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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE FACTSGeneral Knowledge Factshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07895991255383537115noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450534749161258201.post-33815820892058205312020-07-26T09:58:00.009-07:002022-12-04T10:54:41.172-08:0010 Interesting facts you never knew about the White House <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><font size="3">Undoubtedly the most famous house in the world , White house is the residence and the workplace of the U.S president .It has been the home of every US president since 1800. with John Adams being its first occupant and its present occupant being president Joe Biden. </font></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><font size="3"><br /></font></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><font size="3">Here are 10 amazing and lesser known facts about the building found at 1600 ,Pennsylvania avenue NW.</font></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;" trbidi="on"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQv3hN2N9JFJfxWlk1LapNlyf2jsoUrImlOVhRbfp7BwC9fqrzdXMcXz43783BYTJB2fjtudPQdD9fsTnBkjjdbE9p2bTiHMtc26mP3uTuHyiiDcAJ3PrwfXn2YPuIeEzndrYkORId0NBY-WsiQ1PJdahmqacbUuQNf6dzCTjRWakRmSdy8rlp6Yju"><img alt="" data-original-height="2440" data-original-width="4163" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQv3hN2N9JFJfxWlk1LapNlyf2jsoUrImlOVhRbfp7BwC9fqrzdXMcXz43783BYTJB2fjtudPQdD9fsTnBkjjdbE9p2bTiHMtc26mP3uTuHyiiDcAJ3PrwfXn2YPuIeEzndrYkORId0NBY-WsiQ1PJdahmqacbUuQNf6dzCTjRWakRmSdy8rlp6Yju=w640-h376" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;" trbidi="on"><h4><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><font size="3">
</font></span></h4><h4><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><font size="3">10.The Architect of the White House wasn't American.</font></span></h4><div><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><font size="3">The white house was designed by James Hoben who was an Irish architect.In 1792 a contest for an architect for the then proposed precedential palace was held and Hoben won.The cornerstone of the president's house was laid in October 1792 and it took 8 years to finish.</font></span></div><div><br /><span style="font-family: "georgia";"></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><font size="3"><br /></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><font size="3"><img alt="The House That Hoban Built | Irish America" class="n3VNCb" data-noaft="1" height="496" src="https://irishamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/JamesHoban-Architect-of-the-White-House.jpg" style="margin: 0px;" width="661" /></font></span></div><div><h4><font size="2"><i> James Hoben</i></font><br /><span style="font-family: "georgia";"></span></h4><h4><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><font size="3">9.The White house was set on fire by British Forces.</font></span></h4><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXHYdvoSX3lZZzO3un96CZ5dItj9KR_eYetQadINbM7ZzCNvPbCAbPHBWqvLcttg7gYi5aUt17YtAwaTW-mFJzhinsCEC6wgs1yO-tP8SM1VhpEl0WFNuEstlQqPcwr0bfzHTtJknrouGSY2QEDQmQf3AaUeCarSoO5VJoMcCJYPfwM7yGq313ugFb" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="507" data-original-width="733" height="443" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXHYdvoSX3lZZzO3un96CZ5dItj9KR_eYetQadINbM7ZzCNvPbCAbPHBWqvLcttg7gYi5aUt17YtAwaTW-mFJzhinsCEC6wgs1yO-tP8SM1VhpEl0WFNuEstlQqPcwr0bfzHTtJknrouGSY2QEDQmQf3AaUeCarSoO5VJoMcCJYPfwM7yGq313ugFb=w640-h443" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><font size="3">This happened in August 1814 and this act was in retaliation of the destruction of York,Canada by US forces in June 1813.After the fire James Hoben ,the original architect of White House lead the rebuilding.In 1817 the process was completed and the then president James Munroe moved into the building.</font></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><font size="3"><br /></font></span></div></div><div><h4><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><font size="3">8.White house got its current name in 1901.</font></span></h4><div><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><font size="3">Have you ever wondered why white house got its name.White house was painted white after the fire set by the British in 1814.</font></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><font size="3"><br /></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><font size="3">Prior to 1901 it was known as the ''President's palace'' ,''President's House'' and the ''Executive Mansion''. President Theodore Roosevelt gave White House its current name in 1901.He wanted to make sure that the President's residence has a more distinguished name.</font></span></div><div><br /><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><font size="3"> <img alt="Teddy Roosevelt, presidential movie star, May 12, 1903 - POLITICO" class="n3VNCb" data-noaft="1" height="378" src="https://static.politico.com/dims4/default/6afbbdf/2147483647/resize/1160x%3E/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2F7a%2F67%2F6eb4c79c4227865ad3fffc4db5d7%2Fteddy-roosevelt-ap.jpg" style="margin: 0px;" width="664" /></font></span></div><div><h4> <font size="2"> <i>Theodore Roosevelt</i></font><br /><span style="font-family: "georgia";"></span></h4><h4><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><font size="3">7.Move in and move out takes place in 5 hours.