What is "I Love You" Computer Virus (It's a Virus Not an Expression of Love) - Most Devastating Computer Viruses

In the year 2000, there was such a virus emerged which had taken the entire world under its grip, even though it was not a human virus but a computer virus, but still, its damage cost was estimated to be around Rs 10,000 crore. The name of this virus was "I LOVE YOU", and it started spreading through emails. Let's say you have received an email, and its title says "I love you" and its attachment contains a love letter for you, then, of course, people will be curious and anyone will want to open it. So something similar happened during the year 2000. Then after opening the attachment of this email, that virus used to spread in the computer and automatically sent the same message to all the contacts available in your inbox. As a result, if this virus further affected the computer of any one of them, then it would spread further to all the contacts of that person. So while doing so, this virus had spread to millions of computers across the world and became one of the most devastating viruses ever.

Some other dangerous computer viruses across the internet

Yankee Doodle

Yankee Doodle is also a very dangerous virus that was created in 1989 by a Bulgarian hacker. This virus makes itself the memory store of the computer as soon as it enters the system and started to infect all .com and .exe files. If this virus is in the computer, then "Yankee Doodle" starts ringing in the form of an alarm at 4 o'clock every day.

Morris Worm

The Morris worm virus was invented in 1988 by a graduate student at Cornell University and when this virus started spreading, 60,000 computers were connected to the Internet and the virus showed its effect on 10%. This virus has the ability to slow down the computer to a great extent, due to which the computer remains in a slow ability to work.

Nimda

Nimda virus was invented in 2001 and the name of this virus is derived from the English word admin. If you reverse the word admin, the name of this virus will emerge. The virus spreads mainly in four different ways, infecting Microsoft's web servers containing computers, Internet Information Server, and computer users who open e-mail attachments. The main purpose of the Nimda virus was to slow down internet traffic and it became the fastest spreading virus on the Internet as it took only 22 minutes to reach the top of the list of reported attacks.

Conficker

Conficker is also known as Downup, Downadup, and Kido, and it is a type of computer virus that usually targets the Microsoft Windows operating system, and was first detected in November 2008. Most people in the world usually use Windows, due to which the virus has spread its range in over 190 countries, infecting millions of computers including government, business, and home.

Now If we talk about the most devastating viruses, in terms of damage cost, there was a virus named Mydoom, which is the most devastating virus to date, that caused estimated damage of $38 billion in 2004. It was counted as the worst computer virus outbreak in history. After that, there was a virus named SoBig in 2003 which caused more than $37.1 billion in devastation. So let us give you a piece of security information that you should not open any unknown messages or links and should not download apps from anywhere else than the Play Store and AppStore because hackers are always looking for new techniques to cause harm. People should have awareness of computer safety, and the same with mobiles too because mobile is also a kind of computer. And nowadays all the people whose bank balance is suddenly getting nil while logged in through mobile, so to avoid these frauds you should do what experts say, always choose official sources and don't download unknown apps.

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Why Do We Say "Hello" While Answering A Phone Call? A Short History Of 'Hello'...

Have you ever noticed that whenever someone's mobile or landline rings, the first word they say is 'Hello'. In today's time, whoever has a phone, they all answer others phone call by saying "Hello" first, only then the rest of the conversation begins. The first spoken word on mobile phones today, whether in the country or abroad, is hello. Actually, Hello was invented to increase mutual interaction between people. This word became so common that today even in a country with different languages, this one word is being spoken in the same way as it is spoken in other countries. But have you ever thought about why we say "hello" first when picking up the phone? 

According to some sources, the story of saying hello on the phone is associated with the inventor of the phone, and he not only invented the phone but also invented the language that we usually use on the phone. You must have heard somewhere that Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the phone, had a girlfriend named 'Margaret Hello' and on the name of her, Graham Bell emphasized the word "Hello" to be used first by everyone while starting a conversation on the phone. 

But in reality, it was just a rumor because there was no girl named 'Margaret Hello' in his life, his real girlfriend's name was Mabel Hubbard. In fact, Graham Bell said that whenever someone will use my invention, that is, the telephone, to communicate with someone, they will say "Ahoy hoy" first while making or receiving a phone call. 

But a few years later Thomas Edison, the inventor of the light bulb, put hello into common usage and urged the people who used his phone to say "hello" when answering. During this controversy, some people were in support of Thomas Edison i.e., Hello, and some were supporting Graham Bell i.e. Ahoy hoy. But then due to some unknown reason, the entire world accepted "Hello" and it became quite popular around the world, and "Ahoy hoy" became extinct.

So this is how the whole world accepted the word that Thomas Edison preferred and gave rise to the startling history of "hello". This is the only reason when we pick up the phone, the very first word we say is "hello".

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Why Assam Girls First Period Observed As celebration - A Place Where Something Unusual Happens To A Girl On The Very First Day Of Her First Period

We all know that menstruation is such a taboo topic on which no one wants to talk openly, due to which many misconceptions have been created among people about it. Even today, there are many places in the world where menstruation is seen in different aspects, but it is actually a very normal process in women's bodies as part of their monthly cycle. In today's article, we are going to tell you about such a place where a girl's first period is observed as a celebration or in other words, a big event is celebrated when a girl gets her period for the first time. Knowing this, you will feel a little strange because it happens in India too, yes, you are reading it right, in a village of India, a very strange tradition is played with girls when their period comes for the first time. 

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In Solmari village of Assam's Bogai district, people usually dance and sing when a girl's period comes for the first time and this is the strangest tradition of the people there, which they have been following for years. As we have mentioned above that menstruation or periods is a very normal physiological process occurring in women and there is nothing unusual in this, but in some communities, there are many beliefs about it. Here, when a girl has her first period, people celebrate it in such a way that on this day people dance and sing as if there is a festive atmosphere in the village.

