The city got its name from the Hindi word khaujur, which means "date," since the city walls were covered in date palms. Khajuraho was known as Khajjurpura in ancient times.

Your liver uses cholesterol to make bile acids, and bile is the only way your body can get rid of excess cholesterol.

Your body also uses cholesterol to make sex hormones, like estrogen and testosterone. If you have liver disease, you’ll have trouble absorbing fats as well as hormonal problems.

But fats are chemically different from cholesterol; the body burns fats for energy. That’s why food labels list fat and cholesterol separately.

On June 19, 1905, the Nickelodeon theatre opened in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Within a few months, the owner, vaudeville promoter Harry Davis, opened more than a dozen Nickelodeon theatres in Pittsburgh. Within two years, more than 8,000 cinemas sprouted up.

Flatfish are fish with a flat body and both eyes on one side of the head. Flatfish species found in Florida waters include flounder, sole, and halibut. Flatfish live on the bottom and are frequently partially submerged in sand or mud, waiting for food to swim past. Some flatfish species may alter their color to blend in with their environment.

Nail polish was used to represent class in Ancient Egypt. The lower classes wore naked or light colours, while the upper classes favoured red hues (naturally). Cleopatra's tips were dyed a rusty colour with henna plant juice, while Nefertiti's were painted ruby colours.

It's interesting how they classify game violence — World War II brutality is mild enough to be labelled T, yet modern-day nukes are clearly rated M.

Until the 1930s, the numbers on London's iconic Baker Street only ran up to 85, and 221B was not a realistic address until the street was expanded in 1930. Abbey National Building Society occupied a building at 219-229 Baker St. in 1932. They soon hired a full-time secretary whose sole responsibility was to respond to fan letters addressed to Sherlock Holmes at 221B Baker St. The City of Westminster assigned the Sherlock Holmes Museum the address 221B Baker Street in 1990, even though it is literally located between 237 and 241 Baker Street.

The instrument was first used in the Fifth Symphony in C Minor by Ludwig van Beethoven, which was composed between 1804 and 1808.

Africa has parts in all four hemispheres. c It, for example, spans all four hemispheres and encompasses nearly 12 million square miles.

Coffee was thought to have mind-altering properties throughout the Ottoman Empire's 17th century. The monarch of the time considered it a form of drug and prohibited its use in public.

Anxiety is often a cause or a trigger of depression. Research indicates women who have generalized anxiety disorder are at an increased risk of developing depression. People with chronic depression often develop symptoms of anxiety as a result of the mental exhaustion of depression. The same is true for sufferers of chronic anxiety. For example, people who struggle with Social Anxiety Disorder often develop depressive symptoms as a result of lifestyle choices made to accommodate the symptoms of Social Anxiety Disorder, such as avoiding others and public places.

Yes, you read that correctly: spider silk is extremely strong. It may appear weak and brittle, but this is only due to its thinness. A spider's web is five times stronger than a strand of steel of the same thickness. A spider web made of strands as thick as a pencil is also thought to be capable of stopping an aeroplane in flight!

Besides in 2020, when the pandemic first took place, and last year in 2021, the Met usually takes place on the first Monday of May.

Initially, the "Queen" could only move diagonally one square at a time. The piece was originally known as the "advisor," and it was one of the board's weakest pieces. It wasn't until the introduction of chess to Europe and the rise of Queen Isabella in the 15th century that the "adviser" was replaced with the "queen" and became the most powerful piece on the board.

Venus flytraps feed on a variety of insects and arachnids. Crickets, beetles, grasshoppers, spiders, snails, ants, worms, and, of course, flies are all prey. The Venus flytrap will most likely be able to capture the bug as long as it is tiny enough to fit in a trap. The prevalent misconception that Venus flytraps are only used to catch flies is erroneous. In the wild, Venus flytraps not only have a diversified diet, but their primary prey are frequently ants and crawling insects.

The fate of the Afrikaans language was a hot topic during negotiations for South Africa's new government in 1992. The ANC sought to make English the official language of the nation, but Afrikaner nationalists were anxious that it remains on par with English. The ANC concurred, but it was difficult for them to justify simply adopting Afrikaans and leaving out other indigenous languages. Then came South Africa's inclusive linguistic policy.

Nepal, on the other hand, is a peaceful country because it is the birthplace of Buddha. In 623 B.C., Siddhartha Guatama, also known as Lord Budhha, was born in Kapilavastu, Lumbini. Lumbini was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997.

Are you prone to mosquito bites? Iceland will suit you perfectly! Iceland is mosquito-free, thanks to a lack of small ponds and temperatures that are unfavourable for mosquito breeding – so you can sleep with your windows open anytime you like.

People used to eat arsenic to improve their skin. You've probably heard about how arsenic was found in many of the Victorians' favourite cosmetics, but it gets worse. There were also edible products on the market in the late 1800s, such as Dr. James P. Campbell's Safe Arsenic Complexion Wafers. They advertised that they could remove freckles, blackheads, and other "facial disfigurements." That has to be one of the most intriguing facts you've learned in a long time.

It was called "Poem" and it was published in the Boston Herald in 1941. It's short and sweet, and quite different from the darker poetry Plath wrote later in life:

"Hear the crickets chirping
In the dewy grass.
Bright little fireflies
Twinkle as they pass."

Stingrays bury their bodies in the sand when they sleep, leaving their protective barb protruding to keep themselves safe. It is advised that beachgoers perform the "stingray shuffle" in order to cause vibrations in the sand and alert stingrays to their presence because this can be problematic in areas where humans join the ocean.

Carles Rexach, the famed scout for FC Barcelona, travelled to Rosario, Argentina, in 2000, to see young Lionel Messi, then 12, play football. He was an experienced guy, a former player and coach who was used to dealing with young sports promises, but when he watched Messi collect the ball, carry it, and score as though alone on the pitch (yeah, the normal Messi stuff), he scribbled a contract on a napkin and hired him right away.

Midway through the 1840s, Charlotte came across some of Emily's poems and immediately saw their genius. She took the initiative to find a home for a book of poems she and her two sisters had collected. They used the pseudonyms Currer, Ellis, and Acton (respectively Charlotte, Emily, and Anne), and they shared the pseudo surname Bell.

The Bailey Bridge, which spans the flowing Dras and Suru rivers, is the world's tallest. It was designed by the military to help them move fast through rivers during battle. A hydro-electric dam can be found to the left of the bridge, and a lake can be found to the right.