</font></span></h4><div><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><font size="3">As soon as the sitting president leaves for the President-elect's swearing in ceremony White House staff have 5 hours to move out the sitting president's belongings and move in the president elects belonging.<br /></font></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><font size="3"> </font></span></div><div><br /><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><font size="3"><img alt="Trump Spending $1.75 Million on Presidential Furniture, Redecorations" class="n3VNCb" data-noaft="1" height="431" src="https://media1.s-nbcnews.com/j/newscms/2017_43/2202676/171025-white-house-renovation-oval-office-ew-517p_c100b9227e4a833406cf3d67e8febfeb.fit-760w.jpg" style="margin: 0px;" width="669" /></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><font size="3"><br /></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><font size="3">In five hours the entire furniture and artworks are swapped.Even the walls are repainted to suit the interest of the incoming family !! It can be undoubtedly said that moving day is a tough day for white house staffers. <br /></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><font size="3"><br /></font></span></div></div><div><h4><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><font size="3">6.There are 132 rooms in the White House.It requires 570 gallons of paint to cover its outer surface. <br /></font></span></h4><div><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><font size="3"><span class="st">White house is a really big!! .There are 132 <i>rooms</i>, 35 bathrooms, and 6
levels in the Residence. There are also 412 doors, 147 windows, 28
fireplaces, 8 staircases, and 3 elevators.</span></font></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><font size="3">A recent appraisal valued the White house at $ 400 million .</font></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "georgia";"></span><br /><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><font size="3"><img alt="File:F-35 aircraft over the White House in June 2019.jpg ..." class="n3VNCb" data-noaft="1" height="530" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/F-35_aircraft_over_the_White_House_in_June_2019.jpg" style="margin: 0px;" width="664" /></font></span></div><div><h4><br /><span style="font-family: "georgia";"></span></h4><h4><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><font size="3">5.White house receives around 6000 visitors per day.</font></span></h4><div><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><font size="3">The white house visitors office is responsible for public tours of the White House.Anyone visiting Washington D.C can experience the history and art of the white house after submitting a request through their member of Congress. The house and grounds, collectively
known as President's Park, is designated as one of 59 United States National
Parks. President's Park, which spans around 18 acres is maintained
by 13 staff members, which includes 8 gardeners and a chief horticulturist.It's the only private head of state residence that is open to the public for free.</font></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "georgia";"></span><br /><div><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><font size="3"><img alt="Things You Should Consider Before Touring Trump's White House" class="n3VNCb" data-noaft="1" height="445" src="https://cdn.theculturetrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/white-house-visitors-wait-in-line-for-a-public-tour-david-holt-flickr.jpg" style="margin: 0px;" width="666" /></font></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><font size="3"><br /></font></span></div><div><h4><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><font size="3">4.President is responsible for all personal expenses. <br /></font></span></h4><div><img alt="Trump orders '300 burgers' to White House amid shutdown" class="n3VNCb" data-noaft="1" height="370" src="https://azvision.az/photos/2019/01/1547529019.jpg" style="margin: 0px;" width="659" /></div></div></div><div><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><font size="3"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><font size="3"><span style="font-weight: normal;">At the end of each month, the president receives a bill for his and
his family’s personal food and expenses which includes dry cleaning,
toothpaste, and toiletries. The amount is then deducted from his salary.</span><span class="q-box qu-userSelect--text" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr;"><span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">There have been several stories of presidents and first ladies shocked at the amount when they receive their first monthly bill.</span></span></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><font size="3"><span class="q-box qu-userSelect--text" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr;"><span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></font></span></div><div><h4><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><font size="3">3.The first president to use telephone in white house was Rutherford B Hayes and his phone number was simply '' 1 '' .