A piece of porcelain requires many processes beginning with the gathering of raw materials and ending with the final firing. These processes include crushing the raw materials, cleaning and mixing them, forming the shape, bisque-firing (first-firing), glazing, and final firing.

Tisanes are 'teas' made with no Camellia Sinensis plant leaves. Peppermint tea, chamomile tea, rooibos tea, hibiscus tea, lemon verbena tea, and other teas are examples. The vast majority, if not all, are caffeine-free! A fun fact: caffeine is still present in decaffeinated coffee in small amounts, averaging around 3%. Caffeine is extracted from green beans using the swiss water method, carbon dioxide method, methylene chloride method, or ethyl acetate method while they are still green (pre-roast).

Kalibangan in Rajasthan is one of the most important sites of the Indus Valley Civilization, which existed for around 450-600 years. This location has provided evidence of the first plowed agricultural field. This site also revealed evidence of the first known earthquake (2600 BC), which might have been the cause of the civilization's demise. The discovery of fire altars at the site suggested that the inhabitants worshipped fire. A visit to this location will give you an idea of how the ancient people lived with limited resources. You may take a train to Bikaner because it is the nearest railway station, around 205 kilometers away from Kalibangan.

His doctorate in nuclear physics (1933) focused on absorption properties and electron shower creation in cosmic rays, earning him the Isaac Newton Studentship in 1934.

Yes! Chocolate was once used to make alcohol around 1400 to 1100 BC. During those times, people used to drink very less amount alcohol content, and hence the chocolate did justice to those drinks. Fermented cocoa beans were used to create alcoholic drinks. But it doesn't mean that you can ferment the chocolate to make alcohol because it took years to make the drink perfect.

Joan Benoit Samuelson of Cape Elizabeth, Maine, became the first woman to win a marathon in the Olympic Games. At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, she earned a gold medal. In 2000, she was inducted into the Maine Women's Hall of Fame. She returned to the circuit in April 2019 at the age of 61, finishing the Boston Marathon at 3:04.

Mango was referred to as Naghza Tarin Mewa Hindustan, the fairest fruit of Hindustan, by the eminent Persian poet Amir Khusrau in the thirteenth century A.D.

After an additional 5 minutes, 90% of recollection is gone. Sigmund Freud believed this was because dreams represent our repressed thoughts and so our brain wants to get rid of them quickly. However, it’s much more likely due to our brains simply being used much more as soon as we’re awake and so we forget much of what we’ve dreamed about.

Although it can be grown outside as well, this type of plant is typically kept indoors. Vastu sastra states that it is advantageous to place the plant facing North in your home.
 

Many people argue that candy corn tastes like chicken feed, but that is not how it got its name. George Renninger invented it in the 1880s, and Goelitz Confectionery Company (now Jelly Belly Co.) popularised it around the turn of the century. Because corn was used to feed chickens, the product was dubbed "Chicken Feed," and the box featured a colourful rooster.

The average snowflake can be as small as a penny or as large as a human hair. However, some unconfirmed sources claim they can grow much larger. Witnesses to a snowstorm in Fort Keogh, Montana in 1887 reported seeing milk-pan-sized crystals fall from the sky. If this is correct, they would be the largest snowflakes ever seen, measuring about 15 inches across.

In his Poor Richard's Almanac, founding father Benjamin Franklin got one over on rival Titan Leeds, also an almanac writer, by "predicting" the exact date and time of his death. When Leeds obviously didn't die on the given date, Franklin kept the prank going, claiming that he actually had passed on and that an imposter was publishing his almanac.

 

The coconut tree can reach a height of 82 feet (25 metres). Coconut trees can flower up to 13 times each year, yielding up to 65-75 fruits per year.

Unfortunately, they are poor breeders, making it difficult for them to rebound from their falling position. Females reach sexual maturity at seven or eight but do not normally begin breeding until a couple of years later. Males reach sexual maturity at a much later age.

The first McDonald's drive-thru was erected in a restaurant in Sierra Vista, Arizona, near the military post of Fort Huachuca. Military regulations prohibited soldiers from wearing their uniforms in public, and they weren't about to change into civilian clothes just to grab a burger and rush back to base, so restaurant manager David Rich devised a solution: cut a hole in the wall so that military personnel could pick up their orders without having to exit their vehicle. The idea soon gained popularity due to its ease and simplicity.

We actually have a lot in common with the ancient Egyptians and one of the more fun facts about ancient Egyptians is that they too loved board games. It wasn’t just the wealthy that played board games either, even the commoners enjoyed a good board game.

The most popular board games were Senet and Mehen. Senet was a game that involved throwing sticks and was so popular that even Pharaohs were buried with the game to keep them occupied in the afterlife. These board games date back 5000 years. What is your favorite board game?

 

The Amazon, which spans nine South American countries and covers between 6.24 and 6.56 million km^2 is the world’s Largest tropical rainforest. The rainforest represents more than 80% of the Amazon biome and contains a dazzling array of different animal species – ranging from mammals, to reptiles and insects!

Even though many people play golf to unwind, Disney was unable to handle it. Walt took up golf after quitting polo at his doctor's advice and got up at 4:30 a.m. to squeeze in nine holes before work. He quit the game because it was so frustrating and started playing lawn bowling, which is a more laid-back activity.

Several times over its lengthy existence, the Great Sphinx has been destroyed by the shifting sands of the Egyptian desert. Thutmose IV, who would shortly rise to the throne as Egypt's king, was responsible for the first documented repair of the nearly totally buried Sphinx. The monument was once again covered by the three millennia that followed. By the nineteenth century, the statue's front arms had sunk well into Giza's walking surface. It wasn't until the 1920s that the statue was fully unearthed again.

Grant Wood created the popular American painting American Gothic in 1930, which depicts a farmer standing beside his daughter (often mistaken to be his wife). The title of the painting is derived from the architectural style of the background house. American Gothic is a house that you can visit and is one of the most well-known images of twentieth-century American art. The Carpenter Gothic architectural style was used to build the Dibble House in Eldon, Iowa.

More volume for those in the rear! So, no, anime is not a cartoon for children. It is a highly polished art style presented in an animated format. Anyone who has seen a decent anime movie or anime will never compare it to a cartoon. So put your prejudices aside and join us on this emotional roller coaster known as "anime."

A genome-wide examination of insomnia condition discovered that insomnia was linked to specific genetic variants on chromosomes 7 and 9. Chromosome 7 is discovered near a gene involved in brain development and electrical sleep signaling. Similarly, according to a Sleep Journal study, approximately 35% of patients with insomnia had a familial history of insomnia.

The Alipore Zoo is literally something to be proud of, from the Royal Bengal to the greatest species of animals. However, few Kolkatans are aware that it is also the country's oldest zoo. Alipore's tagline as a brand could be - entertaining everyone since 1875!

Swiggy has also set a board of directors in place to oversee the operations and to provide advisement to the group of talented executives leading the company forward. It’s a much smaller group but does its job effectively. The group is composed of Anand Daniel, joining the board in 2015 through the present. Larry Illng, Ashutosh Sharma, and Jayant Goel are the other three members that make up the board of directors.

Clark Gregg, who began his MCU arc in the first Iron Man, revealed to Cinema Blend that he was originally supposed to appear in two scenes. Agent Phil Coulson of S.H.I.E.L.D. was, in fact, just an unnamed agent in the script. Gregg's chemistry with Downey and Gwyneth Paltrow impressed director Jon Favreau, who expanded the role. Of course, Coulson would go on to play a pivotal role in the Marvel Universe, appearing in Iron Man 2, Thor, The Avengers, and Captain Marvel, as well as directing the television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.