1. City of seven hills: Rome. 2. Dry ice: Carbon dioxide. 3. The planet nearest to Sun: Mercury. 4. The word “United nations” is first of all suggested by: Franklin D. Roosevelt. 5. The 191th country which has taken membership in U.N.O. is= East Timor. The 192nd country is= Monte [...]
10 Interesting facts on countries, Hitler, Churchill
March 21, 2008 By Leave a Comment
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 [...]
Historical events and facts
September 25, 2007 By Leave a Comment
History and animal quiz: 1. Sea Cow: “Dugang” a sea animal looking like fish is known as by this name. 2. Jungle scavenger: is “Hyna”. 3. Black box buck is: “Antelope”. 4. “Father of Internet”: Vint Cerf. 5. 10TH March 1876: Alexander Graham bell, the inventor of ‘’Telephone’’, spoke the following sentence [...]
What is Guy Fawkes day?
May 25, 2007 By Leave a Comment
In India people burn effigies of Ravana (king of demons) on the 10th day of Dassera while in Britain, people burn effigies of a man named Guy Fawkes on 5th November, which is called Guy Fawkes ‘Day or Bonfire Night. The story goes back to November 1605, when a group of people [...]
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