Ostrich is the biggest bird, its eye's is bigger than its
brain.
Eagle can spread its wings up to nine feet.
She was the first woman
to go into space. He was a Russian and traveled in a spacecraft named
Vostok
She was the first Indian born woman to go to space. She went
into space twice – in 1997 and 2003. Kalpana
Chawla.
He was the first person to walk on the moon. He landed on
the moon on 21 July 1969 in a spacecraft named Apollo 11.
Our eyelashes and eyebrows grow much slower than the hair on
our head. They also have a much shorter life. That is why they grow very long.
Everyday our heart pumps enough blood to fill the petrol
tank of more than 250 cars.
We grow by about 8mm during the night, but shrink to our
former height in the morning. This happens because while lying down, the disc
space in the vertebrae increases.
Human bones are as strong as granite in supporting weight.
Our skin is the thickest over the soles of our feet. It is
the thinnest on the eyelids.
Our fingernails grow about 2 mm in one month. The nail of
our middle finger grows the fastest. The nail of the thumb grows the slowest.
We have more than 3,000 taste buds on our tongue. These
taste buds help us distinguish the four basic tastes- sweet, sour, salty, and
bitter.
Fatehpur Sikri built by emperor Akbar at Agra was the
capital of the Mughal Empire for a few years. It has many beautiful structures.
The tomb of shaikh Salim Chishti , a famous saint, is within the Fatehpur Sikri
complex.
Hawa mahal built in
1799 by maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh is one of the major landmarks of Jaipur.
The maharaja was a great devotee of lord Krishna and he dedicated this palace
to him. The monument looks like the mukut {crown} that adorns the head of lord
Krishna.
The Mysore palace is one of the largest palaces in India. It was designed for the maharaja of
Mysore by a British architect, in 1897. The palace has now been converted into
a museum.
The Radha temple at Mahabalipuram, near Chennai, were built
by the kings of the Pallava dynasty. These temples were built more than 1,400 years ago. The walls of temples are
decorated with the sculptures of gods.
In Lacrosse players catch the ball in a racket like stick
called Crosseto score a goal.
The ancient Chinese people flew kites in the shape of
dragons to frighten their enemies in battle.
There has been no rain in many parts of Atacama Desert in
South America for the last 400 years.
The Dead Sea in Jordan is so salty that people can actually
float on its water.
The Arctic region is covered with ice and snow. Here, it is
colder than inside a freezer.
Every year, there is a tomato throwing festival in Buryol, a
small village in Spain. The event is
generally held on the last Wednesday of august.
On this day, people throw tomatoes at each other.Ostrich is the biggest
bird, its eye's is bigger than its brain.
The world's oldest
plant is the king's Holly in southwestern Tasmania, thought to be 43,000
years old.
The biggest tree ever known was the Lindse Creek tree, a
massive redwood which blew over in 1905. It weighted over 3300 tonnes.
Hurling is a stick and ball game. In this, players chase the
ball with a hurley- a heavy hockey
stick with a broad blade.
In Lacrosse players catch the ball in a racket like stick
called Crosse to score a goal.
In bowling players roll down a heavy ball along a narrow
lane to knock down pins. The player who knocks down the most pins is the
winner.
Thai Kick Boxing is
popular in Thailand. In this, players use their hands, elbows, knees and bare
feet to knock down the opponent.
Curling is played on
ice with heavy, flat, round stones. Players slide the stones along the ice
towards a mark.
The Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur were completed in
1998. They are 452 m high and have 88 storeys. There is a bridge between the
towers on the towers on the 41 st and the 42nd floors.
Built by Louis XIV, the Versailles Palace has 1,300 rooms.
The stables can accommodate 2,500 horses and 200 coaches. The palace has a room called theHall of
mirrors. It is one of the most beautiful rooms one can ever see.
The Panama Canal cuts through the Isthmus of panama in
Central America. It was built
between 1904 and 1914. It allows vessels
to travel between the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean.
The Golden Gate Bridge is one of the longest suspension
bridges in the world. It connects San Francisco with Marin country. It took
about four years to construct this
majestic bridge.
The Big Ben is one of the London's best known landmarks. It
looks most beautiful at night when the clock glows. The name Big Ben actually
refers not to the clock tower itself, but to the 13 bells hung within.
Acropolis is a Greek work meaning the upper part of a town.
The Acropolis in Athens is surrounded by walls and has nine gateways. One of
the most famous buildings on the Acropolis is the Parthenon which is a temple
dedicated to Greek goddess, Athena.
The Angkor Wat is one of the finest temples in Asia. It was
built by King Suryavarman II in the
early twelfth century. He dedicated the temple to Lord Vishnu.
