Top 20 facts about atoms

Atoms are tiny particles which build together to make every substance. An atom is the tiniest bit of any pure substance or chemical element. 

You could fit two billion atoms on the full stop after this sentence. 

The number of atoms in the Universe is about 10 followed by 80 zeros.

 Atoms are mostly empty space dotted with a few even tinier particles called subatomic particles.

 In the centre of each atom is a dense core, or nucleus, made from two kinds of particle: protons and neutrons. Protons have a positive electrical charge, and neutrons none.

 Both protons and neutrons are made from different combinations of quarks (see quarks).

 If an atom were the size of a sports arena, its nucleus would be just the size of a pea. 

Around the nucleus whizz even tinier, negatively-charged particles called electrons (see electrons).

 Atoms can be split but they are usually held together by three forces: the electrical attraction between positive protons and negative electrons, and the strong and weak ‘nuclear’ forces that hold the nucleus together.

 Every element is made from atoms with a certain number of protons in the nucleus.

 An iron atom has 26 protons, gold has 79. The number of protons is the atomic number. 

Atoms with the same number of protons but a different number of neutrons are called isotopes. 

The nucleus of an atom is made up of two kinds of particle: protons (red) and neutrons (green). 

Protons have a positive electric charge while neutrons have none. Tiny electrons (blue) whizz around the nucleus. In the 1890s scientists thought that atoms were solid like billiard balls and completely unbreakable.

 In 1897 J. J. Thomson discovered that atoms contained even smaller particles, which he called electrons (see electrons).

 In 1900 scientists thought atoms were like plum puddings with electrons like currants on the outside.

 In 1909 Ernest Rutherford was firing alpha particles (see radioactivity) at a sheet of gold foil. 

Most went straight through, but 1 in 8000 particles bounced back! Rutherford concluded that the atom was mostly empty space (which the alpha particles passed straight through) but had a tiny, dense nucleus at its centre. 
In 1919 Rutherford managed to split the nucleus of a nitrogen atom with alpha particles.

 Small atoms could be split. In 1932 James Chadwick found the nucleus contained two kinds of particle: protons and neutrons.

 In 1933 Italian Enrico Fermi bombarded the big atoms of uranium with neutrons. Fermi thought the new atoms that then formed had simply gained the neutrons.

 In 1939 German scientists Hahn and Strassman repeated Fermi’s experiment and found smaller atoms of barium. Austrian Lise Meitner realized that Hahn and Strassman had split the uranium atoms. 

This discovery opened the way to releasing nuclear energy by fission (see nuclear energy). 

Atoms are the building blocks of the Universe, the invisibly small particles from which matter is made. Atoms are so small that you could fit a billion on the full stop at the end of this sentence. 

Atoms are the very smallest identifiable piece of a chemical element (see elements). 

There are as many different atoms as elements. Atoms are mostly empty space dotted with tiny sub-atomic particles (subatomic is ‘smaller than an atom’).

 The core of an atom is a nucleus made of a cluster of two kinds of subatomic particle – protons and neutrons. 

Whizzing around the nucleus are even tinier particles called electrons. 

Electrons have a negative electrical charge, and protons have a positive charge, so electrons are held to the nucleus by electrical attraction.

 Under certain conditions atoms can be split into over 200 kinds of short-lived subatomic particle. The particles of the nucleus are made from various even tinier particles called quarks.

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top 7 interesting facts about Doctors

Here is the top 5 interesting facts about Doctors : - 

1.        Doctor’s rigorous training ensures at a minimum a very high level of competency and professionalism.  Dr Mohammed Saed of Bradford England practiced as a doctor for over 30 years, during which time he prescribed creosote and suppositories to be taken orally, misdiagnosed everything from heart disease to a brain tumour the size of an orange. A whistle blowing pharmacist finally put an end to his practice (or should that practicing) when he prescribed cough medicine as a scalp tonic.

2.       Male doctors are best.  An analysis of almost 5,000 doctors and dentists referred to the National Clinical Assessment Service over the past eight years because of worries about their performance shows men outnumbering their female colleagues by 3-1.

3.       Older more experienced doctors are better than younger doctors. In a USA study of heart attack victims, mortality rates rose 1% for every two years since a patient’s doctor graduated from medical school.

