In South Korea, If you see a name written in red, it's a bad omen; it means the person is dead or on their way to death.

The Birth of Venus is unquestionably one of the most famous and adored works of art in the world. It was painted between 1482 and 1485 by Sandro Botticelli and depicts the mythological figure Venus, the goddess of love, arriving on the island of Cyprus. Christian inspiration was very dominant in art during the Middle Ages, but the rise of humanism changed the artistic approach. Nude art was reborn as a result of renewed interest in the myths of ancient Rome.

People are divided as to whether Santa resides in the North Pole or in Finland! However, Fun Kids sources reveal that he has toy studios in both locations, as well as a vacation house in Marbella! If you reside in the United Kingdom and want to write to Santa

This may come as a surprise given that Eric McCormack (better known as Will from Will & Grace) made headlines when he revealed that he auditioned "two or three times" for Ross. However, because executive producer Kevin Bright had previously worked with Schwimmer, the writers were already developing Ross's character in Schwimmer's voice. Schwimmer was, in fact, the first person to be cast in the show

Women make up about half of the labor force, but they continue to earn much less than men in comparable jobs. That roughly 20% salary disparity has scarcely changed in years. According to the Institute for Women's Policy Research, women earn less than men in practically every occupation where there is enough data to calculate a gender ratio. Even the fact that women are better educated than at any other moment in history, with more women obtaining undergrad and advanced degrees than men, hasn't made a difference. Moreover three-quarters of UK companies pay their male employees more than their female employees, and males earn at least 10% more than women in nine of seventeen industries.

Gerald Gardner, an Englishman, founded and popularised this religion in 1954. Gardner claims that Wicca evolved from a European witch-cult that was persecuted during the witch trials. This religion's core is made up of ancient pagan and 20th-century hermetic motifs. 

Halibut is, indeed, a flat fish. Flatfish can be mottled brown, black, and beige in colour, like the black sea turbot, or spotted, like the blue-and-yellow peacock flounder. The majority of species dwell in the various tropical and subtropical waters.

If you have done everything your doctor advised and you are still having breathing problems, you should leave your suffering at home. The more information you can give your healthcare professional, the better, so be sure to keep track of when and where you are experiencing these challenges.

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.

The Royal Spanish Football Federation grew preoccupied with inviting Lionel Messi to join the Spanish Football Team a few years after he arrived in Barcelona. But Messi had a different plan; he wanted to follow in the footsteps of former Argentina great Diego Maradona and play for his country, so he turned down the opportunity. When the Argentine Football Association learnt of the situation, they planned two under-20 friendly despite knowing nothing about young Messi (actually, they did not know who that Messi guy was).

The massive book tour that surrounds publication is probably the largest fallacy propagated by television and movies about the publishing industry. Most authors do not have the name recognition to necessitate a multi-city reading tour. J.K. Rowling, Roxane Gay, David Sedaris? They can all sell hundreds of volumes in a bookstore or an auditorium. A first-time author from a tiny town? Not at all. This has nothing to do with the actual quality of their work; it's merely a publicity stunt. So, if you see an author you enjoy speaking at a library, reading at a bookstore, or participating in a demonstration near you, go! Support them in person!

Part of our propensity for believing in conspiracy theories may be due to a social psychological bias that coincides with our distaste for random events. The propensity to think that the actions of others are intentional rather than the result of external events is known as Fundamental Attribution Error. As a result, when things happen randomly or unintentionally, we may feel compelled to seek a purposeful explanation. This might conceivably contribute to the development of conspiracy ideas.

People who do the Rorschach test typically process each image on three planes: shape, movement, and color. They look at the form, or shape, of the blot. Some may see a bear, while others may see a bat. People will also give the forms varied degrees of movement. If they notice someone, he or she may be dancing. Finally, in five of the ten cards, Rorschach watched how individuals reacted to the introduction of colour. The reaction of a person to the abrupt infusion of colour into the black and white forms may suggest more intense emotional responses.

The text's vocabulary consists of only 50 different words, the result of a bet between Seuss and Bennett Cerf (Dr. Seuss's publisher) that Seuss could not complete an entire book without exceeding that limit (after completing The Cat in the Hat with 236 words). The 50 words are as follows: a, am, and, anywhere, are, be, boat, box, car, could, dark, do, eat, eggs, fox, goat, good, green, ham, here, house, I, if, in, let, like, may, me, mouse, not, on, or, rain, Sam, say, see, so, thank, that, them, there, they, train, tree, try, will, with, would, you

The legendary elite warriors, also known as the Knights Templars, were given authority of the islands by Charles V of Spain in 1530. They are mainly remembered for successfully defending the island from the Ottomans.

Another interesting Bhutan fact! Thimphu, Bhutan's capital city, is the world's only capital without traffic lights. In fact, there was such a public outcry when traffic lights were placed that the city reverted to utilising white-gloved traffic cops till today. This was only seen at one road crossroads in Thimphu, but it was an interesting sight! Aside from that, there are no traffic signals in the entire country. It works because, given how mountainous and secluded Bhutan is, there aren't many cars around. Bhutanese people are also quite relaxed and laid back, even when it comes to driving in an organised manner.

Many people assume that slaves built the pyramids, however this is not the truth. They were hired workmen who constructed with great respect for the Pharaoh, and those who died were interred in tombs near the holy pyramids.

Microfiber is often regarded as the most efficient cleaning substance on the planet. Individual strands of a cleaning cloth are never broken. They are similar to wires. And, unlike cotton, which is formed of short strands that always come off while washing and attach to the surface after an electrostatic change, the fabric itself is like a net of wires with no holes. Strands in a standard microfiber cloth never fall off since they span from one end of the fabric to the other and cannot come off when washing! Microfiber fabric is formed from splitted and conjugated polyester and polyamide fibres. These fibres are exceptionally soft and have good dimensional stability. They keep their form extremely nicely.

The Sun appears to have existed in perpetuity, unchanged, but this is not the case. The Sun is gradually heating up. Every billion years, it becomes 10% more luminous. In fact, within a billion years, the Sun's heat will be so intense that liquid water will no longer exist on Earth's surface. Life on Earth as we know it will cease to exist. Bacteria may still exist underground, but the planet's surface will be scorched and uninhabitable. It will take another 7 billion years for the Sun to reach its red giant phase, at which point it will engulf the Earth and destroy it entirely.

During the 1987 World Cup, Sachin worked as a ball boy for the match between India and Zimbabwe at the Wankhede Stadium. He was 14 at the time. Because of his love of the game, Sachin Tendulkar used to sleep with his cricket gear as a child.

There’s a special version of braille just for mathematics called the Nemeth Code. It was invented by Dr. Abraham Nemeth and can be used to transcribe math, algebra, and calculus.

Normally, Mumbai's foodservice network, known as dabbawallahs, distributes over 200,000 lunch boxes everyday from house to workplace by bike and rail. Unfortunately, the epidemic has had a significant impact on their services, with many students and workers opting to stay at home. Each participant receives the relevant tiffin box, which is filled with hot lunch made by their family, and the empty boxes are picked up and sent home in the afternoon. The Lunchbox, a 2013 film, is based on the phenomena.

Young PCOS patients with regular menstruation need no hormonal treatment. Irregular menstruation and patients anxious to conceive need to be treated accordingly.

Professor Charles Kao of Hong Kong is known as the "Father of Fiber Optics," the glass cables that have drastically revolutionised the way humans communicate. He also received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2009.