Jingdezhen, also known as 'Jingde Town,' is China's well-known "porcelain capital." It is a prefecture-level city located about 400 kilometers (250 miles) west of Hangzhou, the ancient capital and "tea capital." In 1004, Emperor Jingde of the Song Dynasty (960-1279) named Jingdezhen after the fine bluish-white porcelain produced for the emperor.

Despite the name similarities, niacinamide is not the same as niacin. There are two kinds of vitamin B-3. However, your body may produce niacinamide from niacin pills. This occurs when there is an overabundance of niacin in the body. In the body, tryptophan may also be converted to niacinamide. Before using vitamin B-3 or any other supplements, consult your doctor.

Sticky rice, the flexible national staple, is consumed more in Laos than anyplace else on the planet. Every year, Laotians devour 155 kg of this national food, which is customarily eaten with their hands and offered sweet, fermented, or sour. In comparison, the average European or American consumes about 9 kilograms of rice per year. Indeed, Laotians are usually referred to as "luk khao niaow," which translates to "children or descendants of sticky rice." This seems fitting.

Leonardo da Vinci, the ideal of the Renaissance man, was a talented musician as well as a skilled painter. In addition to playing the lyre and the flute, he sang regularly at noble meetings and at the palaces of his benefactors. Some of his musical creations are also included in his surviving manuscripts.

Maine has 3,478 miles of coastline if we add inlets and islands. This is the fourth-greatest total in the United States, after only Florida, Louisiana, and Alaska. All of the world's naval fleets could fit into Maine's deep ports.

Buddha is not seen as God or even Godlike. In this regard, Buddhism varies from the main premise of most Western religions. Buddhism, according to Narada Thera on Buddhism in a Nutshell, does not revolve around worship or allegiance to a higher authority, such as God. Buddhists never pray to gods, sculptures, natural phenomena, or other deities. Buddhists, on the other hand, gaze within to seek personal understanding and spiritual growth.

The company made special socks that could detect when a user fell asleep and pause the show/movie so that they don't miss out on anything when they wake up. Known as ‘Netflix Socks’, this pair of socks comes with a sew-in electronic device that detects your pulse. 

Titanic was released in 1997, when film reels were the only way to project a film. Each copy of Titanic had a run time of 3 hours and 15 minutes and was 17.7 reels long. That equates to over 17,700 feet of film at 25 frames per second. That's more than three miles for a single film. For comparison, the Titanic was 883 feet long... that's nearly 20 Titanics.

There are three of them: English, Maltese, and Maltese Sign Language. However, Italian is commonly spoken among Maltese residents. Maltese is said to sound like a blend between Italian and Arabic.

Due to cost or a lack of infrastructure, 70–75 percent of the world still doesn't use toilet paper.

Pirates from The Bahamas had their flags custom-made by a sailmaker's widow who accepted brandy as payment, while Blackbeard had his own black flag with a skeleton with horns. The skeleton held an hourglass in one hand and a spear pointing to a heart dripping with three drops of blood in the other.

Have you ever thought of a tongue getting fat? But it gets fat when the other parts of the body get interesting, right? There is a correlation between tongue fat volume and obesity. So, the tongue also gets fat when the body of a person does. Notice this from now on!

According to creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas, they based their primary characters on their own lives. Bays spent a lot of time with Thomas and his girlfriend (now wife) Rebecca in their early days in New York. They modeled Ted, Marshall, and Lily after individuals they knew best: themselves.

Santa and Mrs. Claus are Canadian citizens! Mr. and Mrs. Claus were given their own Canadian e-passports by Canadian Immigration Minister Chris Alexander in 2013.

Majuli is recognized as the largest river island in the world. It is located on the Brahmaputra river near Jorhat and encapsulates a lush green and pollution-free environment. Majuli attracts a lot of tourists every year because of its scenic beauty, its vibrant culture, and friendly people.

We often get attracted towards the smell of the earth when it rains but have you have thought that rain too can have smell? But it does! Petrichor is the word that describes the scent of the rain. The reason behind it is that some plants secrete oild during dry periods & when it rains these oil get released into the air. And the aromatic compounds combine to create the pleasant scent of rain.

Yoga can not cure insomnia, but it does assist reduce stress and anxiety, which can be the cause of sleeplessness. Yoga is a complementary strategy for addressing the issue of sleeplessness holistically.

Egypt is home to one of the world’s largest dams. The Aswan High Dam is the world’s largest embankment dam, spanning across The Nile separating Egypt from Sudan and creating Lake Nassar. Lake Nassar is one of the world’s largest reservoirs.

While this seems like a great feat, when we cycled from Egypt to Sudan, we saw the devastation that this dam caused. At one time, Sudan was lush and green along the Nile and even tourists from the UK would vacation in Wadi Halfa in Sudan. Today, it is a dried-up mess thanks to the damming of Lake Nassar.

The chia plant is fickle and requires highly specialised growth conditions. It cannot withstand frost, yet it need low temperatures to create large quantities of omega-3 fatty acids. Chia grows best between 23 degrees north and south of the equator. This region has some of the ideal conditions for growing chia seeds.

Kale has been dubbed the ideal superfood because it is loaded with vitamins and minerals like beta-carotene, vitamin C, and the bone-building vitamin K. Everyone does not enjoy its pungent flavor.

Tendulkar made his Test debut on November 15, 1989, against Pakistan in Karachi, making him the fifth-youngest player in Test cricket history. At the time, he was only 16 years and 205 days old.

Although rattlesnakes lack limbs, they are nevertheless effective predators. This is partially because rattlesnakes can see smaller animals even in total darkness because to heat-sensitive pits on each side of their heads. The snake can "see" the heated image of its prey thanks to the pits' assistance in detecting heat by sending neurons to the same region of the snake's brain that receives optic nerve impulses.

No, caramel and dulce de leche are not synonymous. Caramel, as we all know, is nothing more than water and sugar. Dulce de leche, on the other hand, is milk and sugar, as the name suggests (if you've practiced your Spanish).

Barbie's ridiculously svelte-yet-busty figure has been at the center of many-body image controversies over the years. Barbie is made by Mattel on a 1/6 scale, which is the standard scale for action figures. Barbie's measurements would then be 38-18-28. (reports vary based on versions of dolls). Various outlets and organizations have pointed out that her proportions are more than just an unrealistic standard; they would render a human woman physically incapable of walking, holding her head up, or having fully functioning internal organs. Mattel responded to calls for change by releasing a variety of dolls with different body types, skin tones, and hairstyles.