Sherlock Holmes' persona has appeared in over 250 on-screen films since the invention of cinema in the late nineteenth century. Every year, it seems, a new picture is in the works. Enola Holmes, starring Henry Cavill, will be published in September 2020, and Sherlock Holmes 3 will star Robert Downey Jr. (with the release date set in late 2021). However, these two estimates only apply to TV productions (movies and TV series) and do not include the hundreds of stage or radio plays and sketches.

James Gunn and the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 crew spent two years planning and creating Baby Groot's dance to Electric Light Orchestra's song Mr Blue Sky. Gunn had his producer video him busting some moves for this massive project (which definitely paid off).

Basketball was initially played with a soccer ball and peach baskets, with officials needing to recover the ball each time a player scored. String baskets were introduced to the game around 1900, and subsequently, backboards were added to prevent spectators from blocking a shot.

Each gold-plated Oscar award costs $500 to make and weighs around 8 and a half pounds. Chicago-based company R.S. Owens starts manufacturing the Oscar statuettes one year in advance of the show. 

Sunflowers are beneficial for your mental health, did you know that? In fact, they are. Sunflowers themselves are known to improve people's moods, and the color yellow is associated with hope. Even just looking at them actually lifts your mood a little. One petal at a time, they are changing the world for the better.

The northwestern Brazilian city of Manaus, on the banks of the Negro River, is located in the centre of one of the world's most lush jungles. Manaus, the Amazon's largest city and a major port, is a well-developed and busy metropolitan centre with a population of over 2.5 million people. However, the metropolis' position is unusual in that it is totally encircled by the Amazon Rainforest.

The coconut bra is not indigenous to Hawaii, but rather a Western concept.

In 2010, a Southern California school district temporarily removed all copies of Merriam-10th Webster's Collegiate Edition from elementary school classrooms. Why get rid of the dictionary? The school district decided to remove the books after a parent informed the principal of Oak Meadows Elementary School that the dictionary contained an explicit definition of a sex act. The dictionary was deemed age-appropriate by a committee of teachers, administrators, and parents, and the copies of Merriam-Webster were returned to the classroom. Let's hope that parent never finds out about Urban Dictionary!

Swiggy has only been in business for a little over six years. It’s considered to be in its infancy as far as businesses go. The service was officially launched in 2014 in Bangalore, India. Even though it hasn’t been in business for long, it has expanded its reach to become the largest of its kind in the country, according to Wikipedia. This makes it one big baby.

This astounding figure is actually pretty simple: increased access to contraception saves lives.This astounding figure is actually pretty simple: increased access to contraception saves lives.

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.

The fight against air pollution must include tax breaks for cars with low and zero emissions. Massive investments in environmentally friendly public transportation and better-integrated walking and cycling routes are also necessary to encourage people to abandon their cars altogether.

Kensington Palace, the current London abode of William and Kate—the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge—was Queen Victoria’s birthplace. Born on May 24, 1819, Victoria spent much of her childhood at Kensington, raised by her widowed mother (Victoria’s father died when she was eight months old) and several royal courtiers.

Picking an appropriate name for the company was a drawn-out process. From Reply and NowShowing to eflix and CinemaCenter, a number of names were considered for the platform. However, they decided to name it Kibble temporarily until they could think of something better. 

Makeup was not exclusively a feminine phenomenon for the Egyptians. Both Egyptian men and women used lip lipstick, including bright hues like orange, blue, and magenta. Talk about setting fashion trends. The pigment was applied by Egyptians using a moist stick of wood. Rich Egyptians were often buried with at least two jars of lip colour. Thankfully, Lakme and Maybelline did not exist at the time. Cleopatra requested special lipsticks with strange chemicals. Her trademark crimson lipstick was made from crushed bugs. Flowers, fish scales, and crimson ocher were among the other elements.

The Teutonic Order's Castle at Malbork is the world's largest castle in terms of land area. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and was originally erected in the 13th century as a Teutonic castle and stronghold. In that regard, Poland is home to a whopping 15 UNESCO World Heritage Sites!

Although no one knows for certain, it appears that cricket started in the hands of shepherds as a simple method to pass the time while protecting a sheep. Our first impression of cricket was that the cricket balls were made of cotton and that the bowlers' speed was likely unattainable. Cricket has been recorded in English history since 1597, when in a dispute over land possession, he cited the game of "creckkett." However, it took over ten thousand years until the first formal cricket match was held in 1877.

We'll look through cricket in further detail. A century is an innings in which one batter runs a hundred runs without being hit. That is really difficult for me to achieve. Alastair Cook is the oldest player to reach the age of 38. But that is not the all-time record held by Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar. Tendulkar retired in 2013 at the age of 100. Tendulkar is known as the "God of Cricket."

Flamingos can fly up to 600 kilometres at a speed of 50–60 kph thanks to their dimensions and light body bulk.

Because of his WWII experience, he began assembling together tractors out of scrap parts when he returned home. People adored them, and his tractor company shot off like wildfire. Although they are no longer owned by the same corporation, Lamborghini Trattori is still designed by the same team that built the Gallardo and Maserati MC12. They range in price from $30,000 to more than $300,000; the only issue is whether your neighbor will still give you credit for having a Lambo.

As an alternative to the Gross National Product, Bhutan's Fourth King devised the notion of Gross National Happiness in the 1970s to assess the nation's well-being. They take a comprehensive approach to advancement and place equal emphasis on non-economic components of happiness. Its four pillars are frequently used to explain it: sustainable development, environmental protection, cultural preservation, and good governance. Before being approved, all of Bhutan's governmental programmes and initiatives must go through a GNH screening mechanism to ensure they do not have a negative influence on its people's well-being.

Due to the popularity of Sudoku puzzles in 2008, pencil sales in London increased significantly.

Thanos appears to be interested in winning love battles as well. Did you know he was involved in a love triangle with Deadpool and Lady Death? Indeed. This was alluded to in Deadpool 2, but not to its full degree. So, what's the story here? Both the Mad Titan and Wade Wilson fell in love with Death, but Thanos eventually won her over, and they even had a child together (Rot). How? He cursed Deadpool with immortality, preventing him from ever actually dying and reuniting with his love. That Thanos is such a jerk.

There are many concepts dealing with the creation of humans. And according to Hindu Mythology(Good luck charms in Hindu mythology), there has been more than one way of creating humans. The Rigveda states that man was the seed of a cosmic egg or hiranyagarbha. The Purusha Sukta mentioned that man was made from the mangled limbs of a huge non-human man or Purusha. Whereas in the Puranas, It was Lord Vishnu who in form of a boar, jumped into the cosmic waters and brought life on earth.