Before confronting Medusa, Perseus equipped himself with an adamantine sickle, a kibisis (a bag or wallet to place Medusa’s head), the helmet of Hades, which could make its wearer invisible, and a set of winged sandals lent by Mercury. Acquiring these objects was no easy task. Alone, Perseus would not even come close to obtaining them. But the hero had Athena’s help. She led him to the three Graeae, who knew the secret location of the Stygian nymphs. After tricking the Graeae, Perseus found the nymphs who equipped him with all the objects mentioned previously. Additionally, Athena gave him a shield.

Yeti Project Japan founder Yoshiteru Takahashi allegedly discovered a yeti cave on Dhaulagiri, the seventh-tallest mountain on Earth, but his camera malfunctioned before he could capture a clear picture of the creature.

Yes, indeed. When directing a laser beam through a container of water, a cool effect known as total internal reflection is used. Light is slowed by heavier particles in water as it passes through it, as detailed here. As a result, the laser beam is essentially “stuck” in the water.

According to swissinfo.ch, Switzerland has one of the greatest shares of internationals among other nations, accounting for around 24.6% in 2015. More over 80% of foreigners in Switzerland are from Europe, with nearly half coming from France, Germany, Italy, and Portugal alone. Switzerland leads the European immigration countries, with 19 arrivals per 1000 population on average in 2014, considerably ahead of Germany (11), the United Kingdom (9.8), Spain (6.6), and France (5.1).

Another fun fact about Spain is that although Spanish is the majority language, Spain has 4 co-official languages. They are Catalan, Basque, Galician, and Aranese​. There are other Romance minority languages, though not official, that have special recognition, such as the Astur-Leonese group (table) and Aragonese (aragonés) in Aragon.​ You can think of it as English and French in Canada.

Each of the five fundamental flavors has its own taste receptors in the brain: sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and umami (savory). In the journal Nature in 2015, scientists described how they were able to switch individual preferences on or off in mice without using food by activating and silencing neurons in their brains. For example, when neurons linked with "bitter" were triggered, mice formed puckering faces while still tasting sweet, and vice versa.

In any case, it's not a conventional sphinx. Although greatly influenced by Egyptian and later Mesopotamian legend, the ancient Greek representation of the Sphinx consisted of a lion's body, a woman's head, and a bird's wings. Technically, Giza's male-identifying landmark is an androsphinx. The absence of wings further complicates its recognised classification.

When the worldwide pandemic hit, nearly every kind of business was impacted. While delivery services were in high demand, the number of business closures and people who were unemployed hit all segments of the economy in India as well as throughout other parts of the world. Swiggy had grown large in the size of its network and had employed thousands of workers in various parts of India. Because of the lack of businesses in operation, the Covid-19 pandemic forced Swiggy to lay off more than 1000 of its workforce.

Nitrocellulose, also known as guncotton, is the main ingredient in regular nail polish. It's made of plant fibre and is what causes TNT to explode. (Don't worry; it's also found in ping pong balls.) Ethyl acetate is used to dissolve the nitrocellulose. When you apply the nail polish to your nail, the solvent evaporates, leaving the nitrocellulose to dry into a solid (and pretty!) film.

Snow crystals usually form unique patterns, but there has been at least one instance of identical snowflakes in history. Two snowflakes collected from a Wisconsin storm were confirmed to be twins in 1988 at a Colorado atmospheric research centre.

Carles Rexach, the famed scout for FC Barcelona, travelled to Rosario, Argentina, in 2000, to see young Lionel Messi, then 12, play football. He was an experienced guy, a former player and coach who was used to dealing with young sports promises, but when he watched Messi collect the ball, carry it, and score as though alone on the pitch (yeah, the normal Messi stuff), he scribbled a contract on a napkin and hired him right away.

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

This tree's pulp, commonly known as cassia pulp, is renowned for its laxative properties. 50 grams of cassia pulp should be strained after an overnight soak in water. It can cure constipation if you add 25 grams of sugar to it. The pulp of the Cassia fistula acts as a gentle and risk-free purgative.

The majority of animal species in the Antarctic eat krill, and some, like the Adélie and chinstrap penguins, rely almost entirely on it for nutrition. Even the teeth of crabeater seals are specially designed for consuming krill. Furthermore, according to recent studies, humpback and fin whales, whose populations are now stabilised after centuries of whaling, consume a combined 2 million metric tonnes of krill annually from a small area close to the Antarctic Peninsula where the majority of the world's commercial krill fisheries are based.

Over 1,000 elephants were used to transport the materials needed to build the Taj Mahal. It was mostly white marble and red sandstone that needed to be transported, and it came from all over India and the Middle East. Red sandstone is common in Persian architecture and can be found in other Mughal structures such as Delhi's Red Fort and Jama Masjid, while white marble was used as a representation of the divine.

You are genetically programmed to be more active at night or during the day. A trait called chronotype determines whether you are a morning person or a night owl. This discovery was made by wearing wristbands on 85,000 people. They also discovered that morning people awoke half an hour earlier than night owls, implying that there may be scientific reasons why you prefer to sleep in every morning!

Have you ever thought about why snakes put out their tongues? They're probably trying to smell their surroundings with their tongue. They have a Jacobson's or vomeronasal organ on the roof of their mouth. The odor then travels from the tongue to an organ in their mouth. Their odor is particularly pleasant and has been characterized as smelling in stereo. They have a long tongue and numerous sensors that can detect varying levels of chemical stimuli.

One of the few fruits with balanced potassium-to-sodium content is the custard apple. It aids in controlling and regulating the body's fluctuations in blood pressure. The fruit's high magnesium content relaxes the smooth heart muscles, reducing the risk of heart attack and stroke. Additionally, the fruit contains fibre and niacin, which support the body's ability to lower bad cholesterol while raising good cholesterol.

Would you believe a small, landlocked country of 147, 181 square kilometers? Is an abode of 80 ethnic groups speaking 123 languages squeezed among its neighboring giants? Despite the fact that Hinduism is the official religion, Nepal has never experienced religious or ethnic riots. The Nepalese take pride in their country's ability to maintain peace.

On June 2, 1975, several national cricket matches were postponed due to snow showers. The lowest summer temperature ever recorded in the UK was -5.6 °C on June 9, 1955, in Dalwhinnie, and it was again recorded on June 1 and June 3, 1962, in Santon Downham, Norfolk.

The giant armadillo (Priodontes maximus) of South America typically has up to 100th teeth! It feeds mostly on ants and termites.

Chia seeds are gathered from the blooming plant Salvia hispanica, which belongs to the mint family. Insects dislike mint and typically avoid it, which is excellent news for chia, which can be produced without the use of pesticides.

That was Calcutta, after all! During the British Raj, India was a raging hub of all cultures, trade, flourishing cultures, and people. Calcutta, the then-capital of EIC India, is said to have been the second most important city in British colonies around the world after London. Here, major universities, economic industries, and other major institutions were built.