Being a spiritual person is synonymous with being a person whose highest goal is to be loving to oneself and others. His/her conviction that we are all One, motivates him/her to work for everyone's welfare and stay away from any harmful activities.

Elephants are extremely clever and simple to teach, making them ideal for use as executioners and torturers. They may be taught to use enormous blades connected to their tusks to slowly destroy bones, crush skulls, twist off limbs, or even execute people. This manner of death was still used in various regions of Asia until the late nineteenth century.

Under black lights, bananas glow blue. Ripe bananas appear yellow to the naked eye under normal conditions due to organic pigments known as carotenoids. Chlorophyll begins to degrade as bananas ripen. This pigment is what causes bananas to glow, or fluoresce, under UV light and appear blue. While this is undoubtedly one of the most fascinating facts about bananas, there is another that will make you want to eat a banana every day.

The Indonesian flag, with a red stripe at the top and a white stripe at the bottom, does not appear to be the most inventive or thoroughly thought-out in the globe. While Poland's flag is reversed (white on top and red on the bottom), Indonesia and Monaco have flags that are nearly identical, with the exception of Indonesia's flag being somewhat broader.

In the 12th and 13th centuries, a large and powerful Kingdom flourished in the plains of central Myanmar. Kings built a succession of ancient temples and pagodas, which became a center for Theravada Buddhism. This was also the birthplace of the dominance of Burmese culture and language in modern-day Myanmar.

Visiting the temples in modern-day Bagan is one of the top things people do when they visit the country. You can see more than 2000 religious monuments in a very tiny area and experience the best sunset of your life.

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.

Ashton Kutcher has syndactyly, sometimes known as webbed toes. In 2008, the actor displayed his linked numbers on a British chat program. "Something has to give when everything else is this good-looking," he joked.

You probably imagine horses bounding across a landscape, not something scaly and low to the ground. However, according to a 2019 study published in Nature, crocodiles have the "full range of quadrupedal footfall patterns used by mammals," which means they can gallop like a horse—and occasionally do! Of course, they aren't as graceful, but they can reach speeds of up to 11 miles per hour.

Hypnotherapists are sought after for a variety of reasons. These include seeking help for overcoming fears and phobias, losing weight, dealing with negative and traumatising memories, insomnia, and quitting smoking. It has even been discovered that hypnotherapy can help labouring mothers by reducing pain during childbirth. More parents of ADHD children are discovering that hypnotherapy has a positive, drug-free effect on their children. "Hypnotherapy allows the child to gain a sense of control, increase self-esteem and competence, and reduce stress," according to the British journal Paediatrics Child Health.

Unfortunately, this is not good news for men. Depending on the species, the female spider may consume the male spider before, during, or after copulation! Did you know that this sexual cannibalism behaviour inspired the names of widow spiders like the black widow?

Fatal familial insomnia is a rare hereditary condition caused by a protein produced as a result of a genetic defect. This sickness stops a person from falling asleep, resulting in death as a result of sleep deprivation. It also has an impact on brain function, causing memory loss, a loss of motor function, and hallucinations.

Fish nostrils, like those of humans, do not open into the back of the mouth and are thus not used for breathing. They lead to smell organs, which are extremely sensitive, allowing fish to sense the presence of food in the water from great distances. More nostrils equal more sniffing!

As obvious as it may seem, the wind was blowing from the northwest when Vesuvius erupted, which is why so many people perished and an entire city was buried for hundreds of years. According to research, the wind should have been coming from the southwest. That would have meant that instead of covering the city as it did, the debris was blown away from it. It is incredible to consider how much death and destruction such a small factor actually caused, leaving a well-preserved Roman city in its wake.

The brain is a three-pound organ that regulates all bodily activities, analyses information from the outside world, and embodies the essence of the mind and soul. Our five senses – taste, touch, sight, smell, and hearing – all provide data to the brain at the same time. It assembles the messages in a way that we can understand and stores the info in our memory.

Over the years, the term "butterscotch" has been used to designate a range of different culinary products, although it most commonly refers to a sort of confectionery or dessert. The name itself is considered to be a mix of the words butter and burn, and it most likely relates to the candy-making process. Sugar and butter are cooked together until they create a thick, sticky slurry to make butterscotch. After that, the fluid is poured into moulds or onto a surface to cool and harden. Butterscotch candies have a smooth, creamy taste that is gently sweet and somewhat salty.

Although you should apply moisturizer all the time, you need also to know when to change it up. In warmer weather, use a thinner moisturizer that won't clog pores and create breakouts, and in colder winter, use a thicker cream recipe.

While Hollywood extols the virtues of Spartan culture, the world's first human rights charter is thought to have been drafted by the Persians (or at least something very similar to the scope of human rights, as believed by both the British Museum and United Nations). Since it is essentially a cylinder-shaped piece of baked clay with engraved Akkadian writing from 539 BC, this charter is more commonly referred to as the Cyrus Cylinder. When King Cyrus' army entered Babylon and peacefully overcame the legendary city, he gave the order to create the artefact. The ancient writings on the tablet primarily speak about equality for people of all races, religions, and languages.

Cashew trees (Anacardium Occidentale) are exotic evergreen trees with uneven trunks that may reach a height of 14 meters (46 feet). The cashew tree, which is native to Brazil and Southeast Asia but is now planted in many nations throughout the world, bears red blooms from which the fruit grows.

If you visit northern Norway in the summer, you may take advantage of the midnight sun. Admire the night scenery in the setting sun, with extra daylight for outdoor activities and living like a native. In the northern city of Troms, for example, the sun only sets for 3-5 hours each night between May and July. In June, closer to the summer solstice, the sun never sets.

Cardiovascular disease accounts for 70-75% of type 2 diabetes mortality (Kings Fund Policy Institute, 1996). Insulin resistance raises the risk of cardiovascular disease before the onset of type 2 diabetes. Hyperinsulinaemia has been linked to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (Ruige et al, 1998). The metabolic and systemic alterations associated with insulin resistance caused this elevated risk: insulin resistance syndrome.

Constellations (“set of stars”) are basically groups of stars that have imaginatively been linked together to depict mythological characters, animals and objects from mankind’s past. This allowed early people to organize the night sky into a recognizable form to assist in their religious study of the celestial heavens, as well as more earthly applications, such as predicting the seasons for farming, measuring time or as a directional compass.

Mimosa Pudica has excellent ornamental value since it serves as a fence to keep animals out of the garden and fulfils the decorative function of a garden.

In 1968, motion pictures were rated for the first time using a family-oriented rating system. The new guidelines were introduced by Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) chairman Jack Valenti in place of the infamous Hays Code.