No surprise here - 'Avatar' holds the crown for the most expensive movie ever to win an Oscar with a production budget estimated to be around $280 million. While it failed to win Best Picture or Best Director, it did pick up Academy Awards for Art Direction, Cinematography and Visual Effects.

Iguanas have excellent vision and can distinguish between hues and ultraviolet light. They also have a unique photosensitive organ called the pineal gland, or parietal eye, on top of their skulls. This enables them to see in dim light, making them great night hunters.

Each of the five fundamental flavors has its own taste receptors in the brain: sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and umami (savory). In the journal Nature in 2015, scientists described how they were able to switch individual preferences on or off in mice without using food by activating and silencing neurons in their brains. For example, when neurons linked with "bitter" were triggered, mice formed puckering faces while still tasting sweet, and vice versa.

It is said that Chhath Puja worshipers take holy baths, observe a time of abstinence, and withdraw from the main family for four days. Throughout the period, he or she is said to be a pure spirit and sleeps on the floor. Vrati are those who fast throughout the four days of the Chhath puja ceremony.

In 2011, a hiring manager for a Chinese language training company included in a job listing that candidates who were Virgos or Scorpios need not apply. Obviously, there was a backlash to the discriminatory policy, but the hiring manager doubled down to a local newspaper, claiming that she was counting those signs out because they have a tendency to be "feisty and critical."

North Carolina is the first and only state in the United States to designate a carnivorous plant as its official flower. The Venus flytrap has been their state carnivorous plant since 2005. This effort attempts to encourage species conservation. Also, in North Carolina, poaching Venus flytraps has progressed from a misdemeanor to a crime since 2014. Harming the species is a severe offense.

These magnificent reptiles have been known to travel entire oceans in quest of food! They usually nest on tropical and subtropical beaches, and certain Leatherbacks (a type of sea turtle) can endure extremely cold temperatures (as low as 30 F).

Regular toilet paper is still used aboard the International Space Station, but it must be compressed and packed in specialized canisters.

Argentina and the icon of Paris Saint-Germain While Portugal's and Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo, 37, has yet to remark on his future in international football, Lionel Messi, 35, announced in October that Qatar 2022 will be his final appearance. Unquestionably, two of the best players to ever play the game are Messi and Ronaldo.

The Swedish capital has to have one of the nicest public transportation systems in the world. When you go into a Stockholm metro station, you are considered to be visiting the "world's longest art display." It stretches for more than 110 kilometers (68 miles). Over 150 artists adorned approximately 90 of the 100 stations in diverse themes and shapes. Mosaics, paintings, installations, sculptures, and other forms are included.

One weird law, that’s since been long-forgotten, is that it’s illegal to pass wind in Florida after 6pm on a Thursday. It’s never really been enforced in Florida but it was probably written in the 1800’s. It’s not clear why this ever became a law, or a rumoured law in the first place.

Wisdom teeth, or third molars, usually appear between the ages of 17 and 25. While it varies from person to person, when these teeth appear, they frequently cause problems. Most people have a small jaw, which can cause wisdom teeth to become impacted and unable to break through the gums. Some people's wisdom teeth only partially penetrate their gums, resulting in a flap in their mouth that traps germs. This can result in infections and other problems. Infections, damage to other teeth, and even cysts can result from an impacted teach. Another issue with wisdom teeth is that they are so far back that they can be difficult to clean. This also raises the risk.

Do you believe the Ark of the Covenant is hidden away in a government warehouse? Wrong. It's in Lara Croft's foyer, to be precise. Hey, it's a great way to evict lingering partygoers.

A catastrophic occurrence, according to John Cook, an expert on misinformation at George Mason University's Center for Climate Change Communication, creates a "particularly fertile breeding environment for conspiracy theories." He argues that when individuals feel threatened or are unable to completely comprehend a critical event, conspiracy theories might assist them in making sense of it. Consider the assassination of JFK. It was easy to picture "shadowy groups and agencies" managing things behind the scenes when the world felt terrifying and out of control. "Randomness is incredibly uncomfortable to people," Cook explained.

The gastric mill is a grinding apparatus for breaking up food that looks like a set of teeth on their stomachs and is the size of a walnut in a one-pound lobster.

It is also the biggest meromictic basin in the world. A meromictic lake contains water strata that do not mix together. Regular holomictic lakes, on the other hand, have at least one period every year when the surface and deep waters mix. Although meromictic lakes may be found all over the world, they are extremely uncommon. The proportion of meromictic lakes to holomictic lakes is around one to 1,000.

Thanos appears to be interested in winning love battles as well. Did you know he was involved in a love triangle with Deadpool and Lady Death? Indeed. This was alluded to in Deadpool 2, but not to its full degree. So, what's the story here? Both the Mad Titan and Wade Wilson fell in love with Death, but Thanos eventually won her over, and they even had a child together (Rot). How? He cursed Deadpool with immortality, preventing him from ever actually dying and reuniting with his love. That Thanos is such a jerk.

The mid-year solstice denotes the moment that the Sun arrives at its most noteworthy point overhead. This is the longest day of the year, and the days gradually get shorter after that until the winter solstice, which is on December 21. The winter solstice, which marks the shortest day of the year, occurs in the Southern Hemisphere at the same time as the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere. In the Northern Half of the globe, the summer solstice happens at some point between June 20 and June 22, and between December 20 and December 23 in the Southern Hemisphere.

According to research, humans have a "satiation point" in terms of wealth when happiness peaks, and earning more would not make you happier. Various studies have indicated varying sums (one 2010 research suggested $75,000, while a 2018 poll suggested $105,000), but the conclusion is the same: Constantly pushing for more, more, more won't necessarily help you.

Just like Venice, Bangkok is also a city built on dozens of canals and with buildings standing on stilts. Although most of these canals have now been paved in, the nickname has stuck. However, another, less-cheerful point of similarity is the sinking of Bangkok. Due to rising sea levels and extensive development, Bangkok is sinking at a rate of 2 - 2.5 cm per year. Parts of Bangkok could be submerged in a few decades, so you might want to prepone your vacation there.

 

World’s largest tea-growing state – Assam is considered the largest tea producing state in the whole world. Assam contributes more than 52 percent of the country’s total tea production.

Hindi and Urdu are very similar, with most terms being the same in both languages. If you know Hindi, you can easily speak with anyone in Urdu.

Technically, it's the tomalley, which is a digestive gland that includes the gut, liver, and pancreas. And anything red is an egg.