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Not only this, here on the first period of the girl, she is married to a banana tree and this type of marriage is known by the name of Tuloni marriage. After marriage, the girl is locked in a room where even sunlight does not reach. Along with this, the girl is not given cooked food to eat, instead, she is given only raw milk and fruits to eat. For five days she has to sleep on the ground in a room and even she is not allowed to see anyone's face. Now why these beliefs are followed in a society is not known, but the local people have been celebrating it for many years and probably they will continue to do so in the coming times as well.

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Does a dead person's fingerprint work? Can a person's fingerprint activate the phone's fingerprint sensor even after his death?

Have you ever had this question in your mind that if we use the fingerprint of a dead person to activate the phone's fingerprint sensor, then what would happen, will it work or not? So obviously for this, you just have to understand the working of the mobile, when this new generation advanced mobile was first launched in the mobile market, it started becoming famous as screen touch mobile or touch screen mobile in India. Actually this screen touch mobile and what we now call as smartphone, generally works with electrical charge present in our hand. 

The fact is that all this is possible because of the presence of electricity in our body, due to which we are alive, that is, energy is present everywhere in the human body like skin, hand or finger, by which the mobile is able to work by reading its electric charge. It reads your fingerprint, and when you scroll the mobile screen with your hand, the screen receives electrical signals from the body and helps the mobile run smoothly. The electrical impulse occurs in the body only as long as the person is alive, then what kind of conclusion do we get from this entire explanation.

So yes, in reality, the fingerprint won't work if a person dies, but then the question is, will it work if someone faints. So with the same logic, you should understand that if someone is unconscious or faint, there is still an electrical impulse in his body because the person is not dead yet. When a person becomes unconscious his consciousness is gone only, all other activities like blood flow, the heart are still functioning properly. So in this case fingerprint will work but now another question arises whether fingerprint will work in a Coma or not.

So the answer is yes, as long as a person is alive, his heart is working and blood is running in his body, even though he is in a coma, his fingerprints will still work as the electrical charge is still present in his body. When someone dies, only then that electrical charge becomes absolutely zero, making it impossible to unlock the phone's fingerprint sensor.

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Does Honey Expire? Why Does Honey Never Spoil? Some Amazing Facts About Honey Bees

Do you know that the total market value of India's honey production is around INR 17.29 billion and it is further expected to grow at the rate of 10% between 2021 and 2026 to reach a value of around INR 30.6 billion by 2026? Another fact is, once this honey is produced, it can last for hundreds of years without being spoiled, but what makes it possible to act in such a way, so let's talk about some honey-related information today. Along with this, we will also talk about some amazing facts about honey bees.

Now we all know that honey is produced only from honey bees, but how do these honey bees actually make such wonderful honey that can be preserved for hundreds of years. Actually, honey bees collected nectar from flowers which is a sugary fluid, and then store it in their honey stomach - distinct from their normal stomach. Now you would hardly know this fact related to honey bees that they have two stomachs, one stomach is to store food and the other stomach is to store honey. So in this second stomach, they collect nectar and move towards their hive.

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After returning to the hive, the worker bee will regurgitate the nectar solution and then start passing it on to one of the house bees, who remain in the hive. As a result, the house bee will continue this wonderful process for around half an hour that the worker bee has started, it will regurgitate and re-drink the nectar. The whole process like this keeps on passing to one another until it completely turns into honey. Once the honey is made, bees keep it with them and always make two to three times more honey than they likely keep for themselves, so that we too can enjoy the honey.

Maybe you are aware of this fact or not, honey bees have been producing honey for about 150 million years and this honey can remain in good condition for around 2000 years or more. Some archaeologists found honey in ancient Egyptian tombs, which was in good quality even though it was thousands of years old - still edible after 3,000 long years. 

But how it would have been possible, the reason behind this magical survival of honey is its sugar content, low pH, as well as the bees’ honey-making process, due to which the organisms which spoil the food cannot survive in honey. This keeps it edible for a long time but the condition is that it has to be natural and properly sealed. However, there is no expiry date on honey bottles, but depending upon the temperature changes, they can bring about some natural changes such as darkening, loss of aroma, and flavor, and sometimes it may crystallize too.

Honey Bee farming, also called Beekeeping or Apiculture, has become widely spread in India today. In India, nearly four thousand metric tons of honey are produced every year, bringing a decent amount of earnings to people there. Today the market value of Indian apiculture is around INR 18,836 million and it is said that by 2026 this value can be doubled to INR 37,235 million.

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If the earth is round, why don't the people at the bottom fall down? Why do we always feel like the ground is at the bottom and the sky is up?

Sometimes this question might have come to your mind that if the earth is round then why don't the people living at the bottom fall down? One thing we all have been hearing since childhood that the earth is round in shape and revolves around the sun and we do not even realize that the earth is rotating at a speed of 1,674 km/hr. On seeing the earth map or globe, you must have always been curious to know why do people who live downwards do not fall into space. 

So before knowing the answer, we need to know first what actually exists on the bottom side of the earth. In reality, the earth's bottom side actually remains respective, because nothing actually exists below or above in space. When the moon is seen from the earth, the moon is up, and similarly, the earth is up when viewed from the moon. 

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So if we want to answer this question in one line, the fact remains that Earth has a gravitational force. Let's prove this scenario with an example, if a piece of iron sticks to a strong magnet, then it doesn't matter in which direction the magnet keeps rotating or moving, that iron will remain stuck to it in a fixed position. Similarly, our earth is also like a magnet, so no matter where we are, the earth keeps us bound by the force of gravity, and hence, we do not fall down. 

Thus if some people were to stand at some point at the bottom, according to that it would become their upward and downward, as they would feel that the sky was above their heads and their feet were on the earth. If the earth is round, for the person standing in the upper position (top), the sky would appear to be above and the ground at the bottom. Similarly, for the one who is standing on the opposite end (bottom), the sky will still appear above and the ground below.

