These are some facts about Earth, the planet which we live on! I hope you enjoy reading these.

• Earth was formed approximately 4.6 billion years ago.
• Earth is composed mostly of Iron. 32% of entire earth is Iron!
• Animals use earth’s magnetic field to navigation and other purposes!
• Cows usually rest in north-south position in normal cases but not when they are under a high voltage power line.
• According to Norse mythology Earth is personified as Jord a.k.a. Jorth a.k.a. Jörð who is the mother of THOR.
• Earth has to travel around 150 million kilometres every year through its orbit around sun.
• Earth travels through the orbit with a speed of 107,000 kilometre per hour.
• The distance between Earth and the centre of our Galaxy(Milky Way) is around 28,000 light years.
• Earth’s average temperature is 15 Degree C. Without green house effect it will go to around -18 Degree C.
• The lowest temperature ever recorded on earth is at Russia’s Vostok Station. Temperature was -89.2 Degree C.
• The hottest temperature ever recorded was at El Azizia, Libya and the temperature was 57.8 Degree C.

These are some facts about time, which you may find interesting.

• The time is believed to be started at the moment when Big Bang was happened. It was about 13.75 billion years ago.
• If you turn your watch upside down while you’re in India you get the time in UK.
• China actually is one of those most vast country which stretches over 5 hour zones. But China has only one time zone, ie, Beijing time.
• Because of this one time zone in china, the mid night and noon at the extreme east and west parts of China is uncommonly timed.
• At the extreme western part of China the sun is at its highest point at 15:00, in the extreme eastern part – at 11:00
• It is on the International Meridian Conference of 1884 Greenwich was established as the Prime Meridian and the basis of all the time zones.
• Across the world, there are 39 different time zones.
• In 1931 a weak in Soviet Union was 6 days long. But on 1940 they changed it back to 7 days.
• The shortest unit of time is known as Planck time.

You can read more facts about Watches and Time here: History of Time

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These are some of the coolest yet unknown to many, facts about Africa. I hope you enjoy reading these!

• Africa covers almost 20% of all the land area on earth!
• Africa is considered to be the place where  humans were originated.
• Sahara which is the world’s largest hot desert was once a green fertile valley.
• Sahara is almost the same size as the China or united States.
• Africa is home for abundant natural resources, yet it is the world’s poorest continent.
• According to a survey done by United Nations, the last 25 ranks for the countries based on human development was given for African Countries.
• According to UNESCO over 2000 languages are being spoken in Africa.
• The Great Pyramid of Giza was the tallest structure in the world for over 4000 year. Pyramid of Giza is in Egypt which is an African Country.
• The world’s longest River is Nile and its in Africa.

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Seahorses – One of the weirdest creatures in the water. These are some random facts about them. Read and Enjoy!

• Seahorses are a part of marine fish. This is the name given to 47 species of marine fish.
• Unlike many other fishes, seahorses swim upright.
• Their eyes can move independently.
• Unlike almost all other fishes, the neck seahorses are flexible.
• The record for the title of Slowest Moving fish goes to the dwarf seahorse. The top speed is 150 cms/5 feet per hour.
• Unlike many other animals, in the case of seahorses, it’s the males who are responsible for keeping the eggs laid by females!
• The female seahorses deposits upto 1,500 eggs in the male’s pouch which they are supposed to carry until fully developed tiny seahorses are emerged.
• Seahorses never nurture their young after birth leaving the susceptible to predators.

fully developed tiny seahorses

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Love birds are one of the most lovely pet birds. Here are some of the coolest facts about them.

• Love birds are small parrots and there are 9 types of them.
• Their maximum life expectancy is 15 years.
• Lovebirds grow 13 to 17 cms in length and about 50 grams in weight.
• All species of love birds are native to Africa.
• Love birds are one of the smallest parrots in the world.
• All love birds look almost the same regardless of their age.
• Giving chocolate to your lovebirds can kill them.

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• A spark of static electricity which you often experience while touching some objects on less humid atmosphere, can measure up to three thousand (3,000) volts.
• Electricity always tries to find the easiest path to the ground.
• The first electric battery was developed by Alessandro Volta about 200 years ago. He discovered that when two strips of different metals were put in a sulphuric acid solution and connected with a wire, electricity began to flow.
• The first windmill to produce electricity was in Denmark in 1890.
• Do you know how the light sticks glow without electricity? The light stick has a seal which breaks when you bend the stick or shake it. This broken seal makes  two chemicals in the stick mix. As they mix, energy is released and this energy produces light.
• Lightning is a discharge of electricity in the atmosphere. Lightning bolts can travel at around 210,000 kph (130,000 mph), while reaching nearly 30,000 °C (54,000 °F) in temperature.
• Do you know how ECG (Electrocardiogram) machines work? It measures the electricity going through someone’s heart, when the person is healthy it usually shows a line moving across a screen with regular spikes as the heart beats.
• Nikola Tesla developed the modern alternating current (AC) electrical supply system.

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Some of the coolest facts about one of the weirdest animal from Eastern Australia.

