The 'Rossiya', launched in the shipyards of St. Petersburg (Russia), is the largest ice breaking ship in the world. It weighs 23,500 tonnes and has a nuclear propulsion of 75,000 hp.
Antarctica's Common Wealth Bay, where gales (a very strong wind) regularly blow at 320 KMPH. is the windiest place on Earth.
US citizens buy about 280 million Turkeys for the thanksgiving celebrations in a year.
Economic Intelligence unit survey states that New Delhi (India) and Karachi (Pakistan) are jointly ranked 120th among the most economic (cheapest) cities in the world. Mumbai (India) ranked 122nd, Manila (Philippines) ranked 123rd and the Tehran (Iran) ranked 130th.
There are over 5000 different languages and dialects spoken around the world. Out of which, there are 3,372 languages in India (1576 classified and 1796 unclassified) and only 216 of them are spoken by a group of 10,000 persons or more.
Leap year has 366 days, because the Earth takes 365 days and 6 hours to orbit around the Sun. To keep an accurate account of the calendar, 6 hours of every 4 years are put together as one day and added to the end of February, once in 4 years.
The Suez Canal was opened in 1869. This river through the sand was the biggest engineering feat of its time, liking the Mediterranean and Red seas. Ships sailing from Europe to india no longer had to go around Africa –saving 7,000 km of voyage.
The great pyramid of Giza (Egypt), built in 2500 BC, from nearly 2.5 million limestone blocks, was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. It took 1, 00, 000 workers over 20 years to build.
The Birds of America, an original 4 volume subscriber set of J.J. Audubon's was auctioned by Christie's, New York (USA) in March 2000 for an amazing amount of US $ 8.8 million.
USA is the country that received the most Nobel Prizes in the world. Between 1907 and 2002, 270 Americans received the awards. They include former US President Jimmy Carter in 2002.