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Due to the force of gravity, whichever side the person is standing, it would be up and down for him. Gravity is the reason due to which we are surviving here, if there is no gravity then we all would have started floating in the air. Most importantly, there is nothing left in the universe that is not affected by the force of gravity. However, dark matter and dark energy have different concepts, but under normal circumstances, the force of gravity exists in every matter. Simply put, that part of the universe that appears to be made of a mysterious, invisible substance called dark matter and a force that repels gravity is known as dark energy.

  

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What is Whaling? Is it a crime or still legal?

Have you ever heard of whaling, if not, then let us tell you, whaling usually means hunting whales so that people can get their usable products such as meat and blubber. Blubber is considered a very useful product of whales, from which a special type of oil, commonly known as whale oil is obtained, which is becoming increasingly important in the Industrial Revolution. 

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The oil was usually acquired by boiling strips of blubber harvested from whales and removing it is known as "flensing" and the process of boiling is called "trying out". Several whale species were targeted for this illegal act such as sperm whales, baleen whales, bowhead whales, and right whales, however, the bowhead whales and right whales were considered the ideal whaling targets.

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Whales are one of the endangered species of our planets, so the International Whaling Commission (IWC) imposed a moratorium on commercial whaling in 1986, however, whaling was still remained very common in Iceland and Norway until 2015 despite the international agreement. 

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So to protest against this illegal whaling, some activists appointed hackers from the anonymous collective to crashing down five government websites of Iceland, including the prime minister's official site and that of the environment and interior ministries. After which those hackers downed these five websites for around 13 hours and then this illegal whaling of Iceland was brought to the world. The incident took place in 2015 and during that time a video of this anti-whaling demonstration also went viral on social media.

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Why do doctors have the worst handwriting? Doctor's Sloppy Handwriting Explained

Why do doctors have bad handwriting? This question might have come to the mind of almost all of us many times. So with the intention of answering this question, today in this article we will discuss this topic in detail. So without making any further delay let's start today's article. First of all, not all doctors have bad handwriting, about 1 to 2 percent of doctors have good handwriting, while more than 90 percent have bad handwriting. So before becoming a doctor, when they are boys, they clear many exams and have to study a lot and write a lot. After studying so much, they become a doctor, that's why they write so much that their handwriting started to get sloppy or worst. This is the most common reason we told you and if you search anywhere that why doctors' handwriting is so bad, you will always be given the same information that they have to write a lot, so their handwriting gets sloppy.

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This is considered to be one of the main reasons but there are many other reasons responsible for this, the second reason is the workload after becoming a doctor. Doctors have to write a lot of prescriptions and within an hour they have to examine about 30 to 40 patients waiting outside their clinics. Along with it, there is a lot of time pressure on them and how much detail they have to write in the documents, they have to write a lot such as discharge summaries, x-ray slips, referral forms, drug charts, which means their writing work is too much. The pressure on them in the hospital is much more than what they can handle, as human beings. So why do they need of taking five seconds to write something, if they can write it in just 2 seconds to save time?

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Now this question must be arising in your mind that if the doctors handwriting is not easy to understand then how the guys of the medical store could understand their handwriting so easily. Many believe that they have quite a good experience with the doctors' handwriting, this is true, but the main thing is that while looking at the patient's medical prescription, they usually guess that it will be the medicine for this disease. If you go and tell them that I have a cough problem, then if the first letter in the medicine's name is the same as what they give to other people during cough. Then seeing the first and last letter in the medicine's name, they understand that the first letter is this and the last letter is this and if the disease is this then the medicine will also be the same.

So usually they guess and because of this guessing, you must know that every year thousands of people die after taking the wrong medicine only because of doctors' bad handwriting. The Medical Council of India once mandated that doctors must write prescriptions legibly and in capital letters. But no doctor accepts this because there is no fine or penalty on this law, it is kind of optional. But it should be, that means the thousands of people who die in a year, at least the lives of those will be safe.

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Now comes a point, the mindset of doctors, this will sound very deep to you, but in today's time, only doctors with bad handwriting have been considered as professionally trained doctors. Meaning even if a doctor's handwriting is good, then because people do not consider him a noob after seeing his handwriting, he also starts spoiling his handwriting. Intentionally he makes his handwriting sloppy. You must be feeling strange to hear this fact, but this is spreading in the world nowadays. Many doctors do not improve their handwriting to save their business and are maintaining this sloppy handwriting practice. But this should not happen because many people die due to this carelessness, so keeping this in mind, they should rectify their mistake.

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Do Fish Ever Get Thirsty or Do they Drink Water? Scientific Osmosis of Fishes

Everyone knows how important water is for humans to survive, but have you ever wondered whether fish feel thirsty just like humans? Fish cannot survive outside water, but do they ever need to drink water to survive? It sounds quite silly while saying that an underwater creature should have to drink water, but whether they really do so or not, let's know about it? In today's short article, we are going to talk about this interesting topic, so read attentively to the complete information.

Do fish get thirsty, would such a situation ever come. The fact is that fish do not actually drink water, they absorb water through their skin and gills. The fishes have an organ called gills, through which they absorb water inside them and this scientific process is called osmosis. There are many other things involved in osmosis. This means if spoken in a line, the fish do not drink water but absorb it. The basic function of gills is to allow fish to breathe underwater. Fish Gills take oxygen from the water and let the water carry away carbon dioxide.

In the case of oceans, where, unlike rivers, the water contains salt, the fishes there have a special mechanism in their gills, yes, there is a special system by which the excess salt of the seawater gets out and they are able to enjoy normal water. And because the gills they have can absorb water whenever it is required and that is why they never get this feeling of thirst. These gills always keep the water content of their body balanced, so they never feel thirsty.

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In humans that is something called thirst, this feeling is not experienced by fishes, which means fishes never feel thirsty because of this magical part in their body called gills, part of their lifeline, if it is not there, the fish can't survive. Meaning gills are the most important part of the fish's body for their survival, just as a human has a heart. So basically gills keep balancing all the things in the fish's body, whether it is salt or water content or breathing underwater. If we explain it from the point of view of everyone's mentality, then it should not be wrong to say, fishes basically live in water, so they don't really have such a strong urge to drink water.

