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BENNETT, COLEMAN & CO. LTD. | ESTABLISHED 1838 | TIMESOFINDIA.COM | NEW DELHI STUDENT EDITION ➤ Exploria busts some ➤ All you need to know ➤ With Bhavani Devi common myths about about Ms Marvel becoming the first Indian SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 2021 TODAY’S the human brain – a fencer at the Olympics, Newspaper in ➤ Know all the King Kong Education EDITION powerhouse organ and Godzilla films so far we decode the sport LATEST BUZZWORDS EXPLAINED PAGE 2 PAGE 3 PAGE 4 HOT TAKES ou’ve probably seen the phrase “hot take” thrown around, but what exact- Yly does it mean? A hot take is an opinion that’s unpopular to the point of CLICK HERE: PAGE 1 AND 2 controversy. In fact, many hot takes are published, posted, or said out loud just because of their controversial flavour. On FITNESS Pics: Istock the internet, intentional hot takes are pre- ceded by an acknowledgment that the take is, in fact, hot that is controversial and unpopular. 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People tend to respond to gait, usually between cross-country WALKING A person walks 1 lakh km approx- hot takes with anger, shock, or disbelief. 4.5-7 kmph. It has a skiers so they imately in their lifetime – that’s That’s why some people intentionally post Try walking and up unique technique where could train year Walking sideways burns 78% equivalent to walking three more calories than walking forward hot takes online — to make others upset. one foot must always be round, Nordic times around the earth But people are learning to respond to hot the ante with these touching the ground walking became Your walking shoes will last somewhere between 500-800 km takes with phrases like “wow, that’s a hot during the entire walking very popular in take.” This turns the controversial opinion Walking on a rough but level out- four ways to walk duration. The added arm Europe in the late into something less threatening. movement alone increases 1990s. It could be the door surface requires 50% more energy than walking on a road energy expenditure over ideal full body THE ORIGIN [email protected] traditional walking by as much workout. In Nordic In total, it requires 200 muscles to take one step. It’s said to have originated from internet as 55%. walking, you use news which is faster and in real-time. It’s f walking has been a part of your special poles to apply Walking makes you more cre- ative, according to research shared for free and funnelled through daily regimen so far, it is time force with each stride. social media. 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There were over 2,200 people on INSIDE THE TITANIC ‘The Atlantic Daily Bulletin’ The unsinkable ship board. The numbers vary but only 32% Memory The interior design was based on The The last meal served on the Titanic survived the sinking. There were 23 Ritz in London. The hotel opened in 1906 consisted of 10 women crew members in the esti- TECHNIQUES and is still operating today. The first courses mated 885 crew members. class had plenty of amenities like swim- It had 15,000 bot- that sank: All you ming pool, Turkish bath, squash court, tles of ale and 1,000 and a dog kennel. THE MUSICIANS bottles of wine on for The musicians on the ship were board. The ship was need to know about THERE WERE ONLY 20 expected to know all 352 songs listed also stocked with in a song book given out to first-class 850 bottles of liquor STUDYING LIFEBOATS passengers so they could make as well as 8,000 ci- Try these memorisation tips that The lifeboats were grossly mismanaged requests. In fact, it’s true that they gars during the tragedy. First, the ship was continued to play as the Titanic went 53,000 litre of will help you improve recall equipped to hold 64 lifeboats but there down – all to calm down the guests. drinking water was were only 20. When “Nearer, My God, to Thee,” is believed to consumed each day on the ship disaster be the last song played on the ship. The Titanic wreck was found only ORGANISE YOUR SPACE struck, many in 1985 To improve your memory, you need to be able to focus. A reason THE TITANIC of the A rust-eating bacteria called why you need to remove distractions of any kind. Keep your space lifeboats MORE BAD LUCK? Halomonas titanicae is slowly con- clear of clutter and your study material should be ready to access It was on April 10, 1912 that RMS Titanic were sent The ship’s lookouts didn’t have access to suming the rest of the shipwreck. It at hand. out before binoculars as they were apparently is expected to be gone by 2030 set sail from Southampton England on its they were locked inside a cabinet, but no one could There were nine dogs aboard the full. For find the keys. The lookouts had to rely ship, but only two survived – a VISUALISE THE INFORMATION ill-fated maiden voyage. Here’s some interesting on their eyesight — one of the many A common method is Method of Loci. Here you visualise a house Pomeranian and a Pekinese contributing factors believed to have and assign each room and space with bits of information. A drawer instance, there The ship slipped beneath the trivia about the world’s biggest maritime disaster caused the collision. could hold a chemical formula while a closet can have biology les- were 28 people on the ocean’s surface at 2.20 AM on April sons stored. Keep making rooms as you go along. first boat while the capac- 15 – a mere 2 hours and 40 minutes fields. Over 800 tons of coal per day was ity was 65. after getting hit by the iceberg TITANIC WAS NOT CHEAP burned to power it. USE ACRONYMS AND MNEMONICS The ship cost $7.5 million to build at that time. Fun Fact: James Cameron’s 1997 Create patterns and words with from the information you need to movie about the disaster had a produc- remember. Associating the first letter of each item with a word, ONE SMOKE- tion budget of $200 million. But experts phrase, or rhyme, can make information easier to recall. These say with inflation adjusted, The Titanic STACK DIDN'T tricks work best with lists and ordered information. today would cost close to $180 million. It took 3,000 Harland & Wolff shipbuilders WORK The Titanic has four smokestacks IMAGE-NAME ASSOCIATIONS to construct the ship. It was over 882 A 3D illustration of The Titanic; (above left) but one was just to make the ship a replica of the original lifeboat; and a life Recalling names can be easier by associating images. This is espe- feet long – that’s almost three football a replica of the original lifeboat; and a life vest and a clock from The Titanic on display cially useful while memorising history and historical figures and vest and a clock from The Titanic on display events.