1. Brazil was discovered by-Pedro Alwarez Kabral while “Sandwich Islands were discovered by Captain Cook. Vasco-Da-Gama founded the sea route to India. He landed at a village called “Kappakadavu”, near Calicut, (Kerala state), situated on the western seacoast in South India, on, April 16, 1498.
2. Christopher Columbus founded the American continent (Caribbean Islands). But, USA was discovered by Amerigo Vestacchi,a navigator of Italy.
3. Religious sentiment: It is a crime either sneezing or coughing in a church in Nebraska State in America.
4. Nails of fingers of hands grow four times more speedily than the nails of toes.
5. Honey: It never gets spoiled so easily and remains tasteful for a pretty long time. The honey preserved in the vessels and which were kept along the Mummies (dead bodies of the ancient Egypt kings), remained afresh even today, as discovered by the archeologists.
6. Smeling salt: The actual chemical substance is-“Ammonium carbonate”. When a person becomes unconscious (without any serious head injuries), if this salt is kept near his nose, the patient become conscious (recovers).
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