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What Do People Actually See In Coma? Scientific Analysis of Consciousness in Coma State

Everyone is completely familiar with the word "Coma", in which a person remains in deep unconsciousness for a prolonged or indefinite period of time, which can be as long as one year to four years, or even thirty years or more. But the main question here is, what it's like to be in a coma? So according to various witnesses who have recovered after falling into a state of coma, many facts came to light when asked about their experiences. 

Many people during Coma can't even move, but let's say they're in a coma state in the hospital, and if someone is talking to them, they can hear them, which means the hearing power is still active. You must have seen in movies and TV serials that someone is lying on the bed during Coma and someone comes and try to communicate with him/her. So according to various researches, this conversation is actually heard by the coma patients, even though they cannot react even if they want to. During this period they may feel emotions as well but cannot react. 

According to the experiences of many people, it felt like they were literally trapped in a long dream, as long as they remain in the Coma state, that moment feels like a dream to them. Meaning, how do you feel in a dream, sometimes you are falling somewhere, sometimes flying, how strange it seems, which does not make any sense. So Coma too becomes a dreamlike state, the real world starts looking like a dream to them. This is a very common experience according to the people who have recovered from Coma. 

Although some coma survivors report that they only saw darkness during the coma. For some, it was like a long out-of-body experience, and for others, it's as if they were dead and now wonder if they are really alive. Some people even spent their entire lives in Coma.

Even today, medical science has not been able to understand coma up to 100 percent, it has been understood to a great extent, but there are many such parts and states of coma which are still being studied. But it is still considered to be one of the strangest states that a person can experience in his life, meaning the most baffling experience one can ever have.

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What is meant by a zero-watt bulb? Why is it called a zero-watt despite consuming some amount of electricity?

Since childhood, we have always been hearing about a bulb, which we know as the zero-watt bulb installed in almost everyone's house. These low-intensity bulbs can usually be seen in many parts of the house, such as around photo frames or paintings, around religious parts, around showcases, in the bedrooms as night lamps, or even in the garden. In this way, these zero-watt bulbs have become a part of our daily life even today and are making their presence felt. But do you know how this bulb got its name as Zero Watt bulb and why everyone started calling it by this name? 

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But now the most important question here is that why would any electrical device operate at zero watts, at least it would certainly consume some amount of power to run? Even a small LED indicator consumes some power, even if it is a fraction of a watt. Even ''zero-watt'' bulb is, in fact, a 15-watt bulb, then for which reason, it is called a zero-watt bulb despite consuming some amount of electricity? 

So the straight reason for this is that until a few years back, the older electromagnetic meters we used to have for decades were analog and analog meters did not record consumption if the load was very small. This resulted in an inaccuracy in the measurement of power consumption, and instead of consuming some power, it just read 'zero power'. The indicator did not move when the load was only 15 watts with no electrical load other than the "zero watt" lamp at night. Even though that zero-watt bulb was actually 10 watts or 15 watts, people still saw no movement of the indicator in the meter, as the reading was displayed only after some large consumption.

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So this misconception had become in the minds of people that this bulb consumes zero watts of electricity, leading to less amount of bill and this is where the story of the zero watt bulb started. Over time, this term became quite popular in India, which is mostly used by our parents and we also use it sometimes when the zero watt bulb is to be turned on at night.

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What if the poison expires? Will it become more poisonous or less?

Sometimes a question may arise in your mind that if the poison expires, what will happen, will it be more effective or less? But before knowing this fact, let us know first what exactly poison is. If we talk about it deeply, then there are two types of toxicity, the first is Venom and the second is Poison, there is a huge difference in the properties of both. Generally, people consider these two terms to be the same but it is not so at all. 

If we talk about venom, it is usually found inside animals and living beings like snakes, spiders, scorpions, centipedes, and bees, etc. in the form of their body proteins which can kill anyone with their toxicity. The venom usually enters one's body through a bite or sting, as it contains a mixture of small and large molecules that need a wound to enter one's body, and to be effective it must be carried through the bloodstream. Venomous animals are considered more active in defending themselves.

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On the other hand, poison is a toxin that can be found in natural or synthetic form and usually enters the body through, inhaling, swallowing, or absorption through the skin. Poisonous animals are not more active aggressive as they are considered passive-aggressive, because they often do not actively attack their prey, but as a result of being eaten and touched, they release their toxins, resulting in killing or harming their prey.

Sometimes you might have heard such a conversation among a group of people, in which one person would ask which snake is more poisonous among the most dangerous snakes like black mamba and cobra. But this sentence does not seem to be technically correct - to be honest, the most dangerous snakes are actually venomous, not poisonous. 

The word venomous is mainly used for organisms that sting or bite. Very few snakes are actually considered poisonous, as most of the snakes' toxins are transferred through a bite or sting. But the garter snake is one that is harmless and small in terms of its bite but is poisonous to eat as its body absorbs and stores its prey's toxins. But sometimes an animal can be both poisonous and venomous, the blue-ringed octopus making a perfect example for it, which is venomous when bitten by its beak but poisonous when swallowed.

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Effects on its toxicity after expiration

Do both poison and venom ever expire, the answer is yes and if they have a tendency to get expired, will their toxicity be affected or not? Or if they expire, does that mean their toxicity will end? The answer is that they will produce more toxic chemicals when they will actually expire. If you take the example of poison, then there is a poison named Botulinum Toxin (Botox) which is considered to be the deadliest poison on earth, only a few grams of it can kill a person. So the exact answer to this confusion is that after the poison expires, its bond breakdown in an uncontrollable way, due to which it becomes even more poisonous. But in some cases, several organic poisons like most common herbicides and insecticides break down as time progressed and in the long run they started to lose their toxicity and become less toxic. 

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Perhaps this is our logic, whenever this question would have come to our mind, then the first answer in our mind must be like if this is poison then obviously it will become even more poisonous. So, yes this common-sense-related answer is absolutely right. Just like your mind says yes it is poison, so if it is poison, then whether it expires or not, the poison always remains poison.