• Platypus is the one and only mammals that lay eggs instead of giving birth to live young.
• Platypus have a very unusual appearance. The unusual appearance of this egg-laying, venomous, duck-billed, beaver-tailed, otter-footed mammal baffled European naturalists when they first encountered it.
• These are one of the very few venomous mammals, their venom can cause severe pain to human beings.
• Platypus’ venom is strong enough to kill a dog.
• The platypus is the animal emblem of the state of New South Wales.
• When naturalists first encountered this animal, they thought that somebody had sewn a duck’s beak onto the body of a beaver-like animal.
• Platypus can locate their prey in part by detecting electric fields generated by muscular contractions. This is known as sense of electroreception.
• They are the only mammals known to have a sense of electroreception.

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Here are some of the coolest facts about one of the coolest cricketers of all time. Read facts about Sachin Tendulkar here.

• The first ever player to be dismissed by a third umpire in an international game is Sachin Tendulkar.
• Sachin Tendulkar has been awarded the honorary rank of Group Captain by the Indian Air Force. He is the first one without an aviation background to get this.
• Sachin Tendulkar had to wait for 79 matches for his first ODI century.
• Sachin Tendulkar is the only one to score a century in his debut matches in the Ranji, Duleep and Irani Trophy.
• Sachin’s record of five test centuries before he turned 20 is a current world record.
• Sachin Tendulkar is the First Man In ODI’S To Score 2000 Boundaries.
• Sachin is the first one to get a double century in ODI Cricket.
• Sachin is the first and only one to score 100th international century in both form of Cricket ODI & Test Cricket(49 ODI & 51 Test cricket centuries).
• Sachin Tendulkar scored his 100th century against Bangladesh. This is the first ODI Century against Bangladesh for Sachin.
• Sachin Tendulkar is the one to hit most number of centuries in Cricket World Cups with six centuries and the first player to score 2000 runs in World Cup cricket.

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Holi is a religious spring festival celebrated by Hindus. Holi is also known as festival of Colours.The most celebrated Holi is in the Braj region, in locations connected to the Lord Krishna: Mathura, Vrindavan, Nandagaon, and Barsana. These places have become tourist destinations during the festive season of Holi.

HISTORY

In Vaishnavism, Hiranyakashipu is the great king of demons, and he had been granted a boon by Brahma, which made it almost impossible for him to be killed. The boon was due to his long penance, after which he had demanded that he not be killed “during day or night; inside the home or outside, not on earth or in the sky; neither by a man nor an animal; neither by astra nor by shastra”. Consequently, he grew arrogant and attacked the Heavens and the Earth. He demanded that people stop worshipping Gods and start praising him. Hiranyakashipu, on the lap, being killed by Narasimha, an incarnation of Vishnu According to this belief, Hiranyakashipu’s own son, Prahlada, was a devotee of Lord Vishnu. In spite of several threats from Hiranyakashipu, Prahlada continued offering prayers to Lord Vishnu. He was poisoned by Hiranyakashipu, but the poison turned to nectar in his mouth. He was ordered to be trampled by elephants yet remained unharmed. He was put in a room with hungry, poisonous snakes and survived. All of Hiranyakashipu’s attempts to kill his son failed. Finally, he ordered young Prahlada to sit on a pyre on the lap of his demoness sister, Holika, who could not die because she also had a boon. And a boon which would prevent fire from burning her. Prahlada readily accepted his father’s orders, and prayed to Vishnu to keep him safe. When the fire started, everyone watched in amazement as Holika burnt to death, while Prahlada survived unharmed, the burning of Holika is celebrated as Holi. Later Lord Vishnu came in the form of a Narasimha (who is half-man and half-lion) and killed Hiranyakashipu at dusk (which was neither day nor night), on the steps of the porch of his house (which was neither inside the house nor outside) by restraining him on his lap (which is neither in the sky nor on the earth) and mauling him with his claws (which are neither astra nor shastra).

Rang Barse in Barsana

Holi today is a festival of riotous color and festivity that is celebrated with much enthusiasm. Holi marks the arrival of spring and the bright colors represent energy, life, and joy. The festival is also associated with the immortal love of Krishna and Radha. In Barsana, the birthplace of Radha and Nandgaon, Krishna’s native village, and Mathura, the Lord’s birthplace, this auspicious day is celebrated with a special puja and an even greater exuberance. Barsana, interestingly, has the custom of Lathmaar Holi where the festivities get unusually boisterous. Legend has it that the men of Nandgaon come to play with Barsana’s gopikas, Krishna’s cowherd girlfriends, and are greeted with the irate women’s sticks instead of colours. Though the courting men wear protective padding to soften the blows, some unlucky ones often get the wrong end of the stick.

We Wish you a very happy holi!

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Here are the smallest animals in the planet Earth. Hope you enjoy this list

Dwarf Monkey

The pygmy marmoset or dwarf monkey is a New World monkey native to the rainforest canopies of western Brazil, southeastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, and northern Bolivia. This is the smallest true monkey and is only 15cm in length excluding the tail.

The Smallest Mammal - Hog-nosed Bat

The bumblebee bat a.k.a. hog nosed bat is the smallest mammal on earth.This bat is from Thailand and often with length of 33-40 mm weighing less than a penny.

The smallest Dog Breed - Chihuahua

Chihuahua is the smallest breed of dog. They got their name from state of Chihuahua in Mexico since that is where the first Chihuahua dog was found.

Gardiner’s frog – One of the smallest frogs

This frog is only about the size of a dime and 11mm in length.

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