest bit of fear.
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“Elite” Bihari living in metro city starts using “Bihari” as derogatory word
A Bihari software engineer living in New Delhi has started using the word “Bihari” as a derogatory word like other Delhiites do. He uses the word for people who behave in a gawaar (illiterate) way, or simply those who make him angry.
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Indian habit of “always being late” is actually a genetic phenomenon, research reveals
Bengaluru-based researchers have found conclusive proof that the Indian habit of “perpetually being late” might be a genetic phenomenon, and not merely a lifestyle trend.
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After four days of street-fight, both men forget why they started fighting
A street fight in East Delhi entered its fourth day today, but onlookers said the original trigger for the fight has now been lost somewhere in the dust, fists and a lusty choice of words.
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This guy admits he uses earphones even if there are no songs playing, just to look cool
Kamaal Rashid Khan, a 21-year-old student in Delhi University, has told NTMN that he uses earphones even when there is no song playing. “I keep them plugged into my ears whenever I am outside home, just to look cool and sexy,” he had admitted.
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Terrorists cancel bomb blast plans, after very few Indians bother to turn up at Republic Day functions
A terrorist strike at a Republic Day event was averted after attackers were let down by dismal attendance at the proposed strike location in Ahmedabad.
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Woman ecstatic after she wrote her name in Hindi for the first time since Class 10
A young woman in Jaipur has written in the Devanagari script for the first time in at least half a decade, thanks to a boyfriend who turned up late for a date.
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Most roadside fast food sellers won’t consume their own food even if hungry, finds survey
Nine out of 10 feriwallahs in India swear on the hazardous quality of the fast food they sell, a survey suggests. Almost 92% of the street food vendors polled for the survey said they would never eat their own food even if they were hungry.
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Indian groom asks pandit to hurry up with his marriage customs
An Indian bridegroom, who got married the night after he watched the British royal wedding live on television, complained of “boring” and “tiresome” customs, and kept asking the pandit to “hurry up”. The groom threatened to leave the mandap if the pandit didn’t finish the procedures quickly.
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100 kg of Diwali greeting cards found to be contaminated with fake wishes
An analysis of 100 kg of Diwali greeting cards collected from garbage all over India has revealed that many people are indulging in sending fake wishes to friends, family members and relatives.
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Primary school students go on mass bunk; teachers, parents shocked
A whole class of fourth-grade students remained absent from school this Tuesday, despite it being a working day. It has come to light that the kids, around nine years old, had planned to organise a “mass bunk” on the day, so that they could have some outing.
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Autopsy report says youth died as he didn’t forward a WhatsApp message to seven people
The 20-year-old college student who was found dead last weekend in Vasant Kunj, Delhi, did not die of a road accident, as thought of earlier. The autopsy report has found that the youth died because he had not forwarded a WhatsApp message to seven friends about a month ago.
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Man starts feeling hot after TV report says it’s the hottest day in many years
A 45-year-old man started feeling very hot and was taken to hospital on Saturday night after he heard on TV that the day was the hottest in the last 1,024 years. The man was quite normal before the news bulletin, family members said.
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