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Here are some interesting facts about our body The stomach takes 20 minutes to tell the brain that it is full and that one should stop eating. One uses 14 muscles to smile and 43  to frown. The strongest muscle of the body is the masseter muscle,which is located in the jaw. Our brain sends messages  at the rate of 375kmph Our heart beats about 100,000 times/day. A nose can remember  50,000 scents. Woman blink twice as much as men. The liver is the only major organ in the human body that can regenerate itself if part of it is removed. Babies are born without knee cap.They don't  appear till they are  2-6 years of age. It is impossible to sneeze with our eyes open.

Kurwa chauth is an interesting festival,celebrated in North India. The fast is kept by all the married ladies. It usually falls in the month of october or November. It  is exactly on the tenth day after Dussera. Keeping  a whole day fast,without eating and drinking anything is the main feature.It is believed that by keeping this fast the husbands would  be bestowed with a long and healthy lives. There are many stories related to the fast. Not only fasting,the woman dress up in thier best. Mehndi is applied on both hands. Basically it is dressing up like a bride, with  colourful bangles,sindhur and jewellery etc.  The fast starts at the break of the dawn. And a special  array of sweets and things are eaten before the fast begins and that is called sargi. Sargi is generally given by the mother- in -law which consists of fruits,sweets like vermiceli kheer,nuts etc. and the accessories for  styling. Its is only  before dusk that the la...

Festival of nine nights Navratri means nine nights. Navratri is a famous  Indian festival celebrated through India. These nine nights are dedicated to Goddess Durga, Goddess Lakshmi and Goddess Saraswati. They are worshipped by all Hindus for these nine days.  This festival is also celebrated as good over evil.  Everywhere there is festivity and people move about in their most colourful and best clothes. These are the most auspicious days to takes decisions related to purchases, fixing dates for a wedding and getting admissions in schools with the blessings of the Goddesses. In the northern states of India, Ram Leela is held in many places, depicting the Ramayan. The main course of depiction is Ram's victory over Ravana and freeing Sita from the clutches of Ravana. Many hymns are sung and enjoyed.  Here again, it is the victory of Good over evil. On the tenth day, huge effigies of Ravana are put to flames and people flock to see the sight. The victory o...