</font></span></h4><div><img alt="History: Bottom Lines: First telephone in White House" class="n3VNCb" data-noaft="1" height="341" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmcbJTpoIAIQCzNWtCpOtBePddNvwPZxGlQ06apJVB-a00NOpL8wqL_YpFXVW7miQMQevG_up4AcrHZQ4UEDx2YqbpZSezwBBPxfkBNCY-qIbjhqpc_06vLJcX2VO0YV94stv56ep1vT-s/w1200-h630-p-k-no-nu/Hayes+with+telephone.jpg" style="margin: 0px;" width="650" /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><font size="3">He had the first telephone installed in the telegraph room of the White House on the 10th of May 1877.It was just 14 months after Alexander Graham Bell's invention.Intially his number could only be reached from the treasury department.</font></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><font size="3"><br /></font></span></div></div><div><h4><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><font size="3">2.White House has a dental clinic ,flower shop ,carpenter's shop,movie theater and a situation room along with other facilities.</font></span></h4><div><img alt="Family Theater" class="lazy observing lazyloaded" data-original="https://www.businessinsider.in/thumb/msid-63061347,width-640,resizemode-4,imgsize-1122127/Family-Theater.jpg" data-slide="image" id="image-slide5" src="https://www.businessinsider.in/thumb/msid-63061347,width-640,resizemode-4,imgsize-1122127/Family-Theater.jpg" title="Family Theater" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div><div><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><font size="3">The <span class="st"><i>Situation Room</i> is where the President meets his advisors during a crisis.</span>There is also a bowling alley installed by President Nixon in 1969.</font></span></div><div><br /></div><div><h3><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><font size="3"><span class="st">1.</span><span class="st"> George Washington never set foot in the President's Palace. <br /></span></font></span></h3><div><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><font size="3"><span class="st"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKNMK2KkHlrnK4H4nhcrv4O-DiBEOCTmLeX35QPe6o4oAOyBn3p-Nf60E_Tt5El_QTvGQgVsS4HEujX0jrD63e0SEn96HnreFYWcPULgqGf8f6TWpuO-aHeBFLO7cM2F25fHtZ-zv-2F0/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="557" data-original-width="931" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKNMK2KkHlrnK4H4nhcrv4O-DiBEOCTmLeX35QPe6o4oAOyBn3p-Nf60E_Tt5El_QTvGQgVsS4HEujX0jrD63e0SEn96HnreFYWcPULgqGf8f6TWpuO-aHeBFLO7cM2F25fHtZ-zv-2F0/w400-h239/image.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /> George Washington's farewell address (Source :Wikipiedia)</i></span></font></span></div><div><br /><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><font size="3"><span class="st"></span></font></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><font size="3"><span class="st">The White House was
under construction during his two terms in office, and at the end of his
presidency, he returned to Mount Vernon, his farm in
Virginia. In fact, the White House was not completed until 1800, the
year after Washington's death. The second president of the United States , John Adams, who was
elected in 1796, became the first occupant of the official presidential
quarters.</span></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><font size="3"><span class="st"><br /></span></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><font size="3"><span class="st">We hope you liked these interesting facts about the White House.Also ,please<a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcdpYwS1FeHjWX5_GdXHWgQ" id="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcdpYwS1FeHjWX5_GdXHWgQ" name="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcdpYwS1FeHjWX5_GdXHWgQ" target="_blank"> subscribe our channel </a></span>on youtube for some cool fact videos.<br /></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><font size="3"><br /></font></span></div></div><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><font size="3">
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Andorra is a small landlocked country located in Europe.Some of you reading this post might be confused if its a real country or not. Yes it is a real country.Andorra is a member of United Nations since 1993.Here are 8 facts about Andorra .<br />
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Andorra is the sixth largest country in Europe with an area of 468 sq km .It is the 16th smallest country in the world by size and 11th smallest by population.<br />
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A principality is a country ruled by a prince.Examples are Monaco and Liechtenstein .Andorra is ruled by two princes one being the President of France and the other being the Bishop of Urgell .<br />
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Costa Rica is a central american country having a population of around 4.5 million .Here are 10 facts about Costa Rica .<br />
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General Knowledge Factshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07895991255383537115noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450534749161258201.post-86444936077565061112015-09-01T06:13:00.000-07:002015-09-01T06:13:53.192-07:00The fastest bird in the world is Peregrine falcon <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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General Knowledge Factshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07895991255383537115noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450534749161258201.post-68965341220968963522015-06-24T04:45:00.001-07:002020-01-20T11:17:50.109-08:00The tallest waterfall in the world is Angel Falls,Venezuela <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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General Knowledge Factshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07895991255383537115noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450534749161258201.post-51603986598761709732015-06-20T20:41:00.002-07:002015-06-21T03:20:50.618-07:00 Papua New Guinea has over 850 languages spoken, which is 13% of world's total languages .<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Papua New Guinea is an Oceanian country having an area of about 462,842 sq km and a population of over 7 million.<br />