4.       Doctors are poorly paid. The average salary for GPs is 110k, which compares well with that of a chartered accountant (senior) 100k, Architect 60k and lawyer 52k, and the glamorous newer profession of airplane pilot 63k.

5.       Doctors work long hours. A ‘journal of American medical  association’ study of 2008 saw the hours doctors work on average fell from 55 to 51 between 1996 2008, this fall in hours worked was not seen elsewhere in America professions or business ( which actually saw a rise in hours worked during that period)

6.       Young doctors are no less competent than their older colleagues. Some might think that newly trained doctors would bring many benefits with them. Fresh from medical school, highly motivated, full of enthusiasm, up to date with the latest medical techniques,  and above all well supervised ( therefore less prone to error) . In fact according to an Imperial College London study, newly trained doctors hitting the wards in august cause an 8% rise in mortality.

7.       Doctors are good for you. A persistent but puzzling fact first identified in 1978, the more doctors in a given community the higher the mortality rate. This statistical fact was confirmed by a truly monumental study (Cornel University 2001) which included; 47 Japanese prefectures, all 3,000 + counties of the USA, and 29 (mostly) European countries. The bad news was it found the more doctors in your community the more likely you were to die (the good news ,if you can call it that, was this increased mortality rate was due to a complex combination of factors, many of the centred on the deleterious effects of urban living and not the lethality of doctors).

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5 interesting facts about tsunami

1-A tsunami occurred in Alaska in 1958 that was 524 metres (1,719 feet) tall – even taller than the
Empire State Building.
2-A tsunami is a massive wave that sweeps over the land and destroys everything in its path. It can be 30 metres (100 feet) high when it strikes the shore.
3-Mount Fuji, the volcano that towers over the Japanese capital Tokyo, last erupted in 1707.The earthquakes and tsunami that followed killed 30,000 people and the rice fields were left barren for 100 years.
4- A tsunami can travel across the ocean as fast as a jet plane, at speeds of up to 750 kilometres (465 miles) per hour.
5-In 2004, the tsunami in the Indian Ocean killed around 230,000 people and was the ninth deadliest natural disaster since the Middle Ages.
6-A tsunami occurred in Alaska in 1958 that was 524 metres (1,719 feet) tall – even taller than the Empire State Building Publisher: moath - 2:47 PM

4 facts about canada

1-A giant squid washed up in Canada in 1878 had a body that was 6 metres (20 feet) long with tentacles that measured up to 10.7 metres (35 feet) long.
2-The expression ‘once in a blue moon’ means that something hardly ever happens.A blue moon does happen occasionally, though – It happened in 1950 when a large wildfire in Canada sent soot high up into the sky making the moon look blue.
3-A field of fescue grass, which grows in Canada, looks like lots of little plants, but is really a single plant that’s hundreds of years old.
4-Tornado Alley is an area in the USA from central Texas to the border of Canada that has the perfect weather conditions for tornadoes. Publisher: moath - 2:41 PM

interesting facts about Japan

1-In 1945, crocodiles killed 980 Japanese soldiers (of 1,000 in total) who entered a mangrove swamp to escape the British navy

2-Researchers at the University of Barcelona carried out a study, which showed that rats couldn’t tell the difference between Japanese spoken backwards and Dutch spoken backwards. Maybe the rats just didn’t care…

3-Japanese scientists have bred completely see-through frogs so that they can investigate their internal organs without having to kill and dissect them.

4-In 1982, Japanese scientists found a 10,000-year-old magnolia seed in a storage pit. They managed to grow it into a tree!

6-Mount Fuji, the volcano that towers over the Japanese capital Tokyo, last erupted in 1707.The earthquakes and tsunami that followed killed 30,000 people and the rice fields were left barren for 100 years.

7-A volcanic eruption destroyed the Roman city of Pompeii in AD79.The energy the eruption released was 100,000 times more powerful than that of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, in 1945.

8-Pigeons won’t land on a statue that contains the metal gallium.A Japanese scientist is developing a spray containing gallium that can be used to treat buildings to keep them free from bird droppings.

