Saturday, August 01, 2015

Interesting Facts..!!


Facebook has launched a solar powered drone called ‘Aquila’ that uses laser technology to beam down internet connectivity from the sky.

The Art of Navigation & Navigating was born in the river Sindh over 6000 years ago. The very word Navigation is derived from the Sanskrit word 'navgatih'.

Modern countries are currently independent, New Zealand was the first to allow women to vote.

The first iPhone was actually invented in 1983. This iPhone was a landline with full, all-white handset and a built-in screen controlled with a stylus.

Taiwan is the first country in the world to offer free wi-fi connectivity to its citizens.

The White House was originally called the "President's Palace." It became the White House is 1901.

Japan uses 24 billion pairs of disposable chopsticks per year. China uses 45 billion. That's 25 million trees per year.

Coca Cola produces so many different products that if you were to drink one each day, it would take you 9 years to try them all.

20% of all calories collectively consumed by humanity are from rice.

In China, every citizen older than 11 years old has to plant three to five trees per year.

New Zealand was undiscovered and completely devoid of human beings no more than 800 years ago.

Ferrari engines are musically engineered to sound perfect by utilizing 3rd and 6th harmonics on the air intake, like a flute or organ.

Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world’s countries combined. Almost 9% of Canadian territory is actually fresh water.

Google got its name by accident. The founders misspelled "googol", which refers to the number 1 followed by 100 zeroes.

43% of the world's olive oil production is done in Spain.

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