Unlike Queen Elizabeth II, who was born into the role of monarch, Malaysia's King, Abdul Halim of Kedah, was chosen in December 2011. In Malaysia, the king is elected by the Conference of Rulers and granted a five-year tenure to govern the country. The country's sultans, who inherit their titles from their fathers, make up the Conference of Rulers.

Though now famous as the piano player at Rick's Café Américain, Dooley Wilson, the actor who played Sam, was an experienced musician and bandleader—but not a piano player. He was a drummer and mimed the piano playing. "As Time Goes By" was dubbed in later.

A Bloodhound's sense of scent is so acute and exact that it may be used as evidence in court. Their scent membranes allow dogs to distinguish odours at least a thousand times better than humans. Bloodhounds are frequently employed to locate missing people and criminals. They can follow traces that are almost 300 hours old and can go 130 miles on a path.

One of the best sources of dietary antioxidants and naturally occurring nitrates is beetroot juice. Nitrates (not to be confused with nitrites!) are substances that increase blood flow to the brain, heart, and muscles as well as to other parts of the body.

Though witches flying across the full moon is a common trope in horror films and Halloween decorations, the next full moon on Halloween won't occur until 2020. The most recent Halloween full moon occurred in 2001, and the previous one occurred in 1955.

The symptoms for understanding whether your body clock is out of kilter are relatively straightforward:

You find it difficult to go to sleep.
You have restless nights, frequently waking throughout the night.
You wake up early and can’t fall back to sleep.

If you have ever been jet-lagged before, then this is exactly what an out of sync body clock feels like. Jet lag is simply a mismatch of the time of day and your body clock and is one of the primary causes of an out of time sleep-wake rhythm.

This Amazing Facts About Hindi truth describes the first Hindi book, which was published almost 200 years ago. The novel "Prem Sagar," written by Lallu Lal in 1805, offers a narrative based on Lord Krishna.

Netflix has some really cool and unusual work policies. As long as the employees schedule their work ahead of time, they are allowed to take as many leaves as they want. And no prizes for guessing, they get a free Netflix subscription. 

Beets are not only a portion of tasty and healthy food, but they also offer several health advantages. Betanin pigments contained in beetroots have been demonstrated in studies to inhibit tumour development and function as an anti-inflammatory. Since a result, they are an excellent complement to any diet, as they can help to lower the risk of certain diseases and illnesses.

It's no coincidence that the Queen in Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs bears an uncanny resemblance to Lady Macbeth. Walt Disney purposefully imitated Lady Macbeth's on-screen persona, and was even quoted as picturing the Evil Queen as "a mixture of Lady Macbeth and The Big Bad Wolf."

According to Formula1, the most common type of injury is head and neck injuries. Formula One has attempted to reduce this type of damage by requiring very high standards for the drivers' helmets. The first need is that a Formula One helmet be exceedingly light. This advancement creates the problem of developing a product that is also as tough as it has to be. The helmets must pass a series of fragmentation and deformation tests to guarantee that they fulfill the stringent criteria. Because of its strength, carbon fibre is the principal material used to build Formula One helmets. The exterior shell is made up of two layers, the majority of which are made of carbon fibre.

Here it is for everyone who has been waiting for it since our previous mention, or who simply skipped ahead till they discovered it. A mature butterfly has a lifespan of three to four weeks, although the full life cycle can last anywhere from two to eight months. There are exceptions to the rule, as there are to any rule. At least one butterfly species lives for around 24 hours, but certain migratory butterflies, such as the North American Monarch, can live for about eight months.

The salt-water crocodile grows to 6m or more and has the world's highest jaw pressure: 3,000 pounds per square inch.

One of the most well-known facts about Jaigarh Fort is that it is home to the World's Largest Cannon on Wheels. This, known as Jaivana, was made in the Fort's cannon foundry. I don't think my photographs do this cannon's massive size justice. The amusing aspect is that, despite its size, it was never utilized in a conflict! It was only fired once for a test, and the cannon projectile went 35 kilometres.

Australia played South Africa in a Test match in Melbourne in 1952. South Africa appeared untested and poor, to begin with, with only one victory in their previous ten test matches. Despite the disadvantage, South Africa scored 370 runs and took 13 wickets. It could go down as one of the biggest test cricket upsets ever.

Lionel Messi is live proof that Argentinians are goal-scoring machines. But an incredible football fact is that on December 26, 1998, one day after Christmas, Ricardo Olivera created history by scoring a goal in 2.8 seconds. To put it in context, a regular human can speak 7.5 words in 3 seconds. "We just had the kick-off," the commentators must have exclaimed, as the scoreboard read 1-0. Olivera beat the mark set by English footballer Colin Cowperthwaite in 1979, when he scored in 3.5 seconds against Kettering.

The chia plant is fickle and requires highly specialised growth conditions. It cannot withstand frost, yet it need low temperatures to create large quantities of omega-3 fatty acids. Chia grows best between 23 degrees north and south of the equator. This region has some of the ideal conditions for growing chia seeds.

For Halloween 2022, consumers are expected to spend an average of $102.74. They spent $92.12 in 2021. The predicted total spending in the US will increase from the $10.1 billion spent last year to $10.6 billion.

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.

Mountain Gorillas live in two isolated groups, one in the Virunga Volcanoes and Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda. They are basically found in the high-altitude bamboo and montane forests which are surrounded by settlements and agriculture.

Fairy wasps are not suitable as pets. They don't even have life spans that can last a week, and first of all, they are usually too small to be seen.

In 1970, Pope Benedict XVI was given an organ donor card. The card became invalid when he was elected Pope in 2005, according to the Telegraph. The Pope's entire body, according to the Vatican, must be buried intact because his body belongs to the universal Catholic Church.

Ernest Wever and Charles Bray of Princeton University removed a cat's skull and much of its brain to attach the animal to electricity. The sound of them speaking into the cat's ear could be heard via a phone receiver in another room. The bizarre experiment opened the path for advancements in cochlear implants.