Tag: Funfacts

The gaseous components in the air pollution, is notoriously toxic and it contributes to the deaths of about 1.6 million people. Beijing-based data scientist...

At 6:59:59 P.M. Eastern time on Dec. 31, 2016, we’ll have  what is referred to as a “leap second,” where one extra second will...

How would our world be without Muslims? Have we ever thought what would we do then? Donald Trump in his “Hate Speeches” have referred...

1715 Edmund Halley observes total eclipse phenomenon "Baily's Beads" 1802 - Washington, DC, was incorporated as a city. 1915 John McCrae writes the poem "In Flanders...

1672 Isaac Newton reads 1st optics paper before Royal Society in London 1743 Comet C/1743 C1 approaches within 0.0390 AUs of Earth 1855 The Devil's Footprints...

1.Coca Cola: Coca-Cola which lends a tribute to its European locations with its white font where each "O" crosses to represent the flag of Denmark. 2....

1807 - The U.S. Congress passed the Embargo Act, designed to force peace between Britain and France by cutting off all trade with Europe. 1864...

1271 - Kublai Khan renames his empire "Yuan" (元yuán), officially marking the start of the Yuan Dynasty of China. 1642 - Abel Tasman's expedition sails...

1732 - The Royal Opera House opens at Covent Garden, London. 1912 - Bust of Queen Nefertiti found in El-Amarna, Egypt 1926 - Gas refrigerator patented 1934...

1654 - French mathematician, scientist, and religious philosopher Blaise Pascal experiences an intense, mystical vision that marks him for life. 1936 - The first edition...