9-Roads in Japan are being built with grooves cut in them so that if cars drive over them at the right speed they play a tune! Publisher: moath - 2:13 PM

Top 10 facts must known about Islam

21) Terrorism, unjustified violence and the killing of non-combatant civilians (or even intimidating, threatening or injuring them) are all absolutely forbidden in Islam. Islam is a way of life that is meant to bring peace to a society whether its people are Muslim or not. The extreme actions of those who claim to be Muslim may be a result of their ignorance, frustration, uncontrolled anger or political (not religious) ambitions. Anyone who condones or commits an act of terrorism in the name of Islam is simply not following Islam and is, in fact, violating its very tenets. These people are individuals with their own personal views and agendas. Fanatical Muslims are no more representative of the true teachings of Islam than fanatical Christians are of the true teachings of Christianity or fanatical Jews are of the true teachings of Judaism. The most prominent examples of such "religious" fanatics are Anders Behring Breivik, the 2011 Norwegian terrorist who claimed in his manifesto to be "100 percent Christian" and Baruch Goldstein, perpetrator of the 1994 Hebron massacre who is considered by some Jews to be a "hero" and a "saint". Extremism and fanaticism are problems not exclusive to Muslims. Anyone who thinks that all Muslims are terrorists should remember that the former boxer Muhammad Ali, perhaps the most celebrated person of our era, is a practicing Muslim.

22) The word "jihad" does not mean "holy war". It actually means "to struggle" or "to strive". In a religious context it means the struggle to successfully surrender one's will to the will of God. Some Muslims may say they are going for "jihad" when fighting in a war to defend themselves or others, but they say this because they are conceding that it will be a tremendous struggle. But there are many other forms of jihad which are much more relevant to the everyday life of a Muslim such as the struggles against laziness, arrogance, stinginess, one's own ego, or the struggle against a tyrant ruler or against the temptations of Satan, etc. Regarding the so-called verses of "holy war" in the Qur'an, two points: A) The term "holy war" neither appears in the Arabic text of the Qur'an nor in any classical teachings of Islam. B) The vast majority of verses in the Qur'an pertaining to violence refer to wartime situations in which Muslims were permitted to defend themselves against violent aggression. Any rational, intellectual analysis of the context and historical circumstances surrounding such verses, often ignored by pundits or violent extremists, proves this to be true. Other verses of violence deal with stopping oppression, capital punishment and the like.

23) Women are not oppressed in Islam. Any Muslim man that oppresses a woman is not following Islam. Among the many teachings of Muhammad that protected the rights and dignity of women is his saying, "...the best among you are those who treat their wives well."

24) Islam grants women many rights in the home and in society. Among them are the right to earn money, to financial support, to own property, to an education, to an inheritance, to being treated kindly, to vote, to a bridal gift, to keep their maiden name, to worship in a mosque, to a divorce, and so on.

25) Muslim women wear the head-covering (hijab) in fulfillment of God's decree to dress modestly. This type of modest dress has been worn by religious women throughout time such as traditional Catholic nuns, Mother Teresa and the Virgin Mary.

26) Forced marriages, honor killings, female genital mutilation and the confinement of women to their homes are all forbidden in Islam. These practices stem from deeply entrenched cultural traditions and/or ignorance of the true Islamic teachings or how to apply them in society. Arranged marriages are allowed in Islam but are not required. In fact, one of the conditions for a valid Islamic marriage contract is the mutual consent of both parties to the marriage. And divorce is permissible provided the Islamic guidelines are followed which protect the rights of all affected parties, especially women and unborn children.

27) Islam and the Nation "of Islam" are two different religions. Islam is a religion for all races and enjoins the worship of the One Unseen God who never took human form. On the other hand "the Nation" is a movement geared towards non-whites that teaches God appeared as a man named Fard Muhammad and that Elijah Muhammad was a prophet. According to orthodox Islam these are blasphemous beliefs that contradict the basic theology defined throughout the Qur'an and other authentic texts. The followers of "the Nation" adhere to some Islamic principles that are mixed with other practices and beliefs completely alien to authentic Islamic teachings. To better understand the differences read about Malcolm X, his pilgrimage to Mecca and his subsequent comments to the media. Islam teaches equality amongst the races (Qur'an 49:13).

28) All Muslims are not Arab, Middle-Eastern or of African descent. Islam is a universal religion and way of life that includes followers from all races. There are Muslims in and from virtually every country in the world. Arabs only constitute about 20% of Muslims worldwide. The country today with the largest Muslim population is not located in the Middle East. It is Indonesia with over 200 million Muslims. India ranks second with 175 million.

