The Russian term belukha, which means "white," is where the English name "beluga" is derived. White whales are another name for belugas. Beluga calves are often dark grey upon birth. As they become older, they gradually become lighter, and when they're fully grown, they develop the white colouring that adult belugas have. Because of their white colouring, belugas may hide from predators in the icebergs and ice floes of northern seas.

Santa's sleigh is the most powerful vehicle ever! Santa must go around the world on Christmas Eve to give gifts to all the youngsters on the nice list. There are around 2.5 billion children in the globe, thus Santa's sleigh must go at a pace of almost 1,800 miles per second, amazing!

Young plants have upright stems, but as they get older, they gradually start to creep or trail. Every tiny stem produces a few thin, thorny branches that are likely 1.5 to 2.5 mitres long.

The Story of the Kelly Gang, an Australian film, was the world's first feature-length film. IMDB has information on the cast, box office, and budget. It lasted more than an hour, and the reel length was approximately 4,000 feet. To put that into perspective, a small 5-inch reel of film can hold up to 200 feet, a 6-inch can hold 300 feet, and a 7-inch can hold 400 feet. Depending on the size of the reel, that's at least 10 reels of 7-inch film and up to 20 reels of 5-inch film.

French (20.4%), German (64%), Italian (6.5%), and Romansh (just over 1%) are their four national languages. As a foreign tourist or resident, you may feel at ease since it's totally normal to not comprehend what someone says to you because the Swiss don't understand the Swiss anyhow.

Stonehenge is how old? The stone circle was built over a thousand years, in four stages, beginning around 5,000 years ago during the New Stone Age. Archaeologists believe that the final alterations occurred approximately 1,500BC, during the early Bronze Age.

Yeti Project Japan founder Yoshiteru Takahashi allegedly discovered a yeti cave on Dhaulagiri, the seventh-tallest mountain on Earth, but his camera malfunctioned before he could capture a clear picture of the creature.

When they roll out the red carpet on Oscar night spare a thought for the organizers. The specially made carpet is a whopping 500 feet long and has to be rolled out at LA's prestigious Kodak Theatre days in advance, hoovered and covered with protective plastic, before being unveiled just hours before the ceremony.

Our images of ADHD come from celebrities who talk about having it, like singer Adam Levine or actor and game show host Howie Mandel. But many people with the condition struggle to get up off the couch. They were the quiet ones in class who always seemed like they were in their own world. As adults, they may be unsure of what to do or want to do so many things that they paralyze themselves. On the other hand, there are plenty of people who have some of the traits of ADHD without being impaired by the condition. Some of the same organizational and self-control strategies may help.

Your digestive tract contains many beneficial bacteria, but taking a probiotic supplement (live or dried bacteria) is unlikely to give them a boost.

The reason is that these beneficial bacteria are mostly in your large intestine or bowel. Probiotic supplements will rarely survive the acid and churning of the stomach or the detergents and enzymes of the small intestine. 

When the city was in the hands of the Portuguese, they saw it was a natural water bay. Hence, they called it ‘Bom Bhaia,’ the Portuguese term for ‘good bay.’ Later, Bombay was given to the British as dowry when a Portuguese princess married an English prince. They renamed the city, Bombay. And that’s how the city got its name!

As facts about Taiwan go, I couldn’t stay off the topic of food for long. Food is of utmost importance to the Taiwanese and they’ll often say ‘have you eaten?’ rather than ‘how are you?. Stinky tofu is as smelly as it sounds.

In comparison to other cookware, earthen pots are heat-resistant, support slow cooking, and use less oil during cooking. So, as you consume less oil and more nutritious foods, the earthy flavor of your food is accompanied by the goodness of health.

Do you start your day with coffee? Unfortunately, I have some bad news. Caffeine can inhibit the production of cortisol, which your body produces in the morning. It is said that two to three hours after waking up, between 9:30 and 11:30 a.m. for most people, is the best time to drink coffee because your body's cortisol levels begin to drop and require a boost.

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.

When it came to popular medicine in the 1830s, ketchup was all the rage. An Ohio physician called John Cook advertised it as a treatment for dyspepsia in 1834. It wasn't popular as a condiment until the late 1800s. 

One of the most significant advantages of vision boards is that there are no limitations. You can be, do, or have whatever you want. You can live in a large castle on a cliff or drive a Lamborghini, travel first class, and visit the most exotic destinations on the planet. In other words, you are not constrained by the constraints of your physical environment; instead, you are free to consider any possibility. This boundless thinking will cause you to unlock your inner brilliance in order to achieve something deep within you that you truly desire. The Wright brothers invented the aeroplane many years ago because they envisaged in their heads that humans could fly before they really built it.

Each fruit has a cluster of two to eight pods, each of which can be divided into two to five segments. Each segment carries a seed with a brown hard coating.

While there are many fanciful elements in the way mobile suits function, such as the Minovsky Particles that fuel them, most of the technology is based on true science. Lagrange points, the O'Neill cylinder, and the usage of Helium-3 as an energy source are instances of this. Other things are technologies that have not yet been developed but appear to be viable with future study.

While there isn't a real Central Perk in New York City, the fictional cafe has inspired a few. Friends fan Du Xin opened a Central Perk replica in downtown Beijing in 2010, which quickly became extremely popular. Due to its success, Du Xin was able to replicate Joey's apartment next door. Another Central Perk opened in Liverpool in 2012.

So many popular perfumes contain musk, but the origins of this scent will shock you. Musk is a reddish-brown secretion from the "musk pod" of the male musk deer. It is such a popular ingredient that it is even mentioned in Kabir’s poems. However, since its popularity encouraged the hunting of this endangered deer, its scent is now replicated synthetically.

According to a UNC poll on bad sleeping habits, those with poor sleep hygiene reported experiencing chronic headaches and feeling exhausted after waking up. Migraine patients who adjusted and improved their sleep hygiene regimens experienced significant reductions in headache frequency and intensity.

The world's highest horse statue, a 40-metre (131-foot) figure of Genghis Khan, is just outside Ulaanbaatar.