From the 1st century BC until the development of a sea route in the 1600s, traders and merchants traveled the perilous Silk Road to bring silks and other precious goods from China to Europe.

Perhaps you thought that some of the huge tractor trailers on the road today were the longest ones manufactured. But the longest of those measures only about 151/2 metres. Imagine, if you can, more than elevan of those long tractor trailors, one behind the other, and you will come up with the longest vehicle in the world. This is the …

Perhaps you thought it was John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. Most people think so! But the busiest airport in the entire world is Chicago International Airport, also called, O’Hare Field. At O’Hare, planes take off and land every 42.5 second round the clock. That means 85 take offs and landings every hour, 2,036 every day, 14,255 every …

The followers of religion Islam, who are called Muslims, read the Koran, which is the holy book of Islam. Muslims believe it is the direct word of God, or Allah, as revealed to his prophet, Muhammad. The Koran consists of 114 Suras, or chapters, that are written in verse.

Clowns get their nickname and their white faces from the Englishman Joseph Grimaldi (1779-1837). With his painted face, he is considered to be the first real stage clown.

The modern State of Israel is “kibbutz,” which means “gathering” is a special kind of farm. The people who live on these farms are all equal. They work together, share the land, food and even the decision making is done together. The children in these farms are brought up collectively.

You should admire their work from a distance. Spiders eat up to 100 times their weight in insects and worldwide consume about 80% of all insects. Snakes keep rodents and rabbits under control among other prey, saving agriculture from attack in fields and also storage. Both snakes and spiders are quiet and shy and avoid human contact.

Shamrock is the national emblem of Ireland, the thistle belongs to Scotland, the leek is the national emblem of Wales, and the rose is England’s and Northern Ireland Make up the United Kingdom. Its flag is the Union Jack.

श्रीखंड महादेव भगवान शिव का ये सबसे पूजनीय स्‍थल माना जाता है। इसकी कहानी बड़ी ही दिलचस्प है। कहा जाता है कि भगवान शिव को कई महीनों तक मजबूरी में यहां की गुफा में छिपना पड़ा था। दरअसल ये गुफा हिमाचल के जिला कुल्‍लू में करीब 18500 फीट की ऊंचाई पर स्थित है। यह श्रीखंड महादेव सदियों से भगवान शिव …

∼ Porter G., Hilda Offen, Pradera, Esme Eve, Alan Jesset, Richard Hooke