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1. Christopher Nolan has said that the snow-based third-level dream was inspired by his favorite James Bond film on her Majesty's Secret Service.  2. The slow, gloomy, blaring trombones in the main theme of the film score are actually based on an extremely slowed down version of fast,  high pitched trumpets at the beginning of the Édith Piaf song "Non je ne regrette rien" Which is used as a plot device in the film. Furthermore, when music is heard by someone who's currently within a dream, music is perceived as slowed down. Thus the main theme of the film score is almost exactly what the beginning "Non je ne regrette rien" would sound like to a dreamer. This Thematic device is brought to its logical conclusion when the song plays at end of credits. Signaling that the audience is about to wake up from the film.  3. Joseph Gorden-Levitt went to his audition after a brief character summary, wearing a full suit "just in case" unknowingly matching his c

   The Pala Dynasty  The Pala Empire was a major dynasty in North India , especially in the North East India, Bengal during 750 - 1161 CE the post-classical period of Indian Sub Continent. It was founded by a Gopala , by winning the tussle of power between the local chieftain. They were followers of the Mahayana and Tantric schools of Buddhism. The empire was founded with the election of Gopala as the emperor of Gauda in 750 CE. The Pala stronghold was located in western Bengal and eastern Bihar, which included the major cities of Gauda, Vikrampura, Pataliputra, Monghy, Somapura, Ramvati (Varendra), Tamralipta and Jaggadala.   The Pala dynasty created the environment for Buddhist monasteries to thrive and discuss philosophies without prejudice. But, importantly, it also facilitated the spread of these ideas around the world, leaving a legacy that we can still see today. Sompura Mahavira  Dharampala:                                    Dharampala was the successor of Gopala.    he greatl

  Do you know that the vantablack holds a world record of the darkest man-made material? YES, it is. So, it’s quite fascinating to learn about its extraordinary properties, applications, and how it’s made, isn’t it? Meet Vantablack here. It is the darkest material, a ‘ Byronic black ’ and it absorbs almost all visible light.  It may be viewed as a super-black coating made of ‘n’ number of carbon nanotubes!   Image Source:  https://www.cnet.com/pictures/vantablack-swallows-everything-its-painted-on/         Image:   Tourists Fell into This Ultra-Black Artwork That Looks Like a Cartoon Hole Image Source:  https://www.sciencealert.com/somebody-actually-fell-into-ultra-black-artwork-   looks-fake-hole-vantablack-anish-kapoor History: It was invented in 2014 in the United Kingdom by British company Surrey Nanosystems . This name is an acronym of  V ertically  A ligned  N ano  T ube  A rray  B lack. It was originally developed for space applications and for optical systems like telescopes. F