What are some interesting facts which are not commonly known?

 

The Silfra fissure is a lake located within the heart of Thingvellir National Park in Iceland that was formed in 1789.

It is the only place in the world where you can swim or snorkel between two continents.

In some cases the space is so narrow, you can touch North America and Europe at once.

The water is super clean because the river feeding this lake was overrun by a volcanic eruption thousands of years back. The pumice from the eruption blocks the river and as such cleans the water that runs through the lake.

The North American and Eurasian tectonic plates are said to be moving apart at the rate of 2 centimetres per year.

And, it can also take 100 years for the water in this lake to travel 50km.

It is, indeed, a geological wonder.

Footnote: Swim between two tectonic plates

What are some interesting & amazing facts that most people don't know?

 

• World’s largest family, ZIONA CHANA ‘s Family with 38 wives and 89 children,lives in Mizoram.

• The Bacteria that we having in our mouth 3 times greater than the world’s population .

• We can make curd with the milk of all milk giving animals/mammals ,but we cannot make curd with the milk of Camel

• In Australia,Kangaroos are double in number compared to their human population, Australian population =24.6 million and Kangaroos count =49 million

• Octopus having 3 hearts,9 brains and blue blood

• Facebook founder MARK ZUKERBERG has disease Color blindness with this he cannot see colors Red and green.

• The longest place name in US .

• Scotland writer Dr.Allan francis wrote a book Everything men know about women consists of 100 blank pages.

• TITANIC was filmed in a pool and the water was Warm

• Made in china stickers are actually made in South korea.

• During Roman times, salt was worth it’s weight in gold and soldiers were sometimes paid in salt, hence the word ‘SALARY’.

• The first gay couple in recorded history lived in Ancient Egypt in the year 2400 B.C.

What are some interesting facts?

 1.Charles darwin was the first to put wheels on an office chair, creating the modern office chair.

2.The world's first weather map,published in The Times on 1st April 1875,gave the weather for the previous day.

3. Google headquarters is called “The Googleplex”,which comes from the word “googolplex”, a googol is 1 followed by one hundred 0s,but a googolplex is 10 to the power of googol.

4. Four is the only number that has the same amount of letters as it's actual value

5. The word “white” comes from the Indo-European root “kweit” meaning “to shine”

6. Lighter was invented before a match.

7.'Midomi.com' is the website that let's you search songs just by Humming the tune.

8. The 2011 earthquake near Japan increased the earth's rotation speed.

9. Mahatma Gandhi was nominated for the Nobel Peace prize five times.

10. Coca-Cola kills insects.

11. Everyone has a unique tongue print,just like fingerprints.

12. Usain Bolt is technically the slowest runner on the track throughout first 50m.

13. Your eyeballs stay the same size from birth to death.

What are some interesting facts about trains?

 This is Mauritanian iron ore train.

• It is one of the world's longest and heaviest.
• It spans up to 3 km.
• It travels 704 km.
• It has 200-300 carriages.
• Each carriage has weighing up to 84 tons.

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What are some lesser known but interesting facts about cricket in India?

 1. Kapil Dev’s 175* was the first century by an Indian in ODIs.

We all know Kapil Dev’s exploits when he came in to bat at 17/5 and scored 175 not out in the 1983 World Cup against Zimbabwe. But did you also know that this century was the first by an Indian in ODIs?

2. Kapil Dev be the fittest of them all.
Kapil Dev did not miss a single match during his career of 16 years because of an injury. He was also never run out during the 184 innings. He is only closely rivaled by South African AB De Villiers who has not missed a match during his career of close to 10 years. Fittest people of their era!

3. Hashim Amla doesn’t endorse liquor.
Hashim Amla being the devout Muslim that he is, does not endorse the national team’s sponsor Castle Lager which is a beer brand. For this reason, he does not get match fees except for award money, like Man of the Match or Series. Respect to the man!

ST ASTONISHING ONE IS...........

4. Debashish Mohanty and the case of the ’99 World Cup logo.
Remember the Odiya bowler who opened the bowling for India alongside Javagal Srinath and Venkatesh Prasad at the ’99 World Cup in England? Did you know that the logo of that World Cup was based on the action of this little-known bowler? A promising career cut short by injuries and lack of opportunities.

What is the most interesting coincidence ever in cricket?

 “Nothing is impossible in cricket” someone had said right, just like these coincidences

1.sachin greatest kock

We all know Tendulkar’s top three highest ODI scores are 175,186* and 200 against Australia, New Zealand and South Africa respectively (these are Sachin 3 top scores) but we might not be aware of the fact that there’s one common factor in all three matches.

An Indian Umpire Shavir Tarapore was umpiring in all three matches. Now that’s some luck to witness all three brilliant knocks.

2.identical figure for siblings

In the 1978 First class season, former England cricketer David Steele scored 1182 runs in 31 completed innings and finished with an average 38.12. His younger brother John also scored exactly 1182 runs in 31 completed innings, to finish at an average of 38.12.