The Ayers Rock is Australia is one of the oldest rocks on
our planet. It is the world's largest single piece of rock. It is more than
nine km in circumference and is 348 m high .The Ayers rock has many caves.
The Victoria Falls is one of the grandest waterfalls in the
world. It lies on the Zambezi river in Zimbabwe.
The natives call it MOSI OA TUNYA which means the smoke that
thunders. Its height varies from 80 m to about 108 m at the center. The
Victoria falls was discovered by David Livingstone in 1855. The falls were named
in honor of queen Victoria.
The Meteor Crater lied in Arizona, USA. It is about 1,200 km
across and is 170 m deep. It looks like a big hole in the ground. It was formed
when a meteorite crashed here, thousands of years ago.
The northern lights and southern lights are an atmospheric
phenomenon consisting of bands or
streams of lights. They occur in the night sky in the northern hemisphere and
in the southern hemisphere. They are popularly called AURORA BOREALIS and
AURORA AUSTRALIS respectively.
The Grand Canyon lies in Arizona, USA. The Colorado river
flows through the canyon. Many geographers believe that the canyon was formed
more than two billion years ago.
The great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral
reef,stretching for about 2,000 km across the pacific ocean.More than 350
different types of coral species are found here.It is considered the most
colorful wonder of the world.
The Paricutin volcano
in Mexico erupted in February 1943. The eruption continued to 1952. Its lava
buried most of the town. It has helped many scientists to study the life cycle
of a volcano from its birth till its death.
Mount Everest is the highest mountain peak in the world. It
lies on the border between Nepal and Tibet. it is 8,848 m high. It was named
after Sir George Everest, a British officer. it was first scaled in 1953 by Sir
Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay. since then, more than 400 people have
scald the peak.
The first colored comic was " the yellow kid" of Richard Auckland. This comic was published
in 1895.
South Korea is the highest garlic consuming country.
First test tube baby" Louise brown " was born on
25 July 1978 in England.
Snake word came into existence from Sanskrit word
"snag".
Cosmonaut VladimirKomarov is the first Russian astronaut who
died in space in 24 April 1967. He was
all alone in this mission.
The inventor of computer mouse is Dr. Douglas G Engelbart in
1963 at Stanford research center.
The invention of toilet paper was done in 14 the century for
one of the Chinese emperor.
Interpol is the third largest group in world after United
nations and FIFA having 186 countries as a member.
The first telephone message was send by Alexander graham in
1876. The message was " Mr. Watson come here, I want to see you."
One of the smallest dinosaurs, Fruitadens, was about as tall
as a toy poddle.
One of the world's largest building sits on a fault line in
Taiwan. Its weight may have triggered several earth quakes.
The green anaconda is the largest snake in the world, when
both weight and length are considered. It can reach a length of 30 feet or 9
meters and weight up to 550 pounds or 227 kg.
Apes laugh when
tickled.
Some moths drink elephant tears.
You can see colorful autumn leaves from space.
Both North Carolina and Texas both have towns named turkey.
A gold fish has a memory span of three seconds.
Hair grows faster in warm weather.
Laughing benefits: the energy expended by laughing bigger
for 100 times is equal to the energy
Human being contain
48 chromosomes. The kray fish type animals contain 200 chromosomes.
Lightening that appears in the sky; it is momentary{ blink
of eye lid} and is equal to hundred million of volts of electricity.
Giraffe's heart is 2 feet in length and the weight of the
heart is 24 pounds.
It is observed that scientific researchers, that, 75% of
persons aged above 60 years, are unable
to identify the actual taste of the food taken by them.
Those who sit in the front of the computer and doing their
routine job the caloric expenditure will be 130 calories for every one hour.
The time gap between two meals should be at least 5 to 6
hours.Once, we take the food, if requires 12
hours time for its complete
digestion by the body. So it si not good to have frequent food intakes.
Now , it is becoming fashion, to have snacks or other food items for every 2 or
3 hours resulting in number of cases of indigestion increasing day by day.
Sharks live for 100 years like human beings.
If the roof of your mouth is narrow, you are more prone to
snore since you are not getting enough oxygen through your nose.
Rainbow looks different to every person who sees it.
Thomas Jeffersan was the first American president to serve french fries in the white house.
A frog uses its eyeball to help it swallow.
The great wall of china spans roughly 4,500 miles {7,242
kilometers}
Most rocks are hard,but not all of them.Some rocks, such as
those made of mineral calcite, are soft enough to scratch with finger nail.
Canyons, a deep,narrow valley carved by erosion, are often
formed by water,ice, or wind erosion.
Some rocks float. Pumice forms when the lava cools quickly
and air bubbles form. The bubbles make the rock less dense than water, so it
floats.
