In A.D. 363, a massive earthquake struck Petra, leveling most of the city and bringing the city's reign as a thriving and prosperous trading center to an end. Following the disaster, many Petra residents left the area, and the city was lost to the ages.

Article 32 of the Indian Constitution — ‘Right to Constitutional remedies’ — is considered the 'heart and soul of the Constitution'. This guarantees the fundamental rights of individuals. It is what makes all other rights effective.

Brixton Road in London exceeded the year's total air pollution restrictions just five days into the new year. According to EU air pollution regulations, monitoring stations cannot record unusually high levels of nitrogen dioxide at any one place more than 18 times each year. But on January 5, 2017, Brixton Road in London went beyond this restriction for the 19th time. Other places in London, such as Putney High Street and Brompton Road in Knightsbridge, soon followed.

Though it would quickly cruise its way into film history, the script for Taxi Driver came together in just a few days. As screenwriter Paul Schrader told The Hollywood Reporter, "I crashed at an ex-girlfriend's place, and I just wrote continuously. The first draft was maybe 60 pages, and I started the next draft immediately, and it took less than two weeks."

With 12 Academy Award nominations, "The Artist" may lead the pack of movies this year, but the films with the most nominations overall received an astounding 14 nominations. All About Eve, a 1950 black and white movie, came first. 50 years later, "Titanic," the tragic love story starring Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio, defeated all rivals.

These magnificent reptiles have been known to travel entire oceans in quest of food! They usually nest on tropical and subtropical beaches, and certain Leatherbacks (a type of sea turtle) can endure extremely cold temperatures (as low as 30 F).

Freshwater flounders are a species of fish that may survive for up to five years in an ideal tank environment. These fish are incredibly easy to care for and would complement any freshwater tank.

The smooth coat and the long coat are the two types of Chihuahuas. While both forms are regarded as separate breeds in the UK, the American Kennel Club considers them as one breed.

Some fun facts about the Pyramids are that they were built to house the rulers of ancient Egypt and ferry them and their families into the afterlife. The pyramids were made as tombs for the Pharaohs and their families.

Ancient Egyptians believed that they had to follow strict rules to have a good afterlife. They also believed that it was up to the living to help them get to the afterlife. Great care was taken in the mummification process because the ancient Egyptians believed that the body needed to be preserved to be reborn and be ferried to the afterlife. They even mummified animals.

Have you ever wondered why there are no baby pigeons in the flock? This is due to the fact that newly hatched pigeons can stay in the nest for up to six weeks, which is longer than most bird species. Except for the downy feathers on their head and the lack of red around their eyes, they resemble a fully-grown adult pigeons when they ultimately leave. The eyes of a pigeon do not become red until they are seven months to one year old.

The pressure at the ocean's bottom would crush you like an ant. The water pressure in the Mariana Trench (35,802 feet below the surface), which includes the planet's deepest point, is eight tonnes per square inch. It would feel like you were holding up nearly 50 jumbo jets if you made your way down there.

Reindeer and polar bears are perhaps the first things that come to mind when you think about Christmas wildlife... What about spiders, though? In Ukraine, families frequently adorn their trees with spider web ornaments as an homage to a charming holiday tradition about the animals once using their silky string to decorate the tree of a destitute widow and her children. Spider-Man will be very famous in Ukraine during Christmas...

Scientists hypothesize that all the particles known in the Standard Model of particle physics, such as electrons, neutrons, and quarks, belong to a particle category called "supersymmetric partners." Dark matter is a form of stuff that cannot be detected with traditional sensors but can be discovered by its gravitational effects. Some scientists believe that a particle is known as the wino — the W boson's supersymmetric companion — might help explain dark matter.

An accountant told us that he loves his work because as long as he follows his checklist, he knows he’s doing a good job. A professor hates rules and needs to set his own agenda. They both do their jobs well, but they’d be disasters in the other’s position. Just like everyone else, people with ADHD need to understand their strengths and weaknesses and find or build an environment that will help them thrive. We know people who are the first at work to volunteer for jobs that suit their skills, so they don’t get stuck doing the ones that aren’t a good fit.

In 1895, the Frenchmen Auguste and Louis Lumière are credited with creating cinema. They applied for a patent for their Cinématographe, a device that could not only capture moving pictures on film but also display them on a screen. This breakthrough transformed the entertainment business, giving rise to the modern film industry as we know it today.

Uranus is a planet in the outer solar system, as many students are aware. Neptune is the next known planet beyond its reach, and another huge planet may exist much further away (nicknamed "Planet Nine" by the astronomers who proposed its existence). Surprisingly for planetary scientists, it turns out that Uranus is the coldest planet in our solar system, not Neptune. This is due to Uranus's lack of an internal heat source to augment the heat of the sun.

The food of flamingos primarily consists of carotene-rich algae and crustaceans. Flamingos' well-known hot pink or reddish colouring is caused by this pigment.

Although the '90s Disney princesses are thought to be more feminist than the older ones, a surprising study found that this is not entirely true. Despite being bolder, more independent, and less reliant on men, princesses still speak 40% less than their male counterparts. More recent Disney princesses, such as Rapunzel from Tangled and Merida from Brave, are more equal, but even Frozen, a film about two sisters, had 59 percent male dialogue.

The Korean alphabet is known as Hangul. King Sejong the Great designed it in the 15th century. Koreans have previously employed the Chinese alphabet and characters (called Hanja). Because this was difficult for commoners to learn, Hangul was invented for the sake of literacy. There are 14 consonants and 10 vowels in the alphabet. Letters are organized into syllable blocks.

People can actually undergo operations to alter the colour of their eyes. However, rather than only for aesthetics, this is frequently done for practical reasons. To make their eyes less susceptible to light, people with exceptionally light eyes frequently have them surgically changed to a darker tint.

Victoria and Albert’s first child, Princess Victoria, was born nine months after their wedding. But little Vicky wasn’t an only child for long. A year later, she had a baby brother for company, and within 17 years, the royal household boasted nine children: four boys and five girls.

Joan Benoit Samuelson of Cape Elizabeth, Maine, became the first woman to win a marathon in the Olympic Games. At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, she earned a gold medal. In 2000, she was inducted into the Maine Women's Hall of Fame. She returned to the circuit in April 2019 at the age of 61, finishing the Boston Marathon at 3:04.

Russia’s Ekaterina Lisina has legs that measure 132.8 cm (4 ft 4.2 in) and 132.2 cm (4 ft 4 in) for the left and right leg respectively, take from the heel to the top of the hip. That’s more than twice the height of the world’s Shortest woman ever.

Hungarian senior citizens and European Union citizens over the age of 65 can use Budapest public transportation for free. When inspectors ask for it, they must show a personal identification card or a document proving their age and citizenship. Buses, trolleybuses, trams, Metro, and above-ground suburban trains are all part of the service. The funicular, chairlifts, and boat rides are all not free.

The first tightrope walk occurred in 1859, when Charles Blondin wore pink tights and walked a one-inch-thick tightrope over a part of Niagara Falls. Blondin returned to Niagara Falls numerous times more, including one excursion while blindfolded. In 2012, Nik Wallenda became the first person to walk across the Niagara Falls on a tightrope. Wallenda walked in front of tens of thousands of people and had his journey broadcast live on television.