29) In the five daily prayers Muslims face the Kaaba in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is a cube-shaped stone structure that was built by Prophet Abraham and his son Ishmael on the same foundations where Prophet Adam is believed to have built a sanctuary for the worship of the One God. Muslims do not worship the Kaaba. It serves as a focal point for Muslims around the world, unifying them in worship and symbolizing their common belief, spiritual focus and direction. Interestingly the inside of the Kaaba is empty.

30) The hajj is an annual pilgrimage to the Kaaba made by about 3 million Muslims from all corners of the Earth. It is performed to fulfill one of the pillars of Islam. The rituals of hajj commemorate the struggles of Abraham, his wife Hagar and their son Ishmael in surrendering their wills to God.

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top 10 interesting facts about islam

1) "Islam" means "surrender" or "submission". "Salam" (which means "peace") is the root word of "Islam". In a religious context the word "Islam" means "the surrendering of one's will (without compulsion) to the true will of God in an effort to achieve peace".

2) "Muslim" means "anyone or anything that surrenders itself to the true will of God". By this definition, everything in nature (trees, animals, planets, etc.) are "Muslims" because they are in a state of surrender to God's will. In other words, they are fulfilling the purpose for which God created them.

3) Islam is not a new religion or cult. Along with Judaism and Christianity it traces its roots through Prophet Abraham and back to the first humans Adam and Eve. Studies show that between 1.5 and 1.8 billion people in the world today identify their religion as Islam.

4) There are five pillars of practice in Islam. These practices must be undertaken with the best of effort in order to be considered a true Muslim: A) Declaration of faith in One God and that Muhammad is a prophet of God. B) Formal prayer five times a day. C) Poor-due "tax" - 2.5% of one's excess wealth given to the needy once a year. D) Pilgrimage to Mecca at least once, if physically and financially able. E) Fasting during the daylight hours in the month of Ramadan.

5) There are six articles of faith in Islam. These are the basic beliefs that one must have in order to be considered a true Muslim. They are belief in: A) the One God. B) all of the true prophets of God. C) the original scriptures revealed to Moses, David, Jesus and Muhammad. D) the angels. E) the Day of Judgment and the Hereafter. F) destiny.

6) Islam is a complete way of life that governs all facets of life: moral, spiritual, physical, intellectual, social, economical, etc.

7) Islam is one of the fastest growing religions in the world. To become Muslim, a person of any race or culture must say a simple statement, the shahadah, that bears witness to the belief in the One God and that Muhammad is a prophet of God.

8) "Allah" is an Arabic word that means "God". Muslims also believe that "Allah" is the personal name of God.

9) Allah is not the God of Muslims only. He is the God of all people and all creation. Just because people refer to God using different terms does not mean there are different gods. Many Hispanics refer to God as "Dios" and many French refer to God as "Dieu" yet they mean the same God. Many Arab Jews and Arab Christians call God "Allah" and the word "Allah" (in Arabic script) appears on the walls of many Arab churches and on the pages of Arabic Bibles. Although the understanding of God may differ between the various faith groups, it does not change the fact that the One Lord and Creator of the Universe is the God of all people.

10) The Islamic concept of God is that He is loving, merciful and compassionate. Islam also teaches that He is just and swift in punishment. However, Allah once said to Muhammad, "My mercy prevails over my wrath". So Islam teaches a balance between fear and hope, protecting one from both complacency and despair.

Publisher: moath - 2:06 PM

interesting facts about platypus

1- When staff at the British Museum saw the first duck-billed platypus, they thought it was a fake animal and tried to pull off its bill!
2-The duck-billed platypus can detect electric currents with its bill.

Publisher: moath - 2:00 PM

10 interesting facts about Buddhism

Here are some interesting facts about Buddhism:

1) Buddhists go to temple, not at a special time or day, but when they can.

2) It is commom for Buddhists to go on a full moon day.

3) A Buddhist temple is called Vihara and is a place for education. In a temple, you will find a shrine room with a large Buddha and statues of his disciples.You will also find relics and manuscripts. There is also a lecture room, meditation room and a library.

4) Shoes are removed before entering a temple for respect for Buddha.

5) Buddha is known as a teacher not a god.