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The Most Frightening Unsolved Mysteries of World War II

There have been many wars in the world so far, but world wars are considered to be the most dreadful among them. World wars have always been full of mysteries, some mysteries have been completely solved and some have remained unsolved for decades and centuries. So through today's article, we are going to tell you about some such unsolved mysteries of World War II, which will blow your senses.

1. During the last days of World War II, in April 1945, the Nazi people had loaded a train, known as Nazi gold train, with Nazi treasure, including a lot of gold in which there was also a lot of valuable looted from Jewish victims of the Holocaust and they were sending all this somewhere through the Owl Mountain. But suddenly this train disappeared in a tunnel built in the mountains made by the Nazis during the war, due to which it was searched for many decades, but no trace of this gold train could be found and since then this train has also been called Nazi Ghost Train. 

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2. On August 16, 1942, early in the morning, the U.S. Navy blimp, L-8, took off from Treasure Island in the San Francisco Bay. The crew of this airship included Lieutenant Ernest W. Cody, a pilot, and Ensign Charles E. Adams went out on an antisubmarine patrol mission a little off the coast of California. Around one or half hours after the launch of the patrol mission, Lieutenant Cody told through radio that they had seen oil leaking from somewhere in the water and they were going to investigate it. 

About three hours later, the airship had come 8 miles off the coast of South San Francisco, where it crashed on an ocean beach and descended toward Daly City, striking the roofs of several homes. As soon as the blimp L-8 stopped, many people went to the crash site to help the crew, but everyone was stunned by the view there. Because all the doors of the airship were open and there was no one and since then not a single member of the crew has been found. But how can they disappear suddenly, many assumptions were made on it, but even today, no one knows what actually happened to them.

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3. The Amber Room, also considered as "Eighth Wonder of the World", is one of the most unique missing treasures ever. This Amber Room was very beautiful, whose creation was started by Prussian King Frederick I in 1701 in Prussia. It was a 1,080 square feet hall, the size of a large living room with large wall panels and a superbly designed amber, where precious jewels and some glass display cases from some of the most valuable collections of Prussia and Russia were also placed. The amber panels cover three of the 26-foot-high walls. 

In 1716, the son of King Frederick I, forming the Russo-Prussian alliance, gifted this Amber Room to Peter the Great of Russia, and then the amber room was brought to the Catherine Palace. After that in 1941, German soldiers disassembled the Amber Room within 36 hours and displayed it in Konigsberg Castle. But in 1945 the Amber Room disappeared without any news and even today it is not known where that room suddenly vanished. Some say that it was destroyed in a bomb attack, but others believe that it was buried somewhere and kept hidden so that it could be kept safe.

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4. You must have heard the name of Anne Frank who wrote the famous diary "The Diary of a Young Girl". During world war 2, Adolf Hitler used to kill all the Jewish people brutally, even Anne Frank belonged to the Jewish family and she had suffered a lot at that time. Anne Frank and her family were hiding in Amsterdam and that's when she wrote this diary. No one knew this thing, but from where Hitler came to know that they were hiding there and then Hitler's people killed her entire family. Their death remains a mystery even today. In that diary of Anne Frank, she wrote everything about her life, when she was in hiding for two years with her family. If you ever get a chance, definitely read this book.

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Why do some people experience motion sickness (vomiting) while traveling and why they feel uneasy in moving cars or buses?

Have you ever felt that whenever some people travel in trains, cars, or buses, their health starts deteriorating and they start vomiting, which we call as motion sickness? Motion sickness can grip anyone during any type of travel, whether in the air, on land, or on the water, which can bring a feeling of unease in them. This motion sickness occurs due to many reasons such as sitting in the backseat of the car, not getting enough air, and somewhere air-conditioned vehicles could also be the reason.

Motion sickness is not a serious issue and is quite common in older people, pregnant women, and children between the ages of 5 and 12. People who have migraine headaches could also have the issue of motion sickness. Motion sickness occurs only when we are in motion because the main reason for this is the imbalance of the body. Because when you are in the car, you are stable in one place and at the same time in motion with the car, due to which the brain gets confused and we start getting the problem of motion sicknesses such as dizziness, lightheadedness, or nausea. Motion sickness usually causes one's stomach to become upset and the person may also start to experience some other symptoms such as a cold sweat, headache, vomiting, and trouble maintaining balance. 

Normally, we are able to maintain our balance with the help of signals sent by many parts of the body, such as ears and eyes, and some other sensory receptors in one's feet and legs tell the nervous system about which parts of the body are touching the ground. Inconsistent signals can be considered a major cause of motion sickness because when someone is in an airplane, they cannot see the turbulence but their body can feel it and this confusion for the body may lead to nausea or vomiting. 

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The Magic Mountain Hotel - A Hotel That Makes You Feel Like Staying in a Volcano | An Unique Hotel Hidden In The Heart Of Nature

Would you ever love to live inside a mountain and that too inside a volcano? If you want to experience it too, then head to the Magic Mountain Hotel in Chile, where you will feel like staying inside a volcano. The only difference would be that water would come out of the mountain instead of fire. Built in the Huilo-Huilo Biological Reserve center of Chile, the hotel is shaped like a volcano, furnished like a treehouse, and is equipped with modern-day amenities that you usually expect in a hotel. The doors of this small hotel may be ancient, but the interior is quite elegant and luxurious. 

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Many such beautiful hotels have been built in the area around, but the Magic Mountain Hotel is built as an identical copy of a mountain that makes you feel like you are living inside a mountain, making it the most unique hotel in the world. The hotel is built in the middle of the trees and despite being artificial, architects have created beautiful scenery like a waterfall, volcano, and monkey bridge. A wooden bridge has been built to enter the hotel and apart from this, hot bathtubs have been arranged, specially prepared from the tree trunks.

