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Yoga

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Hey guys!!! Here we meet again...this time to commemorate yoga day...I thought I will throw some light on yoga and some interesting facts on it. Hope you all have fun reading them. Introduction The origin of yoga dates back to 5000 years in northern India. It is mentioned in the Vedic texts and was practiced by the sages. Yoga is usually practiced for peace of mind and also for a stable health. The word yoga is derived from the Sanskrit word 'Yuji' which means union.  Doing yoga relieves stress, depression and gives mental stability. Facts on yoga Yoga is considered to be one of the most successful products of globalization . Yoga practitioners used to use mats made up of animal skin and grass. There are more than 300 yoga asanas (postures). It is said the lord Shiva knew more than 8,400,000 asanas. The Guinness Book of Records currently states that 85 year old Bette Callan from Australia as the world's oldest yoga teacher. Now a days yoga is one of the most practiced spor

Emoticons

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Hey guys!!😃😃 Here we meet once again in another interesting topic of which quiet sure that you all will surely enjoy.... Yeah...and my main point of interest in this post is all about EMOTICONS!!! Now.....how many of you have heard about emoticons...umm I am sure for some of you it might be foreign and well for some it might extremely common..... But for me it was fascinating when I first heard about it and thought that I will share my fascination with you all too... ;-) Now.....what was that.... At the end of the last paragraph...yep you guessed it right.. It is an emoticon. I am pretty much sure that all of you have heard of emojis.... Now emoticons are nothing but emojis types with the use of symbols on our keyboard... The word emoticon is the short form of Emotion-Icon. Here in the picture you see the difference between an emoji (the one the left) and an emoticon (the one on the right). Let's see a few more emoticons and their similar emojis.. This was