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).

There are fine artists who have chosen crochet as their preferred technique, which is a true testament to the adaptability of this craft. One of my favorites is Toshiko Horiuchi Macadam, who crochets mind-blowing "playscapes" in Canada and Japan, and Shauna Richardson, whose style has been dubbed "crocheter." Find out more about crochet as art; you'll be amazed!

The instrument was first used in the Fifth Symphony in C Minor by Ludwig van Beethoven, which was composed between 1804 and 1808.

According to the Ancient History Encyclopedia, Herodotus wrote in 440BC that when a pet cat died in Ancient Egyptian times the family members would shave off their eyebrows in mourning. Now that’s an interesting cat fact!

In The Last Jedi, Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac) defies General Leia Organa's (Carrie Fisher) commands, but not without consequences. In an interview with Stephen Colbert, Isaac stated that the moment in which Leia demotes Poe was tough to get right, resulting in the late actress smacking the younger star more than 40 times. What a privilege.

Around the 15th century, the first toothbrush with bristles arrived on the scene in China. Bamboo sticks were outfitted with pig/boar hair, which had a scouring effect and quickly became more popular than ordinary chew sticks. Boar bristle toothbrushes were brought to Europe during the 17th century. Finding the boar bristles too abrasive, the Europeans began using horsehair instead, and some of the more affluent folks had special badger hair toothbrushes created for them. Bristled toothbrushes, on the other hand, were here to stay. Later types of bristles brushes would be constructed of bone, ivory, or other woods.

Some of the most futuristic items in the Star Wars films were made from strange materials. Like Luke Skywalker's lightsaber, which was actually the handle of an old camera flash, or the medical droid's mouthpiece in Empire Strikes Back, which was simply an old-school microphone. But our favorite piece of prop deception comes from Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. You probably didn't think twice about the communicators used by Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson) and Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor). However, if you did, you may have noticed that they are designed just like a Gillette razor.

According to an Air Accident Investigation & Aviation Safety Board report, those masks only provide 12 minutes of continuous airflow on a 737. Fortunately, that is usually just enough time for your plane to find a safe landing spot.

The most dramatic stock market meltdown in US history happened on Black Tuesday, October 24th, 1929. It is often assumed that the financial crisis resulted in innumerable suicides, however this was not the case. There were two of them.

Some myths even claim that Goddess Durga visited her birthplace on Earth along with her children Lakshmi, Ganesha, Kartik, and Saraswati to stay for a while. She went back to her husband Lord Shiva on Dussehra day.

A lack of contraceptive education can have disastrous consequences for patients. People who have contraceptive misunderstandings not only end up with unexpected pregnancies, but they can also make themselves very ill. "When a lady came in with a washcloth stuffed in that region, I was assigned to the women's health area. Stank like hell, and she'd stuck it up there three weeks ago as DIY contraception "one doctor discloses

Toby Gard claims that one day while messing around with Lara's model, he accidentally made her breasts 150 percent larger. He intended to return them to being simply oversized rather than anatomically impossible, but the other guys on the team noticed the changes and told Toby that Lara "looked better that way" and that he should keep the changes. You don't say anything, do you?

Quokkas love to approach the humans who visit Rottnest with their cheeky grins. As well as giving them the cute factor, a quokka's smile helps them cool down. 

The notion of liveability evaluates whether places in the globe offer the greatest or worst living circumstances. Stability, Healthcare, Culture and Environment, Education, and Infrastructure are the five major categories they examine. Zurich and Geneva are two of the most livable cities.

Coffee beans are produced on a bush. They are a fruit because they are the pit of a berry. Beans are classified into two types: green and red. Red beans have a more pleasant aroma and are less acidic. They are used in the production of lighter coffees. Coffee beans are healthier when they have been roasted for a longer period of time. Decaffeinated coffee is produced through a chemical process that removes the caffeine from the beans. Caffeine is frequently sold to Coca-Cola, a large buyer.

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.

As reported by Oprah Magazine, scientists have studied the way that the amount of Vitamin D via sunlight a person gets when their pregnant ends up manifesting in their child's personality and mental health. And that's largely dependent on when the child is born.

"People born in the fall are more likely to develop the panic disorder and/or drug abuse problems; in late winter and early spring to become schizophrenic; and in spring and early summer to have propensities for anorexia, suicide, and dyslexia," the publication says.

 

Belle's blue dress visually depicts her status as an outcast in her village. The colours of her dresses also reflect her emotions. Belle is depressed and lonely when she wears blue.

Dust mites may make your skin crawl just thinking about them, but they are a necessary evil. To prevent allergic reactions and maintain low populations (and poop)

The sodium content of various butter chicken recipes is always high because the dish is cooked with tomato paste sauce and all methods of preparation involve some type of tomato, whether it be whole, canned, or pureed. Recipes for butter chicken have 763 mg of salt per serving.

not even contemporary graffiti. The graffiti that covers Pompeii is not a result of disrespectful tourists; rather, it dates from before the eruption. Private messages, public announcements, and election notices are just a few examples of how it provides tourists and historians with a remarkable window into Roman society. On one of our Pompeii tours from Rome, you can see all of this graffiti while imagining yourself going about your daily business in an ancient city.

If you went to your neighborhood Sam Goody or Tower Records on September 24, 1991, chances are you spent your entire allowance on CDs. Aside from Nevermind, the new release shelf that day would have included Badmotorfinger by Soundgarden, Blood Sugar Sex Magik by Red Hot Chili Peppers, and The Low-End Theory by A Tribe Called Quest.

Over the years, the Times Square ball has gone through several transformations. However, none of them appeared in either 1942 or 1943. World War II was in full swing, and the army was concerned that the Big Apple's extravagant light shows would make it easy for German submarines to spot American ships in New York Harbor. So Lady Liberty's torch was turned off, the Brooklyn Dodgers stopped playing night games, and the Times Square ball drop was put on hold for two years.