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The hotel itself is built from local stone and wood, facilitating with large windows to capture the beautiful forest views. All the rooms in the hotel are equipped with modern comforts and are named after a different local species of birds. A range of facilities is available to all who visit the hotel, with the reserve center offering wilderness views as well as ski tours in winter and water rafting in summer, and mini-golf courses. Actually, this area is promoting eco-tourism which is such a great thing and if you ever get a chance then definitely visit this place, as this area does not seem less than a paradise.

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What would happen if you don't brush your teeth for a year? Hypothesis about not brushing your teeth

Brushing teeth is a daily routine for everyone, but what if someone doesn't brush their teeth for a year? In today's article, we will talk about what kind of difficulties you may have with your teeth if you do not brush for a year.

The first question on everyone's mind would be that if you don't brush your teeth, after how many days will your teeth be permanently damaged, and will there come a time when the teeth will actually disappear from your mouth? So the answer would be if you do not brush, a yellowish substance will start to accumulate on your teeth, which we call as plaque, the mixture consisting of the leftover food, bacteria, as well as saliva. The plaque will also invite other bacteria to let make this house (mouth) their new home, which means that plaque keeps on dirtying your teeth day by day.

If seen, plaque starts accumulating only after not brushing for a day, but after not brushing for a week, it will become a thousand times stronger and about 30 to 40 times your teeth will start looking yellowish. Your teeth will be discolored and your mouth will smell as if a drain stinks. After three months without brushing, large cavities will start to form inside your teeth and the gums will start to loosen. If we scientifically say this in an uncommon language, after one year there will be a condition called Periodontitis (a gum disease which can be very painful) due to which your mouth gums will start leaving your teeth. 

And when your tooth falls out, the space it creates will invite more bacteria into it. And after about a year or 13, 14 months, there will be so much population of bacteria that your immune system will start damaging the gum, after that, your teeth will start falling out one by one. As we know, a dirty mouth can also bring many other diseases to the body because when bacteria in the mouth aren't cleared out, it can push the immune system into overdrive and cause many other severe problems in other parts of the body, which could be very dangerous and harmful for us.

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What is Broken Heart Syndrome? Can It Bring Someone Closer To Death?

Often people in love say that their heart is broken, but heartbreak is also a kind of disease that very few people know about. Generally, people know more about heart attack in heart-related diseases but there is another disease which we know as "Broken Heart Syndrome", known scientifically as Takotsubo cardiomyopathy.

Many people may have experienced heartbreaks at some point in their life and this can be attributed to different reasons like a breakup, rejection, cheating, etc. But sometimes heartbreaks can be of such an intense level that it gives us the same pain as physical pain, although it is an emotional pain, and sometimes it can even kill a person. Because in these heartbreaks early stages, the blood pressure and heart rate of that person keeps on increasing, and due to which there may be some chances of having a heart attack. If you think that a person is physically very strong, then nothing can happen to him/her with heartbreak then you are absolutely wrong, as heartbreaks can happen to anyone, and its effects can also be quite dangerous.

A study has revealed that broken heart syndrome mostly occurs when a person confronts severe stress and emotional events. When a person goes under a lot of stress due to the loss of a loved one or a heartbreak in love, the hormones that increase stress are released more, which increases the risk of broken heart syndrome. In broken heart syndrome, the muscles of the heart become weak and due to this, it is not able to work properly. Its symptoms do not appear suddenly, but the person starts feeling tired and weak, because a part of the heart becomes enlarged and this makes it difficult to pump blood properly.

To avoid Broken Heart Syndrome, keep yourself stress-free and don't take anything too seriously that makes you depressed on an emotional level. Heartbreak or the loss of a loved one is very sad, but do not let this sadness dominate you for a long time. Recognizing it on time, and take the stress out of your life.

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The Most Strange Sleep Behaviors - The Weirdest Things Someone Might Do In Their Sleep | What Is Sleep Paralysis?

Everyone is completely aware of the fact that in sleep some people do many unusual kinds of activities like sleepwalking or sleep-talking, but have you ever heard about sleep-driving, sleep-cooking, and even having sex while asleep, or sleep-sex. In today's article, we are going to explain to you about some such weird things that some people do in their sleep and you might have never even heard about them.

Sleep Texting

The majority of the people usually fall asleep by having their mobile in their hands or keeping it nearer them, but some people in deep sleep start texting anything to anyone from their mobile, which sounds very strange to hear. It was revealed from a survey that out of 300 students, 25 to 35 percent sent a text to someone while asleep, and due to being in deep sleep, they do not even know to whom and what they have sent. Sleep Texting is not harmful but can embarrass you a lot.

Sleep Driving

During sleep, if someone starts walking and goes out of the house, then the situation can be a bit dangerous, but what if he starts driving too, then the situation may have gotten out of hand. But in reality, this unusual sleeping practice has been experienced by many people. By taking some sleeping pills you can fall asleep mentally, but your body thinks that it should stay awake. It generally happens when parts of our brain are asleep and other parts awake at the same time, causing our body to start moving, start talking, and sometimes even start driving in extreme conditions but it could prove to be very harmful to us.

Sleep Eating

Sleep eating seems to be a wonderful sleep practice, wherein sleep some people go to the kitchen and start eating anything directly, mostly they will eat unhealthy food or sometimes they even chew ice. Moreover, some people were also reported to have eaten butter-topped cigarettes in their sleep. But there are many chances of self-harm in sleep eating, such as if someone tries to turn on the gas, the house may catch on fire or one can even cut the hand with a knife, so it is a bit dangerous.

Sleep Sex

After Sleep Texting, Sleep Driving, and Sleep Eating, let's brings the strangest and weirdest sleep behavior or disorder that you might not be familiar with, known as sleep sex or sexsomnia. It is also a type of parasomnia like sleepwalking but it’s considered rare. People experiencing sexsomnia typically engage in sleep-related sexual behaviors ranging from masturbation to sexual intercourse. Sleep sex is not related to sex dreams as these experiences are quite different from sexsomnia. The person experiencing sexsomnia may appear to be fully awake and have their eyes open. In sexsomnia, people often have no remembrance of the sexual behaviors they have performed during sleep. But this sleep disorder could sometimes be quite serious for oneself and for others, as it has been used as a defense in rape cases.

