Santa Claus is the mythical figure. He is portrayed as a fat, jolly man with a white beard, dressed in a red suit outlined in white and the fur boots. Santa is also known by names such as Father Christmas or Saint Nicholas. He was born in the 4th century in Lycia, Anatolia. It is believed that Santa Claus lives at the North Pole with his wife Mrs. Clause, a crew of industrious elves, and a stable of magical, flying reindeer. These elves make toys. Read More
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Space Facts
- A day in Mercury lasts as long as 58 days, 15 hours on earth.
- Whole year on Mercury is only 88 days.
- Astronomer Neil Armstrong famous words when he stepped on the surface of the Moon were: “That’s one small step for a man; one giant leap for mankind.”
- The sun isn’t round. It is flat on the top and the bottom.
Human Facts
- Our brain uses 20% of the total oxygen and blood in our body.
- Women blink twice as many times as men do.
- A human being loses an average of 40 to 100 strands of hair a day.
- By the time you turn 70, your heart will have beat some two-and-a-half billion times (figuring on an average of 70 beats per minute).
Plant Facts
- Bamboo plants can grow by up to 90cm in one day.
- The oldest living thing on earth is the flowering shrubs called creosote bushes in the Mojave Desert.
- Cactus grow in hot, dry places. They have no leaves at all. They have spikes on them to stop animals eating them and have thick stems which store water.
- Penicillin saves lives. Penicillin kills many harmful bacteria, including those that cause staph infections and pneumonia.
General Facts
- It takes 570 gallons of paint to color the White House exterior.
- Los Angeles’s full name is “El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula”.
- Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from the history- Spades: King David; Clubs: Alexander the Great; Hearts: Charlemagne and Diamonds: Julius Caesar.
- Martha Washington is the only woman whose portrait has appeared on a US currency note.
Places Facts
- On average the Atlantic Ocean is the saltiest of Earth’s major oceans.
- Hawaii is moving towards Japan at the speed of 10cm a year. This is because they are on different tectonic plates.
- In a volcanic eruption, a frothy rock called pumice which is loaded with gas bubbles is formed. This rock can float on water.
- The water of Angel Falls in Venezuela drops 3,212 feet .
Animal Facts
- The Krill is the most common animal in the ocean.
- There are 6 to 14 frogs species in the world that have no tongues and one of them is the African dwarf frog.
- Polar bears are always left-handed, and so is Kermit the Frog.
- Sharks are immune to disease i.e. they do not suffer from any Disease.
Robin Hood
For more than 600 years, the adventures of Robin Hood have been celebrated in stories, poems, ballads, and motion pictures. Robin Hood is a figure in archetypal English folk tales. His stories go back to medieval times between the 1100s and 1400s. Robin Hood tales are associated with the area Sherwood Forest and Nottinghamshire. Read More
Bermuda Triangle
Bermuda Triangle is also known as the Devil’s Triangle. It has been associated with mysterious maritime disasters in which many aircraft and surface vessels have disappeared.
Black Hole
At the center of each galaxy, there is a supermassive black hole that is millions to billions of times heavier than our sun. The massive black hole captures nearby stars and drags them into a swirling accretion disk. John Archibald Wheeler invented the name ‘black hole’ because the light inside it can never be seen. Before Wheeler, these objects were often referred to as ‘frozen stars. Read More