1. Gold rush: The two countries in the entire world which utilize gold most are –India and Pakistan, where women like and show more interest in wearing gold ornaments. In the year 2007, as per the estimation of world gold council, the gold utilized in India is 800 tons. 2. Biggest beer garden in the world: It is “Harsh garden” in Munich city in Germany and its seating capacity is 8000. 3. Maximum kisses in a movie: In the year 1926, An English movie by name “Daan Zuvan” was produced and released all over the world and in which there were 191“Kissing scenes” and the length of the movie is 2 hours and 47 minutes. On an average, there is 1 kiss for every 53 seconds in that picture. 4. Ostrich bird: The biggest bird (in height) among all the birds and its height approximately is 9 feet. Like other birds, it can’t jump and fly. But it can run at the speed of 60 km per hour. 5. Oranges and Eiffel tower: If you keep 13,000 thousand oranges one upon the other, they reach the height, that is equal to the Eiffel tower’s height. 6. Hen and eggs: The hen has to eat 2 Kilograms of food, to produce 1 dozen eggs. 7. The male elephant is kept growing till the day of death. (There is no absence of growth). 8. The cat mews or makes sounds of light music 26 times per second. 9. Twin restaurant: There is a bar and restaurant by name “Twin” in “Yorkville” area in Newyark city in America. The owners and the workers in it are all “twins” only. 10. Captain “John Watts young” of America: He has been to space for 6 times and it is the record. Nobody has surpassed it till date. 11. Previously, people used to erase the writings made by pencil, by the … [Read more...]
Interesting trivia about cities and capitals
Interesting facts about capital cities and historical facts: 1. London:The founder of this city was “King Lood”. In 17th BC, King Lud developed a city and named it as “sear Lud” ( meaning Lud’s city). Afterwards, the city name was changed by the kings to “Sear Ludeun”. After some time, the Romans used to call it by the name as “Landineum”. After some years the name “London’’ was fixed and the same name is being continued. 2. Addis Ababa: Capital of Ethiopia . In native language, the meaning of the capital name is “new flower”. It is said that in the half of the 20th century, the wife of the Emperor Menilek suggested this name. In Spanish language, the meaning of Addis Ababa is “heaven”. 3. Havana: The capital of “Cuba”. It derived its name from the name of “Habaguevanex”, the leader of “Torino” people. 4. Bhagyanagaram: presently it is being called as “Hyderabad”, the capital of “Andhrapradesh”, a southern state in India. Bhagyanagaram derived its name from the name of “Bhagyamati”, a noble royal lady of kingdom of Hyderabad , lived in 17th century. 5. City of Seven Hills: There are two cities bearing this name. A. Rome: Capital of Italy. B. Tirumala: The famous Hindu pilgrimage centre in the state of Andhra Pradesh, in South India, It is the abode of Sri Lord Venkateswara and is regarded as the richest pilgrimage centre, next to Vatican City. … [Read more...]
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