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Night Terrors

You must have experienced this state many times, sometimes you would have such dreams that you have never even thought about, very unexpected dreams, such as the death of a special person or your accident or you are drowning somewhere. And in such sleep you feel a very frightening experience, you do not understand what is actually happening to you. Sometimes you also shout loudly in sleep and suddenly wake up, but even after waking up, that fear remains in your mind. Very often that dream or fear stays in your mind for a long time and if you are experiencing these nightmares frequently then it can be harmful for you. In such a situation it will be beneficial for you to contact the doctor.

Sleep Paralysis

Sleep Paralysis is considered the worst of all sleep disorders. Scary dreams are experienced by almost everyone, but something strange happens in sleep paralysis where you wake up in the middle of the night and your body becomes paralyzed. You are not able to move your body at all and then you feel that some ghostly or scary creature is sitting on your body and staring at you. People have experienced even more terrible incidents than this and due to your body being paralyzed, you are unable to speak and scream, but you are watching everything with open eyes. Sleep Paralysis is really a very terrible experience. Those who have ever experienced it must be well aware of it.

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What Is Whale Vomit (Floating Gold) And Why Is It So Expensive? | Why Is It Considered Illegal In India?

Recently in Gujarat, three persons were caught smuggling whale vomit, which sounds very disgusting, because why would anyone need to smuggle whale vomit. But it is absolutely true, those three were selling around 5.35 kg whale vomit for ₹7 crores. The whale vomit is also called as ‘floating gold’ for its high value, and sometimes it is also found floating on water bodies. Now you must be wondering what is there in whale vomit that has so much value. 

Actually, whale vomit means there is a solid waxy substance called ambergris that is produced in the intestines of sperm whales, which is considered to be a very precious gem of the ocean. The value of this ambergris is many times more than that of gold and it is considered the highly crucial ingredient for manufacturing special perfumes, especially to create fragrances like musk. 

The sale of ambergris has been strictly prohibited in India, as the sperm whales from which it is found are a highly endangered species and are protected under the Wildlife Protection Act. The sperm whale was declared an endangered species in 1970. The vomit of the sperm whale is very difficult to detect or it would not be wrong to say that it is impossible, because to find it requires a deep dive into the ocean, and therefore its value is very high.

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People have been obsessed with Ambergris for centuries, Ancient Greeks used to add it to their wines to make them more intoxicating while in medieval times it was prescribed to cure epilepsy as well as impotency. During the black death pandemic, people rubbed Ambergris on their bodies so that the plague would not spread and they could get rid of the smell emanating from them, resulting in fragrance covered the smell of the air that was believed to be responsible for the outbreak.

Before whaling, the population of sperm whales was 11 lakhs, which is now only around 3 lakhs. Of these whales, only about one to five percent are responsible for producing Ambergris. Ambergris is quite rare but is still found on the coasts of China, Japan, Africa, and America. It is also often found on tropical islands such as the Bahamas. Production of this rare and valuable substance by sperm whales is a threat to them. Sperm whales were the target of whaling many decades ago. But now their killings have stopped to an extent.

The laws for the collection and sales of Ambergris vary globally, in some countries Ambergris or any other products of whales are all prohibited. But there are many places where it is legal, if we talk about UK and the rest of the European Union, then all living species of whales and dolphins have been protected by law. But the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), considers Ambergris to be a naturally occurring waste material, making it legal for beaches and sea collection.

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An alternative to ambergris already exists in the shape of a compound called Ambroxan. Some scientists believe that when synthetic alternatives to Ambergris already exist, their uses should be encouraged, such encouragement will stop people from exploiting whales as resources.

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How was the Taj Mahal built when cement was not yet discovered? | What Materials were used in the Construction of Taj Mahal

Have you ever wondered how the Taj Mahal was built without cement, despite being considered the most important building material? It is known to all that cement plays a very important role in all the strong buildings that are built in today's time. But the Taj Mahal is ultra-strong, as it has been standing for so many years with such incredible strength, no matter how many times the earthquake hits the region. Then what is the secret of its unusual strength? In earlier times, when cement was not invented at all, then how could such a strong structure be made?

Everyone knows that the Taj Mahal is very famous for its beauty, and every year millions of people come to see this wonder. But have you ever thought that how such a big building stands so firmly? Regarding its history, you must know how Shah Jahan had erected this monument for his wife, to express his love after her death. So the main question is how did this structure become so strong when there was no cement and what material is it glued with that makes it so strong.

Cement was invented in 1824 by an intelligent man named Joseph Aspdin who lived in England. From 1811 he was engaged in the experiment of making cement and in 1824 he finally succeeded and made the world's first cement named portland cement. But if we talk about the Taj Mahal, its construction started in 1631 and ended in 1648, but during this time such an amazing structure of the world had been built up, which has not even got any scratch till date, despite being built without cement.

So what was the reason behind this? the answer is that when cement was not invented in 1631, architects used a special kind of paste, which contained very strange ingredients. And if we talk about the stones of the Taj Mahal, then many semi-precious stones like Aqiq, Yemenite, Firoza, Lajward, Moonga, Sulaimani, Lahsania, Tamra, Yashab, and Petunia were used in construction which considered to be very rare stones. Some ultra rare stones are also used like Tilai, Ajuba, Pai-Zahar, Khattu, Shelter, Nakhod and Maknatis. 

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These are all very rare and unusual stones, no one knows how Shah Jahan arranged these precious stones as it seems very difficult to find. From where and how he got all this, it is a secret right now, but whatever he did, it was praiseworthy and due to that such a strong monument has been able to stand. So now let's talk about the secret paste that has been used as an ideal cementing material. Its ingredients include molasses; batashe (sugar-bubbles), belgiri-water, urd-pulse, curd, jute, and Kankar were mixed with lime mortar to make it an ideal cementing material. This paste was actually as strong as cement.