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General Knowledge Factshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07895991255383537115noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450534749161258201.post-6179026635734469252015-05-27T04:30:00.000-07:002020-02-08T22:38:52.342-08:0010 Facts about Luxembourg <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Luxembourg , a country in Europe is one of the smallest countries in the world Here are some interesting Luxembourg facts .<br />
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General Knowledge Factshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07895991255383537115noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450534749161258201.post-56988137311326911112015-05-13T05:43:00.000-07:002015-05-13T05:43:37.204-07:0010 interesting facts about Carrots <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Lets go through some interesting facts about the common root vegetable Carrot.<br />
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<li>The word carrot originated from the <b>french word</b> carotte which itself was derived form the <b>Indian </b>word <b>ker</b> which means horn.</li>
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<li>The original ancestor species of carrot were from <b>Persia</b> .Wild carrots were selectively bred over the centuries to form the carrot species that is being commonly cultivated today. </li>
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<li>Holtville a city in California calls itself the <b> "carrot capital of world"</b>.It holds an annual festival which is devoted entirely to carrot.</li>
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General Knowledge Factshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07895991255383537115noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450534749161258201.post-3996520979402845032015-05-02T05:45:00.003-07:002015-05-02T06:11:34.821-07:00 Disappearance of Frederick Valentich : Unsolved Mysteries of the World (Facts)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Mysteries are part of this world even before the origin of life.Solutions to these mysteries may be based on scientific or logical theories.Here is a mystery that remain unsolved..<br />
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<li>Frderick Valentich was a 20 year old Australian pilot who disappeared while he was on a 20 mile flight over Bass Straight , a water stretch that separate the Australian Mainland from Tasmania on 21 October 1978.</li>
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<li>He was in a Cessna 182L light aircraft.He radioed that he has been accompanied by a aircraft 1000ft above him .He reported that it was orbiting above him and it had a shiny metal surface and a green light .His final report was <b>"It is not an aircraft...." </b>, and after that his contact was lost.</li>
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<li>There were many proposed explanations for his disappearance , one was that he staged his own disappearance and other was that he became <b>disoriented</b> while flying upside down and saw his own reflection and then <b>crashed into the water</b>.</li>
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<li>UFOlogists speculate that this plane was destroyed by<b> extraterrestrials </b>and Valentich was abducted by them but this remains a speculation and there is no form of proof for this.They believe this to be true because of the <b>"green light"</b> he mentioned in his radio transmissions.</li>
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General Knowledge Factshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07895991255383537115noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450534749161258201.post-37718637238035340852015-04-23T05:59:00.000-07:002020-02-08T22:38:52.293-08:00Facts about the Mystery of the Yeti,''The Mountain man'' : Unsolved mysteries of the World <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Yeti which means mountain man in Nepali is an ape like creature taller than average human believed to be in the Himalayan mountains.The question of whether "Yeti "really exist still remains a mystery.<br />
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<li>Stories of Yeti first emerged in the 19th century . Records about Yeti appeared in the accounts of B H Hodgson and Laurence Wadell.</li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Illustration of Yeti by Philippe Semeria (Wikipiedia)</td></tr>
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<li>In the 20th century frequency of reports increased, the most prominent of that being of N A Tombazi (photographer) .According to him he saw a human like creature for a minute at about 15000 ft near the Zemu glacier.</li>
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<li>Researchers have analysed hair samples which were obtained and have reached many conclusions, the prominent one being that Yeti is actually the endangered Himalayan Brown Bear or that of Asiatic Black river</li>
