Queen Victoria ruled for 63 years, and up until September 2015, was the longest reigning British monarch. The current monarch, Queen Elizabeth II—celebrating her Platinum Jubilee of 70 years on the throne—now holds the title.

Eyebrows have been known to develop extremely slowly or not at all when under stress.

The alkaline nature of earthenware or clay pots neutralizes the acidic nature of food, maintains the pH balance, and makes food simple for you to digest. The clay pot not only improves the taste of our food but also adds minerals. Calcium, phosphorous, sulfur, magnesium, and a few other essential minerals are abundant in food cooked in earthen pots.

Elephants have their own spa. You may have pampered yourself in a spa, but an elephant spa? Yes, elephants can be pampered in spas if you travel to South India. Visit the Punnathur Kotta Elephant Yard Rejuvenation Centre in Kerala to see elephants being massaged, bathed, and fed!

Avatar, bandanna, bungalow, dinghy, guru, jungle, khaki, karma, loot, mantra, nirvana, punch, pajamas, sorbet, shampoo, thug, typhoon, and yoga are some Hindi loanwords.

Because of 150 years of British colonial control, Chinese cultural traditions combine nicely with Western cultural values in Hong Kong. Feng-shui traditions are extensively practiced, as are other spiritual beliefs such as the belief that the numbers 3, 5, and 8 are auspicious and bring good fortune.

Yes, even if you live in a snowstorm every other day, SPF is essential in your skin care programme all year. Sun exposure without protection can cause damage and eventually wrinkles, so choose a moisturiser with an SPF of at least 15.

Publishing houses print a limited quantity of press copies (or ARCs/galleys) to send to reviewers such as Kirkus as well as their press contacts. These unfinished copies are costly to produce, but their function is to generate publicity. Keeping this in mind, presses are usually eager to send out early copies, especially when they receive polite, professional emails from reputable sources! 

Although cold weather might shorten a butterfly's already brief life by rendering it immobile, others see the reduction in temperature as a signal to move. Butterflies are cold-blooded and require a body temperature of about 85 degrees Fahrenheit to activate their flying muscles. When the weather begins to change, some species will simply migrate in search of sunlight. Some, such as the North American Monarch, travel 2,500 kilometers on average!

Apart from the normal male and female washrooms, you might come across a third-gender washroom in this liberal country. Thailand is one of the first countries to introduce these to transgender men and is known to be very accepting of the sexual identity and expression of its people. 

One of my favorite historic Quebec City facts is that Old Quebec is encircled by defensive city walls that were listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1985.

Since its inception, the firm has been interested in how its members engage with the software it provides. Netflix collects this information in order to choose which films to add to their catalogue next. During the late 1990s, the firm would make home visits to customers in the California area to conduct surveys. Following that, the staff would ask if they may come and see how they used the site, to which the majority consented.

Batman's 'one rule' is that he never kills his adversaries.' It is not always followed by Flash. Reverse Flash, his arch-nemesis, once attempted to murder his would-be wife, Fiona Webb. Barry became infuriated and accidentally snapped his long-time adversary's neck. Notably, Flash from the future has blown up Gorilla Grodd's skull, attempted to murder his earlier self, and even killed Wally West from the future.

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.

The world's first Kinokuniya bookshop is located in Shinjuku, Tokyo. You may study as much as you want about Japan and Japanese culture with the abundance of publications available here - as long as you understand Japanese! This bookshop also caters to specialised interests such as anime and provides a limited selection of English-language books.

We ate a lot of Hot Pockets Sideshots – tiny, soft rolls with sloppy joe or cheeseburger filling — when they were still available. Other short-lived offerings were Hot Pockets Pasta Bake, which had cheesy noodles (holy carbohydrates!) and Food Truck Bites, which were inspired by genuine food trucks in Los Angeles and Chicago.

So why doesn’t it burn your stomach? Because a thick layer of mucus protects the stomach lining and keeps the acid on the inside, where it’s churned with your food.

When gastric acid sometimes leaks up into the esophagus, which lacks this mucus layer, you know that burning feeling as heartburn. Proton pump inhibitors are drugs you can take to temporarily reduce acid production and allow the esophagus to heal.

Santa's Village is a festive theme park in Canada that is open 365 days a year, so you may come in the winter or camp there in the summer. Many movies, including Hallmark's Christmas in Grand Valley and Netflix's The Knight Before Christmas, starring Vanessa Hudgens, have been shot in the seasonal locale.

Mango grafting, which produced well-known varieties like Fernandina, was first used by the Portuguese, according to the book "A Historical Dictionary of Indian Food." The mangoes so enchanted the seafaring Portuguese that they took the fruit and its seeds and gave it to many other nations that had never tasted the fruit.

We have approximately 250 eyebrow hairs per brow on average. Untidy brows have been shown to have more than 1,000 hairs, nevertheless!
 

If you know Hindi or have studied it from the beginning, you will be familiar with all 11 vowels and 33 consonants. It is also written in Devanagari script, as previously stated.

As they develop, centipedes moult. Every time they moult, they grow another set of legs naturally, so the older they get, the more legs they have. The fact that they can actually grow new legs after being amputated by predators is truly bizarre. Centipedes have the ability to detach some of their legs in order to escape from a predator's grasp. Then, when they moult, they simply regenerate their lost legs!

Dust mites adore humid environments because they don't drink water; instead, they take it in from the air. According to AAFA, they prefer humidity levels between 70 and 80 percent and temperatures between 68 and 77 degrees. Low humidity, extreme heat, or low humidity will all cause them to pass away.