6) Candles and incense sticks are lit and Buddhists recite verses in the Vihara.

7) Flowers and food are placed on the front of the Buddhist Statue. The flowers are to remind the person that they will not live forever.

8) The food is given to the Monks since they own nothing of their own and Buddhists feel that giving food will help them reach Nirvana

9) The following principles are said to help Buddhists to act well: 1. Not to hurt living things, 2. Do not take avantage of what is not there, 3. Use senses correctly, 4. Speak kindly, and, 5. Do not take or use drugs or alcohol.

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20 interesting facts about the moon

1- If all of your body’s molecules of DNA (the chemical which makes up your genes) were stretched out, they would reach to the Moon and back 3,000 times!
2- The expression ‘once in a blue moon’ means that something hardly ever happens.A blue moon does happen occasionally, though – It happened in 1950 when a large wildfire in Canada sent soot high up into the sky making the moon look blue.
3- February 1865 is the only month in recorded history to have had no full moon.
4- Some astronauts have suffered from an illness called lunar lung caused by breathing in moon dust.
5- It is thought that the Moon was formed when a planet collided with Earth and knocked off a huge chunk, about 4.5 billion years ago.
6- The Solar System is the collection of 9 planets that orbit the Sun with their moons and other matter. It didn’t form until nearly 10 billion years after the start of the universe.
7- Mars’ moons are shaped like potatoes!
8- Pele, the largest volcano on Jupiter’s moon, Io, erupts to heights 30 times that of Mount Everest. Gas and the other products of the eruption fall over an area the size of France.
9- The Russian spacecraft, Venera 1, was ahead of its time. It flew to the planet Venus in 1961 – seven years before Apollo 7 orbited the Moon.
10- Enceladus, a moon of the planet Saturn, has ice volcanoes that erupt water.
11- When the Moon is directly overhead, you weigh slightly less than at all other times, because of the effect of its gravity.
12- It takes 1.25 seconds for light, reflected by the Moon to reach Earth.
13- The temperature on the Moon can change 380 degrees Celsius (500 degrees Fahrenheit) from day to night, as there is no atmosphere there to trap the heat of the Sun.
14- NASA intends to build a ‘town’ on the Moon before the year 2030.
15- An astronaut standing on one of Mars’ moons would see Mars as a vast red orb – 80 times larger than a full moon looks to us.
16- An astronaut standing on one of Mars’ moons would see Mars as a vast red orb – 80 times larger than a full moon looks to us.
17- New research suggests that Earth’s moon is around 30 million years younger than was previously thought!
18- The Moon is moving away from the Earth at a rate of about 4 centimetres (1.6 inches) a year.
19- The Earth’s core is about the same size as the Moon.
20- The last time a human stepped on the Moon was in December 1972.
21- A laser is a very narrow beam of powerful light. It is so straight that it doesn’t spread out even over huge distances. A laser beam can be reflected off a mirror on the Moon and return back to Earth in a straight line.

Publisher: moath - 3:43 PM

world war 1 fact

In the First World War, soldiers used the super-absorbent sphagnum moss to bandage their wounds. It can soak up four times as much blood as cotton bandages, but was a disgusting color, like dried pus! Publisher: moath - 3:32 PM

interesting facts about France

Here is some interesting facts about France

1- Pele, the largest volcano on Jupiter’s moon, Io, erupts to heights 30 times that of Mount Everest. Gas and the other products of the eruption fall over an area the size of France.

2- In 2001 a robot controlled by surgeons in New York successfully removed the gall bladder from a patient in France.

3- Nicholas Joseph Cugnot designed the first car in France in 1769. It ran on steam and on rails! Publisher: moath - 3:26 PM

Top 10 interesting facts about rainforest

here is a Top 10 interesting facts about rainforests facts.



1-Rainforests cover a mere 2 per cent of the earth, yet more than half of all plant and animal species live there.

2- A type of carnivorous plant found in the tropical rainforests of Asia can ‘eat’ birds and even rats.Animals are attracted by the nectar of the flower, and then fall into a vat of chemicals which dissolve them, feeding the plant.

3- Brazil is home to 30 per cent of the rainforest left on earth.

4- Between the year 2000 and 2005, 80,467 square kilometres (31,068 square miles) of rainforest were lost to deforestation (cutting down trees).