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General Knowledge Factshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07895991255383537115noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450534749161258201.post-17632829243328085042015-04-19T10:01:00.000-07:002020-02-08T22:38:52.231-08:00Interesting facts about The Bahamas<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The Bahamas, officially called <b>The Commonwealth of Bahamas</b> is an island country located in the Atlantic ocean .Lets read about some interesting facts about the nation.<br />
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<li><b>Lucayan people</b> were the original inhabitants of Bahamas,they were shipped by Spanish to Hispaniola .The island remained deserted till British colonists from Bermuda settled on the island in the mid 17th century.</li>
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General Knowledge Factshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07895991255383537115noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450534749161258201.post-57828285561820766102015-01-11T03:15:00.000-08:002015-01-11T03:15:00.005-08:00Lesser known facts about Antarctica <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Antarctica is the southernmost continent of earth.Here are some lesser known facts about he coldest windiest and the driest continent which contains the geographical south pole of our planet.<br />
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General Knowledge Factshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07895991255383537115noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450534749161258201.post-2117338868678461662014-11-20T09:53:00.000-08:002020-02-08T22:38:52.255-08:00Interesting facts about Japan<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Japan is a Asian country located in the eastern part of the continent.Here are some interesting facts about Japan.<br />
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<li>Japan is world's <b>largest importer</b> as well as world's<b> largest exporter.</b></li>
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General Knowledge Factshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07895991255383537115noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450534749161258201.post-63684009976811696062014-09-07T07:19:00.000-07:002014-09-07T07:19:47.162-07:00Siam is the former name of Thailand<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Thailand is a country located in south east Asia. The former name of Thailand is Siam.<br />
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<li>On 23rd June 1936 the name was changed to Thailand.(The word Thailand means Land of freedom)</li>
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<li>Thailand was named Siam again from 1945 to May 1949</li>
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<li>After that it was again reverted to Thailand.</li>
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General Knowledge Factshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07895991255383537115noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450534749161258201.post-14344153547431695072014-08-26T05:04:00.000-07:002020-02-08T22:38:52.218-08:00Lesser known Facts about Angola : Facts about countries<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Angola is a country located in Africa. Here are some lesser known facts about the country.<br />
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<li>The northern province of Angola ,Cabinda is geographically separated from the country by a strip (60 km wide) </li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Map showing Cabinda separation(Wikipedia)</td></tr>
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<li>After its <b>independence in 1975</b> Angola faced a civil war that lasted many decades and claimed millions of life.</li>
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<li>Angola is one of the fastest growing economy in the world with average GDP growth 20% (2005-2007)</li>
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<li>The infant mortality rate and life expectancy in Angola is one of the worst in the World</li>
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<li>There are up to 1000 mostly Christian religious groups in Angola</li>
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<li>Angola's motto means<b> ''virtue is stronger than the united''. </b></li>
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General Knowledge Factshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07895991255383537115noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450534749161258201.post-91129848876480660672014-08-09T06:28:00.000-07:002015-04-24T20:57:38.949-07:00The Mystery of Phaistos Disk : Unsolved mysteries of the world<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Phaistos disk is one of the unsolved mysteries of the world.<br />
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<li>It is a disk of clay that was discovered in 1908 by the Italian Archaeologist Luigi Pernier in the Minion palace site of Phaistos in the Greek island of Crete.</li>
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<li>The disc was found in the main cell of an underground temple .</li>
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<li>It is dated to be from 2nd millennium BC.</li>
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<li>The disc which is of 15 Cm diameter contains various symbols and inscriptions on both side.</li>
