It’s a tactile alphabet that can be used to write almost any language. There are braille versions of Chinese, Spanish, Arabic, Hebrew and many others.

In Tunisia, Islam is a major religion. The majority of residents are Sunni Muslims, with minority of Christianity and Judaism. It is easy to observe how Islam has made a presence in Tunisia. One of the most obvious features is a call to prayer that may be heard five times a day: at dawn, lunchtime, mid-afternoon, sunset, and evening. In Tunisia, there are around 5000 mosques. The way people dress differs greatly depending on where you are. It is normal to see more western style attire in tourist locations, however in traditional places such as southern Tunisia and smaller villages, a more respectable form of dressed is recommended.

At an event, Mitch Lowe, Netflix’s co-founder, said that they accidentally sent porn to Netflix subscribers during its initial days. When the company was testing its ability to put video onto DVD by putting Bill Clinton’s testimony about the Monica Lewinsky scandal on discs, the duplicator duplicated pornography and sent thousands of porn to their customers. 

Consider the following scenario: a racist man is exposed to Agent Orange-style gas while serving in Vietnam. When he is under stress, he transforms into a black superhero dressed as a Harlem Globetrotter, and neither identity remembers the other. After Marvel's success with Black Panther and Luke Cage, DC's first idea was to create something similar. Perhaps it is a relief that DC chose Black Lightning instead.

Fewer than two in ten chief financial officers in the 350 largest British PLCs are women, only 4% of investment managers are women, and only 5% of corporations are led by a female CEO. There are more CEOs named Peter in the FTSE 100 than there are female CEOs. According to Lean In and McKinsey's 2020 Women in the Workplace report, which reviewed data from 329 firms, while entry-level roles are virtually evenly divided between genders, the ratio of women drops by roughly half at the senior VP level. Women make up nearly half of the workforce but hold just 38% of managerial roles, with the percentage decreasing with each additional level of seniority.

So many popular perfumes contain musk, but the origins of this scent will shock you. Musk is a reddish-brown secretion from the "musk pod" of the male musk deer. It is such a popular ingredient that it is even mentioned in Kabir’s poems. However, since its popularity encouraged the hunting of this endangered deer, its scent is now replicated synthetically.

There are many beautiful flowers that makeup sunflowers, not just one. Smaller blooms make up sunflower heads. Depending on the type, there are typically 1,000–2,000 tiny buds on average, and the petals are also regarded as separate flowers. It's amazing how well these flowers all work together.

Scientists at Germany's Bayerisches Geoinstitut discovered that because peanut butter is so high in carbon, it is possible to turn simple Skippy into diamonds. All you have to do is separate the oxygen from the carbon dioxide in the peanut butter and then apply enormous pressure to the carbon that remains.

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.

Switzerland has one of the highest rates of gun ownership among developed nations. However, this does not always imply an increase in crime; Switzerland has about half the number of gun-related deaths as the United States. Switzerland has one of the lowest crime rates among all developed nations.

Since its inception, the firm has been interested in how its members engage with the software it provides. Netflix collects this information in order to choose which films to add to their catalogue next. During the late 1990s, the firm would make home visits to customers in the California area to conduct surveys. Following that, the staff would ask if they may come and see how they used the site, to which the majority consented.

Many South Asian nations, as well as the north-eastern Indian area, are well-known for their insect-based cuisines. Cambodians are well-known for preparing creepy crawlies such as crickets, ants, and even tarantulas. The majority of individuals consume fish, veggies, and rice on a regular basis. Nonetheless, insects are extensively consumed as meals and snacks throughout the country.

If you happen to be in Key West, Florida, for the holidays, stop by the Bourbon St. Pub, where each new year is greeted by a massive shoe. Sushi, a local drag queen, climbs into an oversized piece of footwear and is (carefully) dropped from a balcony every December 31. Meanwhile, Eastover, North Carolina residents have taken to dropping 30-pound ceramic fleas on the last night of the year. In North Carolina, the town of Mount Olive (home of the Mt. Olive Pickle Company) holds a New Year's Eve "Pickle Drop," in which a giant pickle slides down a flagpole.

Kumbh ke mele mai bhai bichaad gye. People take part in getting rid of the sins of life. The Maha Kumbh Mela is celebrated in Prayag after 144 years.

Tropical America is the Mimosa Pudica's original habitat. These days, it can be found on islands in the Pacific as well as in various areas of Asian countries.

If you disassembled the Sun and piled up its various elements, you'd discover that hydrogen accounts for 74% of its mass. With a helium content of 24% The remaining 2% consists of trace amounts of iron, nickel, oxygen, and all of the other elements found in the Solar System. To put it another way, the Solar System is mostly made of hydrogen.

Andy Serkis had to play King Kong twice for Peter Jackson's King Kong (2005). First, he had to play the giant ape alongside Naomi Watts (Ann Darrow) in a rough-and-ready gorilla costume, so his co-star could react. After principal photography was finished, he had to perform again, this time in a motion capture suit. Andy, fantastic double performance!

Thyme essential oil is not just effective against pests. It has been discovered that this important thyme plant extract targets bacteria and viruses like the Zika virus (which is responsible for spreading through mosquitoes) with equal effectiveness. It is also a component of several outdoor and interior pesticides.

While most of us have had a shattered bone at some time in our lives, the truth is that bone is a very tough substance. So powerful, in fact, that "ounce for ounce, human bones are stronger than steel," as Discover Magazine puts it. A bone has a higher pressure tolerance and bearing strength than a steel rod of equal width. The femur is the strongest bone in the body, capable of supporting 30 times the weight of an ordinary adult. We all are men or women of steel...

When pirates wore earrings, they weren't just trying to look fashionable. According to National Geographic, sailors believed that applying pressure to the earlobe would keep them from getting seasick. In many cases, the pirates would do so by putting on an earring. Unfortunately, while your inner ears affect your sense of balance, wearing earrings in your earlobes does not affect seasickness.

Did you know that bamboo can withstand high temperatures that most plants cannot? Bamboo was the only plant to withstand the radiation from the Hiroshima atomic explosions in 1945. Except for one bamboo grove, the incinerating heat obliterated all trees and other plant life. The grove has since been demolished, but culms from it are kept in a museum in Hiroshima.

The fun fact about Spain is that the first "modern" novel, the book translated into more languages after the Bible, and the one that holds the title of the best book in history, was written by a Spaniard, Miguel de Cervantes. It is "Don Quixote" and was written in 1605.

The basic idea behind cruising across the shores of a river is to derive utmost pleasure, and there is no better way to cruise off the Brahmaputra coast than to board the M.V Mahabaahu. It was built in Kolkata with state-of-the-art facilities, which include Cabins with very Assamese decor of silk panels in golden Muga, Bathrooms/showers with branded quality furnishings & fittings, Central AC with individual control, and others.