5- Scientists working in the rainforests often find their feet go green and mouldy.The fungus, which usually breaks down old leaves on the forest floor, is just as happy living on a wet, smelly foot.

6- A patch of rainforest the size of a football pitch can be home to 200 different kinds of tree.

7- There are 1,500 types of insect in one rainforest tree in the Amazon, including 50 types of ant!

8- Brazil nut trees grow happily in the rainforest environment and refuse to grow anywhere else in the world. Scientists have tried to remove them to cultivate in labs, but the trees don’t like it. Publisher: moath - 4:17 PM

interesting facts about volcano

1- Inside the vents of active volcanoes bacteria live in conditions equivalent to a vat of hydrochloric acid. They’re not fussy about their homes!

2- Mount Fuji, the volcano that towers over the Japanese capital Tokyo, last erupted in 1707.The earthquakes and tsunami that followed killed 30,000 people and the rice fields were left barren for 100 years.

3- The lava (molten rock) that erupts out of a volcano can be as hot as 1,200 degrees Celsius (2,200 degrees Fahrenheit) and the power of a large eruption can equal that of a million nuclear bombs.

4- There is a super volcano underneath Yellowstone Park, USA that last erupted 640,000 years ago. If it erupted now, ash would be thrown over the whole of the USA and the entire world’s climate would change – perhaps enough to wipe out humans completely.

5- When the volcano Krakatau erupted in Indonesia in 1883, it made the loudest noise in recorded history – it could be heard hundreds of miles away and the sound waves travelled around the globe at least three times!

6- Under the sea, rock moves around slowly and is recycled! It goes back under the surface of the Earth to melt and re-emerges through volcanoes.The entire seabed is renewed every 150–200 million years.

7- Sometimes, a volcano explodes with such force that it blows apart completely.When this happens to an island volcano, the whole island can be destroyed.

8- Samosir is an island within an island – it is in Lake Toba, on the Indonesian island of Sumatra.The lake formed when the super volcano Toba erupted about 70,000 years ago.The island growing in the middle of the lake is actually a new volcano.

9- A new island called Surtur’s Island, near Iceland, was born in 1963! A volcano under the sea poured out lava which hardened and piled up to form the island.

10- The Kilauea volcano in Hawaii has been erupting constantly since 1983, throwing out 5 cubic metres (176 cubic feet) of lava every second! Publisher: moath - 7:49 AM

interesting facts about india

1- In ancient times, Indian doctors used live ants to ‘stitch’ wounds together. The doctor would hold the edges together and get the ant to bite through the skin.The ant’s head would then be snapped off leaving its jaws as the ‘stitch’!

2- Some horseshoe bats in India share their burrows with porcupines.

3- The coconut crab lives on land and will drown if submerged in water. It grows to about 1 metre (39 inches) across and lives on islands around the Indian Ocean.

4- Meghalaya in India has 1,187 millimetres (467 inches) of rain a year, making it the rainiest place in the world.

5- In 2001 a geologist in India found fossilized raindrops! The imprint was found in ancient rocks, proving that it rained on earth 1.6 billion years ago.

6- 180 million years ago, India was an island off the coast of Australia. The Earth’s land masses slowly move around, at up to 10 centimetres (4 inches) a year.

7- The largest mountain ranges on Earth are under the sea! They form an area called the mid-ocean ridge, which stretches all around the world running through the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic Oceans.

8- In 2004, the tsunami in the Indian Ocean killed around 230,000 people and was the ninth deadliest natural disaster since the Middle Ages.

9- Toba was the last super volcano to erupt.The eruption was so violent that parts of India were covered with a layer of ash 6 metres (19 feet) thick, and in Malaysia the ash was 9 metres (29 feet) thick.

10- Amazonian Indians heat poison arrow frogs over a fire to sweat the poison out of them. They use the poison to tip their hunting arrows.

11- The heat of chilli peppers is measured in Scoville heat units. The world’s hottest chilli pepper is the Bhut Jolokia from India, at 577,000 units.

12- The world’s ‘cheapest’ motorcar was unveiled in India in 2008. The Tata Nano is made by Tata Motors and will sell brand new for $2,500 (£1,277). It keeps the costs down by having no air conditioning, air bag, electric windows or assisted steering, and can only reach speeds of 70 kilometres (43 miles) per hour. Publisher: moath - 7:32 AM

interesting facts about africa

1- Woolly bats in West Africa live in spider webs.

