Stonehenge is a massive circle of standing stones built by men. Our forefathers constructed the monument over many decades and thousands of years. It is one of the most recognisable prehistoric landmarks in the world, as well as one of the world's biggest unsolved mysteries.

This occurs during mating when the female seahorse delivers up to 50 eggs into the pouch of the male seahorse. The male then looks after this pouch until the eggs hatch and the miniature seahorses are released into the ocean. There could be anywhere from 5 to 1500 baby micro seahorses!

Not shortly after the original film's release, Steven Spielberg and writer Melissa Mathison collaborated on a nine-page proposal for E.T. 2: Nocturnal Fears. Elliott and his companions were captured by nasty aliens in the sequel, and E.T. returned to free them. The biggest surprise in the script? Zrek is the name of E.T.

Who knew there was a happy mascot out there named Herbie Hot Pockets? We'll let you decide if the sandwich with sunglasses is adorable or disturbing.

Given that it is a plant, it is thought to be safe to use. However, you should exercise caution when consuming it as a supplement rather than the plant in its natural form. Because there are numerous companies providing ashwagandha pills, not all of them are created equal.

The Vatican is the world's smallest nation, with an area of only 0.44 square kilometres and a population of only 825 people. It is most likely the only country in the world where you can walk around in less one hour. What makes it even more intriguing is that it is located within the city of Rome.

Indie dogs have a far higher level of immunity than dogs of other breeds, and they may have the finest gene pool for Indian circumstances. Indian pariah dogs are the least likely to contract the illnesses that the pedigree frequently succumb to since they have developed through the generations to suit the conditions of the subcontinent.

Ashwagandha is native to India. However, it is also present in various Middle Eastern, African, and Mediterranean countries. It's also known as Indian ginseng or winter cherry.

Hermione Granger was widely regarded as one of the most brilliant witches of her generation, but when she is reintroduced to fans during the post-Battle of Hogwarts time jump in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, she appears to be leading a very normal existence. Of all, there's nothing wrong with it, but she looked destined for more. In the years thereafter, Hermione has fulfilled her promise, rising through the ranks of the Wizarding World's governing body to become Minister of Magic in 2019, succeeding her predecessor, Kingsley Shackelbolt.

Beluga whales are a very loud species that is highly sociable. Due to the avian-like noises that beluga whales produce, mariners and scientists have referred to them as "sea canaries" for a very long time.

When Qin Shi Huang ascended to the throne of the Qin State in 246 BC, work on the Terracotta Warriors began. It was completed in 206 BC, four years after Qin's demise, at the start of the Han Dynasty. Terracotta Horses and Warriors Terracotta Horses and Warriors 
The terracotta army and tomb complex were finished after 40 years of nonstop labor by over 700,000 people.

The hard fangs, large cranium, and scaly skin prompted most to believe this was an alien. Only after it was certified human did the subject of its size, mutations, and provenance emerge. None of the solutions were ever discovered.

While the Alien franchise swaps in different androids for (almost) every installment, there is an interesting consistency to them: they go in alphabetical order. Ash, Bishop, Call, and, most recently, David (played by Michael Fassbender in Prometheus and Alien: Covenant).

It’s a tactile alphabet that can be used to write almost any language. There are braille versions of Chinese, Spanish, Arabic, Hebrew and many others.

Nong Fa Lake, a magnificent volcanic lake high in the mountains of southeast Laos, is veiled in stories, reverence, and dread. Laotians refuse to swim or bathe in the lake because they think it is home to a monstrous snake pig that will devour anyone who ventures into its depths. Nong Fa, which translates straight to "sky lake," is thought to be roughly 78 meters deep, however, locals aren't sure because attempts to measure the depths using bamboo poles have failed.

Who can forget the moment Gwyneth Paltrow sobbed her way through her Best Actress acceptance in 1999 for 'Shakespeare in Love'? Or Julia Roberts, who got the giggles and forgot to thank her movie namesake, 'Erin Brockovich'. The longer speech however goes to Actress Greer Garson who rambled on for seven minutes when she won the award for Best Supporting Actress in 1934.

During Japanese rule it became the wealthy, modernized country it is today. There are plenty of places you can visit Japanese hill towns, tea houses, and hot springs used by the colonial rulers. While these places are quaint and charming, historians tell us that the Japanese were cruel rulers and forced local women to be their concubines.

Uncracked codes are shown in a sculpture outside the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia. The Kryptos sculpture, created by artist Jim Sanborn, has four inscriptions, three of which have been broken but the fourth remains a mystery.

London is a significant cultural and historical centre, and museums could not be overlooked in this regard. If you get the opportunity to visit this great city, you will undoubtedly miss out on a lot if you do not stop by one of them. Among these are the British Museum, the National Gallery, the Imperial War Museum, the British Library, and the Wallace Collection.

In 1996, a team of anatomists at the University of Adelaide in Australia revealed that koala and human fingerprints are readily confused, most likely due to the fact that koalas are primates' progenitors.

Can you imagine how seductive bubble wrap would be if it covered your walls? Suppose you can't wait to pop every air-filled pocket the moment you pull a piece of bubble wrap out of a package. Can you imagine how irresistible it would be if it covered your walls? Engineer Al Fielding and Swiss inventor Marc Chavannes certainly didn't think about it when they created bubble wrap in 1957 while attempting to produce textured wallpaper by gluing two shower curtains together to capture air bubbles.

We say "cheese" because it makes us happy, but if Victorian-era people saw our delighted grins, they'd laugh. Smiling in pictures was once considered demeaning and reserved for the impoverished and inebriated. To maintain a more serious appearance in their photographs, they would utter "prunes," a word so uninteresting that the odds of it eliciting a grin were minimal to none.