Roman blinds date back to Ancient Rome, long before the invention of glass windows. These blinds are popular today due to their lovely textures and patterns. They kept dust and debris out of their homes by providing privacy.

According to the '10 interesting facts about curtains and blinds,' These interior design accessories have a long history and many distinguishing characteristics. As a result, they make excellent décor items.

Have you ever wondered where the superstition that breaking a mirror would bring seven years of bad luck originated? This ancient superstition dates all the way back to Roman times, according to our fun fact about mirror number 8.

The Romans believe that breaking a mirror would harm both your soul and your life, which are renewed every seven years. As a result, seven years of bad luck followed.

In 1959, the red, white, and green dragon flag was formally recognized. The red dragon is based on an Arthurian legend about the magician Merlin's sighting of a red dragon. It was said to depict a fight between native Britons in red and Saxon invaders in white. The colors green and white depict the Tudor House.

We're not surprised that Rolls Royce vehicles are meticulously detailed in every nook and cranny. When you know that the coach line is painted freehand by one guy only – Mark Court – you can proudly proclaim it as the epitome of meticulousness and exclusivity. Mind you, no robots or machines were employed!

Probiotic organisms can be yeasts (fungi), beneficial bacteria, or even organisms typically found in soil, according to the World Health Organization, who defines them as "live microorganisms which, when provided in suitable proportions, impart a health benefit on the host."

There are Harvard professors with the condition, as well as stockbrokers, firefighters, housewives, shop clerks, business owners, writers, and artists. Being smart can help people with ADHD perform better but having ADHD says nothing about someone’s intellectual capabilities. Through a genetic fluke or cosmic joke, people with ADHD often have other diagnosable conditions as well, such as learning disabilities, depression, or addiction problems. It’s as if whatever happens to give the brain attention challenges also strikes elsewhere to create more trouble.

With a height of 7,434 feet, Bette Peak is Libya's tallest peak. The mountain, also known as Bikku Bitti, is located in southern Libya, near the Chadian-Libyan border. Ginge Fullen and his Chadian guides made the first reported ascent of the Bette Peak in December 2005. Despite this, the mountain's remote position makes access difficult and infrequent.

As a student, he alternated his time between Cambridge and Copenhagen, where he worked with Nobel Prize winner Niels Bohr to establish the cross-section of electron-positron scattering, which was called Bhabha scattering in his honour.

Tulsi leaf extract has been demonstrated to reduce blood glucose levels in type 2 diabetes patients.

We don't even know how many stars there are in the cosmos. We now use our best estimate of the number of stars in our own galaxy, the Milky Way. Then we increase that figure by our best estimation for the number of galaxies in the cosmos. After all of that calculation, NASA can confidently state that there are zillions upon zillions of uncountable stars. A billion is an endless number.

Unlike the majority of other whales, belugas can swim backwards as well as forward.

When Princess Margaret was born in 1930, The Sunday Express decided to commission an analysis of her birth chart. The job ended up in the hands of R.H. Naylor, assistant to in-demand astrologer Cheiro. His piece was so popular, that the newspaper commissioned a regular astrology column from him—the grandfather of every newspaper's daily horoscope section.

Although it has been popularly stated that the month was named after the Roman deity Janus, it is really derived from the Latin word "ianua," which means door. The name was selected to represent the opening of a fresh door as the new year begins.

You said you'd check your Facebook alerts immediately, but 15 minutes later you're still scrolling? You're not by yourself. Part of this is due to endless scroll: when you can stay on the site without engaging or clicking, your brain does not receive the "stop" message.

Many people visit Birmingham Cathedral, but few realise that its stained glass windows were designed by Edward Burne-Jones, a notable Pre-Raphaelite. Bennetts Hill, Birmingham, has a blue plaque commemorating his birthplace.

We also learned that Swiggy is doing its part to help keep its employees safe and protected from the ongoing dangers of the pandemic. The company announced in 2021 that it would pay for the costs involved with the vaccination for its delivery partners. In response to the need for vaccination sites to accomplish this lofty goal, Swiggy set up a Health Hub to provide access to the vaccination clinics across Chennai, Tamil Nadu in March. The hope is that the vaccination of the workers who partner with Swiggy to get deliveries made would help to slow the spread of the disease throughout India, and to help the country return to a more normal state of business operations.

Your carpet, curtains, bed, and upholstered furniture's inner layers are a dust mite's paradise. Dust, or should I say your dead skin, tends to gather there. Be not ashamed; it is nearly impossible to completely eradicate dust mites from most homes. According to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, at least one bed in about 80% of American homes had detectable levels of dust mites.

That is correct. They can transition from one gender to another at any time. The switch is determined by which is most suitable for mating at the time. Oysters normally begin as males and mature into females. Another fascinating oyster truth is that the substrate to which it attaches itself shapes this sea species! It adheres to the surface occupied by a cluster of oysters (known as the bed) and continues to build around it.

There is a somewhat widespread belief that the Main Belt asteroids represent pieces of a vanished planet. However, this is untrue. The mass of all asteroids, which is barely 4% of the mass of the Moon, is incredibly minuscule on a cosmic scale. It is now thought that this is a type of construction waste from the solar system's creation. Asteroid formation has been prevented by Jupiter's gravitational pull because of this.

We wouldn't want our four-legged friends to miss out on the excitement of a birthday cake, and they no longer have to! Special birthday cakes for pets are now available, with options for dogs, cats, and even hamsters.

Centipedes are skilled hunters due to their incredible speed and venomous forcipules. Smaller species primarily consume mollusks, worms, insects, and spiders. Larger species frequently eat small birds, bats, and frogs as food. Even other centipedes will be eaten by some centipedes! Their meals are somewhat dependent on what is available to them. Some centipedes will scavenge for food in a pinch, but most of the time, they will hunt for it. Centipedes hunt for prey with the help of their antennae and catch it with their speed. Then, after encircling their prey, they wait for their venom to take effect before consuming their meal. Really brutal, no? However, it does the job.

On occasion, hypnosis is shown on television. It's usually part of a plot where the hypnotised person loses control and becomes a "puppet." In reality, people in a relaxed state of hypnosis are fully conscious. They should be able to hear, understand, and remember what the hypnotist says. There should be no worries about being hypnotised and made to cluck like a chicken or sent on a murder spree. They are simply experiencing deep relaxation as a result of their concentrated attention.