2- An African elephant kept in the New York Zoo had tusks that were 3.49 and 3.35 metres (11 feet 5 inches and 10 feet 11 inches) long!

3- The giant African land snail can grow to 39 centimetres (15 inches) and weigh 900 grams (2 pounds).

4- A mushroom from Africa, called the Lady in the Veil, grows faster than any other organism in the world. It grows up to 20 centimetres (8 inches) in only 20 minutes, and can be heard cracking as it grows!

5- The South African quiver tree cuts its own branches off to preserve water. Clever tree!

6- The Vredefort crater in South Africa was created 2 billion years ago by an asteroid or comet striking Earth. It’s big enough to fit 270,000 tennis courts inside!

7- Lake Nyos in Cameroon,Africa, belches out deadly carbon dioxide. Its poisonous burps killed 1,800 people in one night in August 1986. No one really knows where the gas comes from. Publisher: moath - 4:08 AM

facts about china

some interesting facts about china


1- More people die in floods than in other types of natural disasters.The Yellow River flood in China in 1931 killed between one and four million people, and is the deadliest known natural disaster.

2- In 2007, scientists used the internet to link-up telescopes based in China, Europe and Australia to create a single telescope spanning half the Earth.

3- The heaviest building ever to have been relocated while still intact is the Fu Gang Building in the Guangxi Province of China. It weighs 15,140 tonnes (33 million pounds) and is 34 meters (111 feet) tall. It was moved a total of 35 meters (115 feet) in 11 days. Publisher: moath - 3:16 PM

top 5 recycling facts

1- Recycling one plastic bottle saves enough energy to power a 60-watt light bulb for 3 hours.

2- Recycling ten drinks cans takes the same amount of energy as making one new one.

3- Recycling one glass bottle saves enough energy to power a computer for 25 minutes.

4- Recycling just one tin can save enough energy to power a television for 3 hours!

5- If you throw an aluminium can into a recycling bin, it can be recycled and ready to use again in just six weeks.

6- Recycling 1 tonne (2,205 pounds) of paper saves 17 trees from being cut down.
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top 5 world war 2 facts

1- Percy Spencer (USA) invented the microwave oven in 1945, using new technology developed for military defence during the Second World War.

2- Radar was first used to detect enemy aircraft during the Second World War.

3- The first programmable computer, Colossus, was built in England during the Second World War to crack coded enemy messages.All 14 Colossus computers were destroyed after the war and the British government denied they had ever existed.

4- A chemical found in asparagus attracts fish. During the First World War,American soldiers were issued with asparagus so that if they were stranded near water they could eat the asparagus, urinate in the water and catch some fish to eat!

5- In the First World War, soldiers used the super-absorbent sphagnum moss to bandage their wounds. It can soak up four times as much blood as cotton bandages, but was a disgusting colour, like dried pus! Publisher: moath - 7:58 AM

facts about technology

1- Rubber bands last longer if they are kept in a refrigerator.

2- An average sized teacup can hold around 1 million grains of sand.

3- Electric bug-zappers actually attract bugs.They only kill a small proportion of the bugs they attract, so you may be bitten by more bugs if you have one than if you don’t!

4- There is enough lead in a pencil to draw a line that is 56 kilometres (35 miles) long.You’d need a good pencil sharpener though!

5- Marek Turowski (UK) reached a speed of 148 kilometres (92 miles) per hour driving a motorized couch in May 2007.

6- British scientists found that a robotic nose is better at detecting smells if it is given a coating of artificial bogeys!

7- Scientists are working on a ‘cloak of invisibility’ that will hide objects by making light waves flow around them, like water flowing around a rock in a river.

8- There’s a reason why tomato ketchup won’t come out of the bottle and then falls out in a huge dollop – it’s called shear thinning. Some thick liquids go thin when shaken but no one knows exactly how it works and scientists can’t predict when it will happen.

9- Amazonian Indians heat poison arrow frogs over a fire to sweat the poison out of them. They use the poison to tip their hunting arrows.

10- Earth race is said to be the world’s fastest eco-boat. It’s partly powered by human fat from its crew-members! Publisher: moath - 7:38 AM