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<li>The inscriptions are written in a code that is still undecipherable.</li>
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<li>Many attempts were made to decipher the code , but were unsuccessful.</li>
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<li>It has 241 tokens and 45 unique signs. </li>
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<li>The disk is accepted as authentic by archaeologists , but few have raised the possibility that it is a hoax created in 1908.</li>
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<li>Archaeologists trying to decipher it have proposed that it may be a geometric theorem , a board game,adventure story ,etc</li>
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<li>Archaeological enthusiasts still believe that the mystery can be solved but scholars point out that a conclusion is not possible unless more examples of the signs turns up somewhere.</li>
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<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phaistos_Disc" target="_blank">SOURCE</a></li>
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General Knowledge Factshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07895991255383537115noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450534749161258201.post-55957757935228804532014-08-05T08:08:00.000-07:002014-09-14T12:08:28.910-07:00Lesser Known Facts About The Internet<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 17.600000381469727px;">All reading this now use the Internet.Lets have a look at some lesser known facts about internet.</span><br />
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">The first message ever relayed on the internet was<b style="box-sizing: border-box;">"LOG".</b></li>
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They had intended to type LOGIN , but after three letters the server crashed and only <b style="box-sizing: border-box;">LOG</b> was transmitted.</div>
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It was at the MIT in 1960.</div>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">The first website</b> was <a href="http://info.cern.ch/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out; box-sizing: border-box; color: #999999; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out;" target="_blank">http://info.cern.ch/ </a> , it went online on August 6 1991.</li>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Over 75% of the total email messages are spam.Over 247 billion email messages are sent daily.</li>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">The internet contains 5 Billion terabytes of data that could fit into 200 million Blu Ray discs.</li>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">The NEXT computer which was used by Tim Berners Lee (founder of WWW) became<b style="box-sizing: border-box;"> the first web server.</b></li>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">The first Internet search engine</b> was Archie created in 1990.</li>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">An average webpage visit less than a minute.</li>
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General Knowledge Factshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07895991255383537115noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450534749161258201.post-62846711294837493892014-08-04T06:03:00.001-07:002020-02-08T22:38:52.366-08:00New Zealand : Interesting Facts <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
New Zealand is an island country located in the Pacific ocean.Here are some interesting facts about new Zealand.<br />
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<li>The name <b>New Zealand</b> was given by Thomas Cook from its earlier name <b> Nova Zeelandia</b> which was given to it by dutch cartographers after the dutch province of<b> Zeeland.</b></li>
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<li>It is one of the <b>last major landmasses </b>which was settled by humans.</li>
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<li>The economy of New Zealand is dominated by its exports of wool.</li>
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<li>The capital city of New Zealand is Wellington while its most populous city is Auckland.</li>
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<li>New Zealand is a country having constitutional monarchy with parliamentary democracy.</li>
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General Knowledge Factshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07895991255383537115noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450534749161258201.post-91241429176007607332014-03-15T10:52:00.002-07:002020-01-20T11:38:54.422-08:00Little known Facebook facts<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Here are some some facts that you might not have known about the popular social networking site Facebook.<br />
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1.Facebook is blue because Mark Zuckerburg is colorblind</h2>
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Mark Zuckerburg is <b>red and green colorblind</b>, so when he founded Facebook he choose blue because it was the only best color he could see.This fact was revealed by Zuckerburg himself in a television interview.<br />
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Facebook overtook Myspace in April 2008 to become the most popular social networking site in the world.From 2005 till 2008 <b>Myspace</b> was the most popular social networking site in the world ,<br />
