What is the most unusual country map?

 At first glance, everything seems quite normal. Apart from Corsica, there's nothing unusual about the shape of the map of France (no offense to Corsica!):

It resembles a hexagon, doesn't it? In fact, the hexagon is considered a French symbol to such an extent that it's represented on coins. Here's a French euro coin:

If France were as simple as that, I wouldn't even mention your map in this response. But it's not. See below a real map of France:

France's longest border is not with Spain or Belgium, but with Brazil. The overseas department of French Guiana shares a 730 km border with Brazil, while mainland France's longest border is with Spain, measuring only 657 kilometers, and is even bisected by the Franco-Andorran border.

France also shares a border with the Kingdom of the Netherlands, but it lies on the Caribbean island of St. Martin/Sint Maarten. France has a maritime border with Canada due to St. Pierre and Miquelon, islands located off the coast of Newfoundland.

As can be seen on the second map, there are parts of France also in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Great Britain has many overseas territories, but they are not an integral part of the United Kingdom. All the areas shaded in blue on the second map are an integral part of the French Republic, and their inhabitants are French citizens, equal in all respects to the inhabitants of Paris or Marseille. Or even Corsica.

France is definitely the country with the strangest map shape on the planet. Besides, it's actually the land where the sun never sets. Somewhere in the world, the sun is always shining in France.

What is the most unusual building ever created by humankind?

These are the churches of Lalibela.

Eleven monolithic medieval churches carved into the rock face are located in a mountainous region 645 km from Addis Ababa, in the heart of Ethiopia. They are believed to have been built in the 12th century by King Lalibela, who began construction of the "New Jerusalem" after the Muslim conquest interrupted Christian pilgrimages. Lalibela flourished after the fall of the Aksumite Empire (400 BC/950 AD).

The church was not built using traditional construction methods, but rather by carving a single block of bedrock. Doors, windows, columns, different floors, and roofs were cut from this block. This massive construction project was completed by a large-scale system of drainage channels, ditches, passageways, and sometimes openings leading to hermit caves or catacombs.

What are some unusual/weird facts that you know that might be useful?

 1.Starfish can re-grow their arms. In fact, a single arm can regenerate a whole body.

2. The average adult human has two to nine pounds of bacteria in his or her body.

3.The average four year-old child asks over four hundred questions a day.

4.Psychology is the brain trying to comprehend itself.

5.Vending machines kill 4 times as many people as sharks per year.

6.Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors.

7.The total weight of all the ants on Earth is greater than total weight of all the humans on the planet.

8.Facebook engineers originally wanted to call the "Like" button the "Awesome" button.

9.The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.

Which hijack had the most unusual end?

• Hijack : On 10th April 1993, around 53 passengers of flight ic-436 were biding their time during a normal flight from Lucknow to Delhi.
• Within few moments after take off; suddenly four young men announced that they were going to hijack plane.
• They asked everyone to sit quiet ;other wise, plane would be blown with a bottle full of explosive material.

• Students : These four man turned out to be students of Lucknow College for Arts and Craft (Lucknow University) - better known for its budding painters and sculptors.
• They wanted change in course; postponement of exams and cancellation of an award to their professor.

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• One of the students kept on narrating students’ problems before passengers.
• Strange : Amusingly, passengers paid no attention to them and kept on biding their time.
• Meanwhile, flight flew in circles around Lucknow and nearby areas for 3 hours.
• Soon hijackers announced ; plane was about to land.
• But, passengers were not pleased.
• After all, passengers had to miss important professional and personal commitments for no fault of theirs .
• Surprise : All of a sudden, they overpowered four of them and gave them a severe beating for creating ruckus.
• Well, all four of them were arrested by cops and rusticated from university.
• Perhaps : “Scientists say the world is made of protons, neutrons and electrons. They forgot to mention morons.” : Anonymous
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What celebrities have an unusual skill in an area unrelated to their fame?

Ashok Kumar : Indian thespian was also a practicing Homoeopath.

