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2015 has been a year of Quirkiest News. Some too strange, some too futuristic, and something that catch our eyes! Here are some of...

1170 - St. Thomas A Becket, the 40th archbishop of Canterbury, was murdered in his own cathedral by four knights acting on Henry II's...

1065 - Westminster Abbey consecrated 1612 - First observation of Neptune - Galileo observes and records a "fixed star" without realizing it is a planet 1614...

Egypt : Egyptians spend around $78 per week on an average. Egyptian cuisine involves large quantities of legumes and vegetables and this is due to...

563 - The Byzantine church Hagia Sophia in Constantinople is dedicated for the second time after being destroyed by earthquakes. 1777 - Kiritimati, also called...

1.    Banana/ Mango Trees : In India, only about 10% of the population are Christians; They celebrate Christmas like the rest of the world with...

India is a land of many religions, castes, sub-castes and with these many religions, castes and sub-castes comes even higher number of superstitions –...

1728 - Congregation Shearith Israel of New York purchases a lot on Mill Street in lower Manhattan to build the city's first synagogue 1790 -...

1497 - Portuguese navigator Vasco DA Gama is 1st European to sail along Africa's East Coast, names it Natal 1653 - Oliver Cromwell became lord...

1593 - State of Holland grants patent on windmill with crankshaft 1612 - German Astronomer Simon Marius is 1st to observe Andromeda galaxy through a...