What are some wonderful facts?

 

• All the electric appliances (fans, lights) in rail coaches function at 110 volts instead of the Indian standard 220 volts. It is a very effective counter-measure against thieves!

• Despite it being .01 times the size of Russia more people live in Bangladesh than Russia.

• Ever wondered how can you fall asleep so easily while travelling by train?
• Because, the coaches are designed with a resonance frequency of suspension of 1.2 Hz, this is the same frequency that the human body is most comfortable with.

• Louis XIX was the king of France for just 20 minutes, the shortest ever reign

• Due to a printing error, there was a word in the English dictionary from 1932 to 1940 which didn’t have a meaning. The word was ‘Dord’ and it became known as ‘ghost word’.

• English is the official language of the sky! It doesn’t matter which country they are from, all pilots speak in English on international flights.