Ivan Lendl had held the rank of world’s no. 1 in men’s tennis for long but could never win at Wimbledon. He lost in finals (1986 to Boris Becker, 1987 to Pat Cash). Referring to Wimbledon’s Grass Court, he said out of frustration ‘Grass is only meant for cows.’ After Andy Murray (whom he coached) …
Dmitri Mendeleev was not a prophet in Russia because the Tsar did not like his liberal politics. He was not elected to the Russian Academy of Sciences, but in the rest of the world his name was magic.
The Magdeburg Water Bridge is a navigable aqueduct that has been built in Germany. It connects the Elbe-Havel Canal to the Mittellandkanal, crossing over the Elbe River. It is the longest aqueduct measuring 3,012 feet.
The electric eel is found in the rivers of South America, mostly the Amazon. It is actually a fish that does not have either a spine or teeth. It grows to about 2.5 m in length and its vital organs are located near its head. The rest of the body comprises muscles that generate electricity, and the nerve endings …
The last wireless message from the sinking Titanic on 15 April 1912 was ‘SOS SOS CQD CQD Titanic’. ‘We are sinking fast. Passengers are being put into boats. Titanic’.
The Tsukiji fish market is 78-year-old and is the world’s largest fish market. In 2013, it sold more than 2500 tonnes of fish worth $23 million every day. Some 400 varieties of fish could be found here including other seafood such as scallops, crabs, etc.
