British lieutenant-colonel Charles Howard-Bury discovered enormous footprints that were roughly "three times" the size of a typical human's while hiking around Mount Everest in 1921. His story was quickly picked up by Henry Newman of the Calcutta Statesman, who printed the description as metch kangmi, which he mistranslated as "abominable snowman." His guide claimed they had been left by a met-teh kangmi or "man-sized wild creature."

The Taj Mahal is made of red sandstone and covered in large marble plates. The artisans who contributed to the creation of this world wonder came from a variety of countries and regions, including Central Asia, Iran, Syria, and Turkey. It took them 20 years to complete this historic project, which involved over 20,000 artisans.

According to the Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants (COMEAP), outdoor air pollution causes up to 36,000 premature deaths in the UK each year. 29,000 premature deaths per year are caused by fine particle air pollution. The harmful gas nitrogen dioxide's (NO2) impact raises the number to 36,000 every year.

J.R.R. Tolkien worked as an editor's assistant on the OED after serving in World War I. His job was to look into the etymologies of words beginning with the letter w. Tolkien also wrote multiple definitions for words like waggle, walnut, walrus, and waistcoat. Tolkien went on to work as an English professor and write The Lord of the Rings after leaving the OED. Following that, the OED has added terms coined by Tolkien himself, such as hobbit, mithril, and mathom.

Anya Hohnbaun, a TV researcher, visited 20 nations in 2006, including New Zealand and South Africa, in pursuit of the country with the bluest sky. Using a spectrometer produced by experts at the British National Physical Laboratory, she arrived at the scientific conclusion that Rio de Janeiro had the bluest sky.

Swiggy has only been in business for a little over six years. It’s considered to be in its infancy as far as businesses go. The service was officially launched in 2014 in Bangalore, India. Even though it hasn’t been in business for long, it has expanded its reach to become the largest of its kind in the country, according to Wikipedia. This makes it one big baby.

Soufflés usually come apart after 5 or 10 minutes of being puffed up and fluffy.

The actual cashew fruit is a kidney-shaped or boxing-glove-shaped drupe that develops at the end of the cashew apple. The drupe grows first on the tree, followed by the pedicel, which develops into the cashew apple. Within the real fruit is a solitary seed that is frequently referred to as a nut in the culinary sense.

In no way are fairies dangerous to people. They can be a serious threat to other insects because they are parasites of other insects.

The Nabataeans revered their dead and took special care to honor them as they transitioned from this world to the next. They constructed over 1,000 protected tombs in the mountains surrounding the city. These tombs coexist with depictions of their gods, creating a sense of fluidity between the sacred and the mundane.

The snake plant is especially well-liked because it makes the perfect "thank you" gift for new parents. This is a great houseplant to give as a present to someone you know who just had a baby. It's fantastic for newlyweds as well. Get your own snake plant the next time you want to pamper yourself or give someone a housewarming gift.

It's easy to dismiss Einstein's ideas of relativity as entirely theoretical, yet they have real-world implications. The theory of general relativity, for example, asserts that gravity influences time: time flows quicker for things in space than for those on Earth. And this has far-reaching ramifications for many space-based systems, including GPS accuracy. His theories are also fundamental to nuclear technology and explain how electromagnets function.

With 121 million users and growing. With 52 million, the United States is second on the list (of which 41 million are native Spanish speakers). Colombia has 48 million Spanish speakers, while Spain has 46 million.

Sleep rejuvenates the body, and dreams revitalise the mind. This is because dreams are similar to creativity, according to the American Psychological Association. The way the brain solves problems in dreams is similar to how it thinks creatively in the waking world. As a result, many artists are more likely to be inspired by their dreams and to think creatively while awake.

Robin Dunbar, a British anthropologist, developed Dunbar's number in the 1990s after discovering a relationship between the average size of a social group and the brain size of primates. The suggested cognitive limit for the number of people with whom someone can maintain a stable social relationship is 150. Exceeding this number is extremely rare, because becoming close to new people causes the quality of some older relationships to deteriorate over time

A Helicobacter pylori bacterial infection frequently results in ulcers (H. pylori). Although it is unclear how it spreads, this bacteria is highly widespread. In the US, H. pylori infections affect close to 40% of the population. H. pylori generally doesn't cause any issues for people. Antibiotics can be useful in eradicating H. pylori when it does result in an ulcer.

It's not cool to blow out a candle since soot and smoke are produced. Additionally, you run the risk of releasing hot wax droplets into the neighborhood.

Some of the most beautiful images of Tokyo show Mount Fuji in the distance, looking down on the vast metropolis. A beautiful contrast between nature and urban life. Although Mount Fuji is viewable with the naked eye, pollution and weather conditions limit its visibility to less than 80 days each year.

Elephants are extremely clever and simple to teach, making them ideal for use as executioners and torturers. They may be taught to use enormous blades connected to their tusks to slowly destroy bones, crush skulls, twist off limbs, or even execute people. This manner of death was still used in various regions of Asia until the late nineteenth century.

These jelly-like, slimy animals are a sight to behold, pulsing through the ocean currents, and can be found in water both warm and cold, shallow and deep, and even along coastlines. The species comes in a variety of brilliant colours and is bioluminescent, which means it can generate its own light.

Splash Mountain, the fastest ride in the Disneyland theme park, reaches a top speed of 40 miles per hour as riders plummet into the briar patch below.

The whole world loves to eat delicious icecreams but New Zealand consumes most of it in a year. The residents of New Zealand consume around 28.4 liters of ice cream in a year on average. The mind literally freezes after knowing this much consumption of ice cream in New Zealand, isn't it?

Although walking the plank is common in modern pirate lore, most pirates simply killed people. When they tortured their prisoners, it was usually by keelhauling (dragging a tied sailor in the water from the back of the ship), marooning them on a deserted island or remote sandbar, or lashings with a leather whip.

More than 70% of the world's spices are produced in India. It has the widest range of spices of any country. Black pepper is regarded as the "king" spice, with origins dating back to 2,000 B.C.E. Black pepper was highly valued in ancient times, almost as valuable as black gold. Although salt can be found all over the world, black pepper is native to a province in South India.