3.indian scoring double century and winning by same margin.

Rohit Sharma score 209 against Australia, India won by 153 runs.

Sehwag score 219 against westindies, India won by 153 runs.

Sachin score 200 runs against South Africa, India won by 153 runs

4.Unique ODI series between Zimbabwe and Afghani

In the first ODI between these two teams, Afghanistan scored 333, bowled Zimbabwe out for 179 and won the match by 154 runs. In the second ODI, Zimbabwe scored 333 runs, bowled Afghanistan out for 179 to win the match by 154 runs. The tables turned completely!

5.sachin in equal to Allister cook and Micheal clark

6. series of number 1

On November 11, 2011, South Africa needed 111 runs to win over Australia when the local time was 11:11. The scoreboard thus read: 11:11 11/11/11

Really cricket is a game of uncertinity😜

What are some interesting random facts?

• When you hug someone longer than 20 seconds, oxytocin-the love hormone - gets released into your body that makes you trust the person you’re hugging [1].
• Psychologists at Princeton University discovered that students remembered reading material better when it was printed or written in an ugly, and difficult to read font. Because it forces our brain to work harder at integrating and encoding the inputs that are coming in. It makes us think, and the harder we think, the better we remember [2].
• Your conscious mind only has the capacity to hold 3 or 4 items at a time. You get overwhelmed by taking complex decisions. Can you use your microwave for freezing things – No, because the microwave is not designed to freeze things the same way your conscious mind is not designed to do the complex things [3].
• Scientists at the National Institute of Human Development and Child Health in Maryland recently found something extraordinary—the more actively a baby explores his/her environment, the more likely it is that he/she will go on to achieve academic success as an adult [4].
• If you are listening to one specific song or music while working, then the moment your mind listens to that song, it will automatically put you in the work zone and increase your focus. This magic will vanish if you listen to this song while doing something else [5].
• Researchers have found that your willpower can quickly be depleted while doing difficult tasks. So, relying on willpower alone is a mistake because it can only get you so far. But by finding an intrinsic source of motivation, you can recharge your motivational energy [6].

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What are some interesting facts which are not commonly known?

 

• A full head of human hair is strong enough to support 12 tons.
• The national anthem of Greece has 158 verse.
• Most of the dust particles in your house are dead skin.
• Every time you lick a stamp, you are consuming 1/10 of a calorie.
• The average person falls asleep in 7 minutes.
• An iguana can stay under water for 30 minutes.

• All polar bears are left handed.
• The youngest pope was 11 years old.
• Ancient Egyptians slept on pillows made of stone.
• The electric chair was made by a dentist.

• “Typewriter” is the longest word that can be made using the keys on only one row of keyboard.
• “go" is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
• Coca Cola was originally green.
• On average, people fear spiders more than they do death.

• Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.
• In Calama, a town in the Atacama desert of Chile, it has never rained.
• Most lipstick contains fish scales.
• President Bush was re-elected in 2004 by less than 31% of all eligible voters in United States.

• Wayne’s world was filmed in two weeks.
• When the “Mona Lisa” was stolen from the Louvre in 1911, Pablo Picasso was among the suspects.
• The chance of dying on your birthday is 14% higher than any other day.
• Most diamonds are at least 3 billion years old.
• Heroin was initially advertised as a cure of cough.
• Nearly one quarter of all number of bones in our body are found in our feet.
• The longest ever recorded flight for a chicken is 13 seconds.
• Men can read smaller print than woman. Woman can hear better.
• In England, the speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
• A Boeing airliner is made of 3100000 separate parts.

• In 1980, there was only one country in the world with no telephones— BHUTAN.

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 A grain of rice next to the smallest computer in the world.

A cluster of DNA.

A spider has managed to spin a web that retains water.

The amount of water and air on Earth.

Which is the most interesting picture?

 Some of the most interesting pictures-

Fashion pictures:-

A lot of photographers go over the top to impress people. Sometimes, all it takes is a simple black and white photo like this one to catch attention.
The white ensemble and the model’s pose almost makes this image feel like a sculpture.

Fashion is all about challenging the conventions. And this photo of Cate Blanchett by high fashion photographer Tim Walker shows us just that.
He uses bubbles to turn Blanchett’s classic garb into something more futuristic.

Take this photo of Ransom Rockwood as an example. The lipstick illusion makes you look and see what caused the image to look that way.

Animals pictures:-

When you are outside and it’s windy as hell!!

The beautiful home build by bird Sociable weaver

Man and Shark

Nature pictures:-

Intresting image of Clouds Over New Zealand

So beautifully captured by Salva kushvalieva

Nature’s ice sculptures in antartica

Architecture pictures :-

Dancing House — Prague, Czech Republic

The Wave in Vejle by Jørn Utzon

Cobra Towers in Kuwait