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.
The Angel Falls is located in the Venezuela. It is named after Jimmie Angel, a US aviator who was the first to fly over the falls in a plane. The waterfall has a height of 979 m, which is almost a kilometre. It is estimated that each drop of water takes 14 seconds to fall …
Tea bricks are made by compressing tea leaves of the black tea, ground tea or fermented variety. Because of its high value, tea bricks were used as currency in the late 19th and the 20th century in China and Tibet. Special tea bricks were made with ground tea leaves that were bound with flour or …
Prince William was born on 21 June, 1982. In June 2013 scientists announced that William is a direct descendant of an Indian Eliza Kewark who was a housekeeper for his great-great-great-great-great-grandfather Theodore Forbes, a Scottish merchant who worked for the East India Company in Surat.
