Tintin is 80 — he was created in postwar France by Belgian artist Georges Remi, who took the name of Herge. Tintin is a Belgian reporter, and has a faithful fox terrier called Snowy. The comic series first appeared on January 10, 1929, in a Belgian newspaper and was a hit with children. Later, Herge added the popular Captain Haddock, …

Humans spend about eight hours in every twenty-four hours asleep. Cats sleep a great deal longer than that. They spend sixteen out of every twenty-four hours asleep-they are awake for only one-third of their lives.

Tigers have very big appetites indeed. A full-grown tiger may eat as much as one fifth of its own body weight at one sitting. If a man of 76 kg (12 stone) were try to eat an equivalent amount, he would need to consume a might 15 kg (2½ stone) meal at one sitting.

Of the 3,000 species of snakes, only about 300 of them are venomous.

There are about 250 species of venomous fish. The most venomous is probably the stonefish. Stonefish are very well camouflaged. If you accidentally step on one, the venomous spines on the back and sides of the stonefish will inject venom and cause severe pain, illness, and perhaps death.

There is an endless variety of wines. Wines of all types can be classified by either the primary grape variety or the region where the grapes are grown. Even within types of wines, there is a great variety of flavour and texture because the climate varies in different regions. The two major categories are red and white. The red colour …

Surprisingly, only one species of cat lives in a well-ordered and organized group, and that species is the lion. Groups of lions are called prides, and they usually consist of one or two males together with several lionesses and their cubs. The organization of lions is seen to good effects during a hunt. They co-operate closely to drive herds of …

∼ Khushbu Nanavati Hello Friends, I, Khushbu Nanavati, have submitted a lot of poems on this site and fortunately most of them have been published on this site. I have completed writing 100 poems by now and this is a very special occasion for me. I owe my success to 4to40.com because it was the first site that published my poems …

∼ Khushbu Nanavati

∼ Khushbu Nanavati Hello Friends, I, Khushbu Nanavati, have submitted a lot of poems on this site and fortunately most of them have been published on this site. I have completed writing 100 poems by now and this is a very special occasion for me. I owe my success to 4to40.com because it was the first site that published my poems …