Letters ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’ & ‘D’ do not appear anywhere in the spellings of 1 to 99 Letter ‘D’ comes for the first time in Hundred Letters ‘A’, ‘B’ & ‘C’ do not appear anywhere in the spellings of 1 to 999 Letter ‘A’ comes for the first time in Thousand Letters ‘B’ & ‘C’ do not appear anywhere in …
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10 powerful Lessons from Hen
10 powerful Lessons to learn from Hen Every animal domestic or wild teaches us so many lessons. Here are some important lessons you can learn from the hen: 1 She first lays enough eggs before sitting on them GOOD PLANNING 2 When she starts sitting on her eggs, she minimizes movements DISCIPLINE 3 She physically loses weight while sitting on …
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70% of our body is filled with water. In diseased states where body water is affected, the compartment or compartments that have changed can give clues to the nature of the problem. Body water is regulated by hormones such as anti-diuretic hormone (ADH), aldosterone and atrial natriuretic peptide. Try to get the best drinking water possible and correct timing to …
Read More »Honey Bee Facts and Feats
Honey bees are flying insects, and close relatives of wasps and ants. They are found on every continent on earth, except for Antarctica. Honeybees are social insects that live in colonies. The hive population consists of a single queen, a few hundred drones, and thousands of worker bees. Honey Bee Facts Honey bees must visit some 2 million flowers to make …
Read More »Neil Armstrong – first man on the moon
Neil Armstrong was a NASA astronaut and the first man on the moon or, more accurately, the first man to set foot on the moon. He was also an accomplished test pilot and a figure so large in American and world history that you can bet many generations from now people will still be talking about him, as well as …
Read More »How Microwave Oven was invented
Microwave ovens have become an essential part of our homes. Did you ever wonder how this easy and quick way of cooking started? The microwave oven did not come about as a result of someone trying to find a better, faster way to cook. During World War II, Dr. Spencer noticed something very unusual. He was testing a new vacuum …
Read More »Australia – Country as well continent
Australia is the only country in the world which covers a whole continent, every other continent has more than one country. It is the only country that is also a continent, and the only continent that is also a country. It is the sixth largest country in the world with a total area of 7,686,850 sq km (2,967,909 sq. MI), …
Read More »Ferdinand Magellan-the first to sail round the world
Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese explorer who became known for having organised the expedition that resulted in the first circumnavigation of the Earth completed by Juan Sebastian Elcano. Magellan’s expedition of 1519–1522 became the first expedition to sail from the Atlantic Ocean into the Pacific Ocean, and the first to cross the Pacific. His expedition completed the first circumnavigation of …
Read More »The Great Barrier Reef – world’s largest coral reef
The Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest coral reef system composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over 2,600 kilometres (1,600 mi) over an area of approximately 344,400 square kilometres (133,000 sq mi). The reef is located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland, Australia. The Great Barrier Reef is home to thousands of …
Read More »Yuri Gagarin – the first human in space
April 12 was already a huge day in space history twenty years before the launch of the first shuttle mission. On that day in 1961, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space, making a 108-minute orbital flight in his Vostok 1 spacecraft. Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet pilot and …
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