Many poets have compared the flickering flame of a candle to the stunning effect of a diamond throughout history. Of course, creative writers weren't far off the mark. According to Wuzong Zhou, a chemistry professor at the University of St Andrews, a candle's flame contains approximately 1.5 million diamond nanoparticles. As a result, proposing during a candlelight dinner has even more significance.

Charles Dickens was a bit of an outcast. Growing up in London during the nineteenth century exposed him to such grim realities as working-class life expectancy being twenty-two years old, half a million Londoners suffering and dying from typhus due to a lack of sanitation, 220 crimes being punishable by death, and nearly half of all funerals in London being held for children under the age of ten, the majority of whom had full-time jobs as labourers in 1839, when Dickens was 27.

If you thought cats spent a lot of their lives sleeping, you’d be right. According to Veterinary Hub, Cats actually spend 70% of their lives sleeping, which works out to around 13-16 hours a day. It’s a cat’s life!

Earthworms are fully formed when they are born, except for their sex organs. Their sexual system takes 60-90 days to develop. An earthworm's lifespan can range from four to eight years. Gardening earthworms, on the other hand, only live for a year or two.

The Khajuraho temples are thought to represent the pinnacle of Indian architectural talent during the mediaeval period.

While most parents do everything they can to keep their children from crying, this isn't always the case in Japan. That's because it's a 400-year-old Japanese belief that if a sumo wrestler can make your baby cry, he or she will live a long and healthy life. Parents hand over their infants to sumo wrestlers during a special ceremony, who bounce their precious tots up and down and sometimes even roar in their faces to get the tears flowing. "He's not a crying baby," Mae Shige said at a 2014 event, "but today he cried a lot for us and we are very happy about it."

The Brahmaputra is considered to be among the most majestic rivers in the world. The Brahmaputra enters India in the state of Arunachal Pradesh, where it is called Siang. It makes a very rapid descent from its original height in Tibet, and finally appears in the plains, where it is called Dihang. It flows for about 35 km (22 mi) and is joined by the Dibang River and the Lohit River at the head of the Assam Valley. Below the Lohit, the river is called Brahmaputra, enters the state of Assam, and becomes very wide—as wide as 10 km (6 mi) in parts of Assam.

The pancreas does play a significant role in digestion even though food never enters the organ. The pancreatic duct transports the pancreatic fluid it produces to the duodenum. Once in the digestive system, the fluid's enzymes aid in the breakdown of fat, protein, and carbohydrates. It performs the role of an exocrine gland by releasing a substance into the body's ducts. It also serves as an endocrine gland, secreting two hormones into the bloodstream to help regulate blood sugar levels. Glucagon is released when you don't have enough sugar, and insulin is released when you do.

Researchers and inquisitive bystanders have poured dye, ping pong balls, and even logs into the kettle throughout the years. They would next look for any indication of their return. So yet, none of the contents have been discovered.

Dresses had a "day" bodice with a high neckline and long sleeves and a "evening" bodice with a low neckline and short sleeves. There was little variation in dress length during this time period, and hemlines were either ankle-length or floor-sweeping.

In 2002, a man who believes the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing was staged by the government contacted astronaut Buzz Aldrin about it. As Aldrin walked outside a Beverly Hills hotel, a man thrust a Bible at him and demanded that the septuagenarian spaceman swear on it that he had gone to the moon. Aldrin was reasonably irritated after risking his life and making significant sacrifices to complete his mission. He was doing fine until the stranger labelled him a coward, a liar, and a thief. At that time, Aldrin, then 72, punched his sidewalk interrogator in the face. The District Attorney's Office in Los Angeles declined to file charges against Aldrin.

It was at a party in Cambridge that Plath met her eventual husband, poet Ted Hughes. On June 16th, 1956, Plath married Hughes, paying homage to the day on which James Joyce's Ulysses takes place. Unfortunately, the writers' marriage was tumultuous and painful and recently discovered letters reveal that Hughes abused Plath.

Tamil Nadu has Asia's largest bus terminal and the most international airports in India. Together, they help to make Tamil a major tourist destination in the country. Tamil is also one of India's most industrialised states, with numerous factories and ports. In fact, Tamil Nadu has more major ports than any other Indian state (Chennai, Ennore, and Tuticorin).

The Wankaner House, which covers 10,000 square yards, was erected in the 1930s. It was sold to the American government in 1957 for Rs. 18 crores ($ 4 million) since the royal family could not afford to maintain such a large property and there was a large tax owed. Another building owned by the Wanaker royals was the Amar Building on Firozsha Mehta Road in Bombay. It was sold to the government of India for Rs. 19 crores ($4.2 million) and presently houses the Reserve Bank of India's foreign currency department.

The finding of a submerged continent in the Indian Ocean known as the Kerguelen Plateau, which is thought to be of volcanic origins, is an intriguing fact from Indian Ocean facts.

Einstein was naturally fascinated about creating, having spent seven years working in the Swiss Patent Office, and would acquire about 50 patents throughout his career. He loved fiddling with electronics and went on to invent a self-adjusting camera, a refrigerator that could last 100 years, and even a blouse.

The famous Ice Hotel is located in the Swedish town of Jukkasjärvi. Every year, the hotel is built from two-tonne slabs of ice from the neighbouring Torne River. Starting from the ground up, construction of the hotel begins as soon as the cold season comes in the Arctic. Builders and artists collaborate to construct a hotel that is unique each time. And if you ever believe health and safety standards go too far, consider the proprietors of the Ice Hotel. Despite being entirely built of frozen water, the massive igloo is nevertheless necessary to have fire alarms installed!

Iztuzu Beach, near the tourist hotspot Fethiye, is one of the most important loggerhead turtle breeding areas. Every year, between May and October, endangered turtles arrive to lay their eggs on the protected shore.

Pulpally in Wayanad is home to Kerala's only Luv Kush Temple. The 'Sita Lava Kusha Temple is said to have formerly been inhabited by Sita Devi.

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

Coconut water can be used in place of blood plasma. The high quantity of sugar and other salts allows water to enter the bloodstream. During World War II, coconut water was reported to be utilised in tropical areas for emergency transfusions.

While Pluto's icy neighbours are to blame for the planet's demise, they are also part of what makes the New Horizons mission so interesting. "Pluto may be the star witness to the entire third zone of the solar system," NASA's Jeff Moore told TIME. The solar system was thought to be divided into two zones until the Kuiper Belt was discovered: the inner zone, which contained the rocky planets from Mercury to Mars, and the outer zone, which contained the gas giants from Jupiter to Neptune. Pluto, on the other hand, introduced astronomers to the third zone of our solar system, which Moore described as a "vast region of ice planets."

Pablo Picasso, widely regarded as one of the twentieth century's most influential artists, created numerous renowned and beloved works of art. Les Demoiselles d'Avignon was painted in 1907 and depicts five naked female prostitutes in a brothel on Barcelona's Carrer d'Avinyó street.

It took a long time to come up with a suitable name for the firm. A variety of names were explored for the platform, ranging from Reply and NowShowing to eFlix and CinemaCenter. However, they opted to call it Kibble for the time being until they could come up with a better name.

Although the plant is utilised for medical reasons as a whole, its roots, fruits, leaves, and seeds are used to make a medicine. The part of the plant used is determined by the medicine that has to be created. For example, in order to create ashwagandha tea, you must only utilise the root (grated, in the form of powder).