Have you not reached your goal, just to be redirected to something greater?
Do you know who the luckiest person in the Titanic movie is? Is it Jack, who fell in love with the most beautiful girl, Rose? Not at all!
Then is it Rose, who found Jack and escaped death? Not this time either! It’s neither Jack nor Rose.
The lucky person is that stranger who lost his ticket to Jack in a bet. Imagine the irony—if he had won that ticket, he might have drowned in that icy water. Life’s twists and turns often mask hidden blessings. This unknown man, by losing, unknowingly saved his life.
Sometimes losing is a blessing in disguise. Think about it:
Have you ever failed an exam and later found a better path?
Have you lost in life, only to discover new opportunities?
Have you not reached your goal, just to be redirected to something greater?
Have you lost love, only to find a deeper connection elsewhere?
Everything happens for a reason. Embrace the idea that setbacks are not the end but a redirection towards something better. The Creator has a way of guiding us away from greater harm, even if we don’t see it at the moment. So, the next time you face a loss, remember, it might be your hidden fortune. Embrace the journey, for sometimes losing is also good.
Every day, a middle-aged man goes to a bar and orders only three pegs of “Carew’s Whiskey”. He takes a corner table, starts sipping from each glass until all three are empty, then gently leaves. This ritual makes the bartender curious. One day, unable to hold back any longer, he asks, “Why do you always order only three pegs?”
The man, becoming nostalgic, replies, “We were three inseparable friends in our youth. Now, they live in different cities. So, I order two pegs for them and one for myself. It makes me feel like they’re here, drinking with me.”
Months roll by, and then one day, the man comes in and orders only two pegs. He seems a bit downcast, sipping slowly from the two glasses. The bartender, fearing the worst, approaches to offer his condolences. “Did something happen to one of your friends? Why only two pegs today?” he asks gently.
The man smiles and says, “Oh, my two friends are doing just fine. But I’ve had to quit drinking because of my wife’s constant nagging! So today, I’m drinking their pegs only.”
Suppose you have 5 kathas of land and you are planning to build an 8-10 story building. Financially, you have no issues. However, according to RAJUK’s regulations, you cannot build a 10-story building on 5 kathas of land due to the required setback, which is the space you must leave around the building.
How to Calculate FAR?
Assumptions:
Land: 5 kathas
Road: 20 feet
FAR: 3.5
Calculations:
Maximum Build Area (M.B.A):
Formula: MBA = Land x FAR
Calculation:
5 kathas x 3.5 (FAR)
5 x 720 x 3.5 (1 katha = 720 square feet)
3600 x 3.5
Total: 12600 sqft
Maximum Ground Coverage (M.G.C):
Formula: MGC = Land x Coverage Percentage
Calculation:
5 kathas x 62.5%
(5 x 720) x 62.5%
Total: 2250 sqft
Number of Floors (N.O.F):
Formula: NOF = MBA / MGC
Calculation:
12600 / 2250
Total: 5.6 floors
Total Floors:
Formula: Total Floors = Ground floor + NOF
Calculation:
1 + 5.6 floors
Total: 6.6 floors (6 stories and a penthouse)
According to this calculation, you can build almost seven stories. However, to ensure safety from earthquakes and to maintain the aesthetic balance of the area, it is advisable to limit the construction to six stories and a penthouse.
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Why do male bees mate with female bees despite knowing it will lead to certain death? They are not afraid of dying. It takes venom from approximately 1,100 stings to kill a human. To collect about 1 kilogram of honey, 1,100 bees need to fly around 90,000 miles, which is roughly three times the distance of the moon’s orbit! In terms of flowers, it takes touching the pollen of around 4 million flowers to gather 1 kilogram of honey. In a good season, if everything goes well, about 55 kilograms of honey can be stored. From these facts, we can understand how hardworking worker bees are.
On the other hand, the queen bee only eats and lays eggs! The queen lays between 1,500 and 2,500 eggs per day. The behavior of male bees is quite peculiar. They never do any work in their lives; even the worker bees have to feed them. Their sole purpose in life is to mate with the queen bee!
During the mating season, every afternoon, the most capable male bees gather at a specific place called the drone congregation area. At the same time, the queen bee leaves the hive for a flight called the “mating flight.” The queen bee suddenly enters the drone congregation area and releases a special scent, which excites hundreds of male bees. The queen bee then mates with a male bee of her choice while flying. The queen can consecutively mate with 18-20 male bees!
The strange thing is, during mating, the male bee’s endophallus or sexual organ breaks off, causing the male bee to die instantly. This is why this mating is referred to as “the dramatic sexual suicide.” A beehive contains only one queen bee. The hive revolves around her.
If a female bee is born from an egg, the worker bees hide the young female bee to keep her out of the queen’s sight. If the queen notices the young female bee, it will be killed. When the young queen bee grows up, there are two possibilities: either a battle ensues between the two queens, resulting in one killing the other to take control of the hive, or they separate to establish two different hives.
If a queen bee dies unexpectedly, all the worker bees will know within 15 minutes and will collectively initiate the process of creating a new queen bee.
There are more fascinating facts that will surely amaze you: to produce 500 grams of honey, 2 million flowers are needed. A worker bee can produce only half a teaspoon of honey in its entire lifetime. Another interesting fact is that honey is the only food in the world that never spoils!