Another question must be arising in your mind that it is true that Taj Mahal is so amazing and so many rare stones have been used in such huge quantity. But if we estimate the price of the Taj Mahal, how much Shah Jahan would have spent to build it. The currency of that time, you know, in the olden days even one rupee was worth a lot. So adjusted to inflation, setting everything, and if we put the cost then the cost of Taj Mahal becomes approximately $1-$2 billion i.e. from about 8,000 crores to 10,000 crores has been spent in making this monument. And some people even claimed that more than 20,000 crores have been spent on this.

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The Most Powerful And Dangerous Demonic Kings Of Hell | Some Interesting Facts About Hell

So before we get to know about the kings of Hell, let us first briefly explain to you what Hell actually means. Most of the religions of folklore traditions describe Hell as a place where evil people are punished in their afterlife. In many religions it is believed that after death, a person either goes to heaven or goes to hell, depending on his karma or deeds. The people who go to hell repeat at least one of the seven deadly sins in their lifetime so many times that it becomes their habit. Now these sins are also controlled by some devils but we will cover this topic in another article, but for now, we will discuss some of the most dangerous kings of hell and what kind of powers they have.

Paimon

Paimon was first mentioned in a Magic Spells book, "The Lesser Key of Solomon", whose author is unknown. This book was probably written in the 17th century and there Paimon is said to be quite obedient to Lucifer and given more importance than the rest of the Hell kings. Paimon is known by many as the "God of Mischief" and he is skilled in the arts and science. Many manuscripts depicted him as a young man riding a camel. The face of Paimon is a bit unmanly i.e. a woman, which is why he always needs a male host as people believe that he is very insecure about his face. It has been told in many satanic books that there are about 200 legions of spirits under Paimon's command, some of which are of the order of Angels and the rest Powers. He plays cymbals and trumpets to contact these spirits and demons and in fact, those spirits also play trumpets and cymbals. Paimon is one of the eight kings of hell and it is said that he used to be an angel before, but later he gave his allegiance to Lucifer and since then people have also known him as the duke of the underworld. Paimon knows all the secrets related to the earth and can give immense money and magical powers to those who call or worship him. Paimon has a lot of knowledge of science and the person who summons it automatically becomes very proficient in science. He can know a person's past and future, and the things hidden inside his mind, and he can show visions to people, manipulate them, summon spirits and attack people with certain evil spirits. Not only this, he can bring the dead to life forever and can also give them the ability to fly.

Beleth

Beleth is a very powerful and evil kind of king, who has eighty-five legions of demons under his control and he rides on a pale horse. It is believed that Beleth appears in front of his callers in a very scary and horrifying manner to check whether he has the guts or not. After this, the conjurer will have to make a triangle by holding a hazel wand in his hand, whose direction should be from the south to east and then upwards. After this, that person will order Beleth to come under his control through that triangle, but if Beleth refuses, then the person will have to intimidate him again and again by means of some conjurations to come into it. Here one thing has to be kept in mind that at any point of time, the caller will not insult Beleth, because by doing so Beleth takes the life of that person. But once a person has complete control over Beleth, then with his help, he can subdue any woman or man and take a lot of love from them.

Purson

Purson is often known as the Great King of Hell, under whom there are about twenty-two legions of demons. Purson is adept at finding lost things like a lost treasure, some historic facts, etc. because it is believed that Purson knows everything. He can tell your past, present, and future and has all the secrets and information about the creation of the earth. He brings with him some good spirits which can help the person calling him in many ways. Purson is a bit scary in appearance as he is depicted as having the head of a lion, riding on a bear, and holding a ferocious viper in his hand.

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Asmodeus

Asmodeus is served and obeyed by seventy-two legions of spirits but these spirits are inferior meaning they are not so powerful and are considered lower in rank. Asmodeus has a seal in gold and although he is a king, but his rank in Hell is at number thirty-two. He is very powerful and appeared to have three heads, the first head is of a bull, the second is of a man and the third is of a ram, a bighorn sheep. Asmodeus has a serpent-like tail and rides an infernal dragon. Asmodeus can issue flames of fire from his mouth and always has a lance with a banner in his hand because he considers himself very royal.

Vine

Vine is commanding around 36 legions of demons, and apart from the king, he also has the rank of Earl of Hell. Like Purson, he can also find lost things and tell the past, present, and future of a person. In addition, he can bring storms and bring down walls and raise huge towers in one stroke. Vine appeared like a lion, riding a black horse and carrying a snake in his hand. In other words, it would not be wrong to say that Vine is quite similar to Purson.

Balam 

Balam is the most clever of all these kings and it is said that he has a perfect answer to every question. He has over forty legions of demons under his control and he can make his summoner invisible and witty or very clever. In appearance, Balam looks exactly like Asmodeus as three-headed, the head of a bull, the head of a man, and the head of a ram, a bighorn sheep. He rides a strong bear but sometimes he is represented as a naked man riding a bear.

Zagan

Zagan is regarded as a great king and president of hell, who is being served and obeyed by over thirty-three legions of demons. He has the great powers to turn wine into water or water into wine or even blood into wine. Like Balam, he can also make his summoner very witty and clever, and other of his powers include turning any metal into a coin. In appearance, Zagan is depicted as a griffin-winged bull that after a while transforms himself into a man.

Belial 

Finally, the name of the eighth and last king of hell is Belial. The Lesser Key of Solomon, an anonymous grimoire depicts Belial as the sixty-eighth spirit. Under Belial's command, there are about 80 legions of demons, and 50 legions of spirits. He was the first to be created after lucifer and hence he is much senior to all the kings. Belial can give ranks to demons and snatch their ranks too, and can also give them good spirits. In order to summon him, one has to make many offerings, gifts, and sacrifices. Because without these offerings he starts giving wrong answers to the demands.

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