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Some Prominent Martyrs of India

Tatia Tope He was the here of the Revolt of 1857, he was among the first to raise his voice for the freedom of his country. The British rulers feared this courageous and mighty general. When he was deceived by his friend, he faced his death like a hero. Rani Laxmi Bai She symbolizes the bravery of Indian women and …

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CV Raman – the great Indian physicist

CV Raman

Sir CV Raman, (7 November 1888 – 21 November 1970) was an Indian physicist. He was the recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1930 for the discovery that when light traverses a transparent material, some of the light that is deflected changes in wavelength. This phenomenon is now called Raman scattering and is the result of the Raman …

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Clive Christian No.1 – Most expensive perfume

Clive Christian No. 1

Clive Christian No. 1 – Imperial Majesty was the most expensive perfume in the world as of 2006, costing $2,150 an ounce. Perfume bottle is made from crystal. Clive Christian No. 1 is an English fragrance that was introduced in 2001 by designer Clive Christian, it is part of his definitive collection and marketed by parent company Crown Perfumery established …

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Elaina Smith – Britain’s youngest 7 years old agony aunt

Elaina Smith

Elaina Smith has a straight-talking schoolgirl and a wise head on her seven year old shoulders – which is why she is Britain’s youngest agony aunt. Her local radio station gave her the job after she rang and offered advice to a woman caller who had been dumped. Elainas tip go bowling with pals and drink a mug of milk …

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Willie Mosconi – Professional Billiards at age 6

Willie Mosconi

William Joseph Mosconi (June 27, 1913 – September 17, 1993), generally known as Willie Mosconi, was an American professional pool (pocket billiards) player from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Willie’s father Joseph Mosconi owned a pool hall that the family lived above. Joseph Mosconi was strongly opposed to Willie playing pocket billiards, preferring he become a Vaudeville performer. He tried to keep his …

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Fabiano Caruana – youngest grandmaster of US

Fabiano Caruana

Fabiano Caruana (born 30 July 1992) is an American-born Italian chess youngest grandmaster, former chess prodigy and the No. 2 ranked player in the world. On 15 July 2007 Caruana became a grandmaster (GM) at the age of 14 years, 11 months, 20 days. The youngest grandmaster in the history of both Italy and the United States (later his record …

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Michael Kearney – holder of several Guinness world records

michael kearney

Michael Kearney became known as the worlds youngest college graduate at the age of 10. In 2008, Kearney earned $1,000,000 on the television game show Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Michael Kevin Kearney (born January 18, 1984, in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA) is a former child prodigy known for setting several world records and teaching college at the age of …

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Saul Kripke – most important philosophers of past 200 years

Saul Aaron Kripke

Saul Aaron Kripke (born November 13, 1940) in New York is an American philosopher and logician and grew up in Omaha in 1940. Saul Kripke – Interesting Life Facts Invited to apply for a teaching post at Harvard while still in high school. He is a professor emeritus at Princeton and teaches as a Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the …

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Galeries Lafayette’s upside down Christmas tree

upside down Christmas tree

For the first time in the world, Galeries Lafayette, located on Boulevard Haussmann, Paris is breaking new ground with its upside down Christmas tree! Upside down Christmas tree : Under the famous one-hundred year old Dome on Boulevard Haussmann, the tree will take root in the architectural arteries of the opulent Art Nouveau dome, all the better to dazzle 150,000 daily …

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Christmas in Russia celebrated according to the Julian calendar

Christmas in Russia

Christmas in Russia Celebrated according to the Julian calendar, the Russian Orthodox Christmas falls on 7 January and is a huge celebration for Orthodox Christians across Russia. Events begin on the eve of the holiday with a special televised speech by the president. Many attend Christmas religious services which are held in churches throughout Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. The …

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