Austrian botanist Gregor Johann Mendel, known for his heredity theory, was an Augustinian monk who began his experiments in his monastery’s garden. Gregor Mendel is known as the father of genetics. He gave the basic principles of genetics. Working in his garden, on peas, he elucidated the principles of heredity.
One cannot find the name Silicon Valley on any map. The southern portion of the San Francisco Bay area is nicknamed as Silicon Valley. It is the region between Palo Alto and San Jose in California where silicon chip computer technology was pioneered.
Canada has more inland waters and lakes than any other country in the world. It has 31 lakes covering more than 1,300 square kilometres (500 square miles) in area. The largest among these lakes are Great Bear, Great Slave, Dubawnt and Baker. St. Lawrence, Ottawa and Saguenay are some of the great rivers of Canada.
Bill Gates is the founder of Microsoft. He is a billionaire. In 1975, he dropped out of Harvard University in his second year when he was nineteen. ‘When I dropped out,’ Gates said, ‘I told my dad I’d be back.’
World Tolerance Day is observed on 16 November. In 1995 the United Nations Year of Tolerance was observed in which the UNESCO’s Member States adopted a Declaration of Principles on Tolerance on 16 November. Following this, in 1996, the United Nations proposed the observance of National Tolerance Day on this date to appreciate the rich …
The coldest seas are found near the poles. The Greenland, Barents, Beaufort, Kara, Laptev and East Siberian Seas are found near the North Pole. The Weddell and Ross Seas are found in the South Pole. The Baltic Sea is also considered one of the coldest seas, but it is not located near the poles.