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The image of a man that was seen in the Facebook homepage till <b>2007</b> covered by a fog binary digits was actually Al Pachino .The Facebook cover featuring him was designed by <b>Andrew McCollum</b> a classmate of Mark Zuckerburg.</div>
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General Knowledge Factshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07895991255383537115noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450534749161258201.post-26268978670368033682014-02-25T11:34:00.000-08:002020-01-20T11:38:54.280-08:00Little known facts about Harry Potter<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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General Knowledge Factshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07895991255383537115noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450534749161258201.post-72101270346558468222014-02-01T01:07:00.002-08:002020-01-20T11:38:54.375-08:00Facts about the Bermuda Triangle<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<li>Many theories have been put forward to explain the mystery relating to Bermuda Triangle which include both natural as well as supernatural. Natural explanations include compass variations , violent weather,human error,presence of large fields of Methane Hydrates etc. whereas the supernatural explanations are those like the lost continent of Atlantis(<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantis" target="_blank">more</a>),presence of UFOs ,etc.</li>
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General Knowledge Factshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07895991255383537115noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450534749161258201.post-75299625270748194092014-01-16T06:03:00.002-08:002020-02-08T22:38:52.429-08:00Sealand claims to be the smallest country in the world.Interesting facts about Sealand.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Sealand is called by many as the smallest country in the world. Sealand or "The Principality of Sealand" is a micro nation .Actually an unrecognized micro nation .Sealand is located in British WW 2 radar platform which is located in the North Sea..Since 1967 the platform is occupied by Bates family , who claims that it is an independent sovereign state.Roy Bates established Sealand as a nation in 1975 he wrote a constitution and established other national symbols.Though it has been dubbed as the "worlds smallest nation".Its current population is four.<br />
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Sealand is located in the international waters.Sealand has only 550 square meters of area.Sealand went through a civil war in 1978 when Alexander Achenbatch tried to take over Sealand.The official website of the government of Sealand is <a href="http://www.sealandgov.org/">http://www.sealandgov.org</a>.<br />
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General Knowledge Factshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07895991255383537115noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450534749161258201.post-11613942374030339802014-01-12T06:03:00.002-08:002020-02-08T22:38:52.194-08:00Facts about Malta<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<li> Malta is a popular tourist destination having many recreational areas and historical monuments including Megalithic temples.</li>
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<li>Malta is one of the most densely populated countries having a population of 452,515 having a population of 1562 per square kilometers.</li>
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General Knowledge Factshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07895991255383537115noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450534749161258201.post-4413553891494805542014-01-08T06:18:00.000-08:002014-01-08T06:18:28.392-08:00Interesting facts about Horses <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Here are some interesting random General Knowledge facts about Horses .<br />
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<li><b>Horses are able to sleep standing up and lying down: </b>They are able to enter light sleep and doze while they are standing.They have adapted to this condition as lying down makes its vulnerable to predators.</li>
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<li><b>The total number of horses in the world are about 75 million.: </b>More than 300 herds of horses are there in the world today.</li>
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<li>Horses communicate in many ways which include vocalizations like nickering ,mutual grooming and body language. It uses its body parts like tail for communication.</li>
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<li>Domestic horses have a lifespan of 25 years.Some horses live beyond 30 years.</li>
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<li>Horses reach full adult development at five.</li>
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<li>A male horse is called stallion,female horse is called mare , a young male horse is called colt and young female horse is called filly.Small horses are called pony.</li>
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<li>Horse gallop at an average speed of 40 to 48 kilometers per hour.</li>
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<li>Horses sleep two to three hours a day.</li>
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