Meena Kumari : This beautiful actress was also a known Urdu poetess.

Rahman : This veteran actress is a known wild life photographer.

Johnny Walker : This Indian comedian was licensed to kill man eating tigers.

Randeep Hooda : This Indian actor has participated in National Equestrian championship

Mohan lal : This known Indian actor is a serving territorial Army officer.

Nana Patekar : This known Indian actor served as an Army officer in Indian Pakistan war( Kargil)

Mohan Agashe : This known Indian actor is a known professor of psychiatry.

Jagjit Singh : This known ghazal singer owned high breed horses and enjoyed professional horse races.

Jackie Shroff : This Indian actor was co owner of Sony Entertainment ( a known television channel)

Perhaps : “ No man is really happy or safe without a hobby. “ :William Osler

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What celebrities have an unusual skill in an area unrelated to their fame?

 Gul Panag

Professional pilot.

Deepika Padukone

National level badminton player.

Ajith Kumar

Motorcar racer and participated in the MRF Racing series (2010) in Chennai.

Akshay Kumar

Received the highest honour in Karate – Katana. He has a 6th-degree black belt in Kuyukai Gōjū-ryū karate. He is also well versed in Parkour. Also an excellent chef.

Rahul Bose

Professional rugby player. Was a member of India’s first international rugby team.

Milind Soman

Sports enthusiast. International level swimmer. Represented India in swimming in the inaugural South Asian Games (then known as South Asian Federation Games) in 1984 held at Kathmandu where he won a Silver medal

Aamir Khan

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Saqib Saleem

Cricketer. Played cricket with Virat Kohli when they were kids in Delhi. Was a part of Jammu & Kashmir Cricket Team.

Thakur Anoop Singh

Professional pilot.

Won the gold medal at the seventh WBPF World Bodybuilding and Physique Championships in Bangkok.

Vidyut Jamwal

Trained in Kalaripayattu from the age of 3.

Anushka Shetty

Yoga instructor who was trained by Bharat Thakur.

Randeep Hooda

Professional polo player and show jumper. Holds multiple awards in equestrian sports.

Saif Ali Khan

His skills with the guitar are well known.

Sanya Malhotra

Trained ballet dancer.

What celebrities have an unusual skill in an area unrelated to their fame?

 The athletes Shah Rukh Khan could've played hockey, cricket or soccer at a professional level

Akshay Kumar could've become a martial artist

John Abraham could've represented India in Football

Sunil Shetty could've played cricket professionally

Irrfan Khan was a very talented cricketer

Esha Deol was also a very talented football player

Deepika Padukone was a very talented badminton player

Randeep Hooda has represented India in equestrian sports

Charlie Sheen could've played Baseball professional

Dwayne Johnson did play American football professionally

Sean Connery caught the eye of Matt Busby and could've played for United

Antonio Banderas was a budding soccer player

So was Colin Farrell a budding soccer talent

Jason Statham was an Olympic level Diver

Even our very own Akshaye Khanna is a very avid squash player

A skill in the industry but unrelated to there actual discipline Arshad Warsi could've become a choreographer

Shahid Kapoor could've become a choreographer

Madhuri Dixit could've also been a choreographer

Salman Khan could've permanently shifted writing

Aamir Khan to direction

Priyanka Chopra could've become a full-time singer

Ajay Devgan could've become an action choreographer like his father

Ben Affleck could've permanently shifted to writing and direction

Matt Damon could've shifted to writing

Other fields Tom Cruise is a pilot also

Even our very own Shahid Kapoor can fly a plane

Tom Selleck was in the military

So was Nana Patekar

Nana Patekar could've been a great cook also

Even Jackie Shroff could've been a great cook

Nawazuddin Siddique was a practising chemist before movies beckoned

Ashok Kumar could've been a homeopath doctor as even practised

Manoj Kumar also similarly could've been a homeopathic medicine doctor

Feroz Khan due to amazing horseriding skills could've been a cavalier