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The Nile River in Africa is the longest river in the world.It has a length of more than 6400 km.It has its source in Lake Victoria.

Geradus Mercator was the first person who published collection of maps in one book, he called it Atlas,do you know why he named the book Atlas? There is an ancient Greet legend about a giant who rebelled against the god Zeus.He was punished by being made to hold up the whole world o his shoulders.This giant was Atlas ,and collections of maps in boo form have comes to be called atlasses.Atlasses too,hold the world .

Did you know that 80% of all life lives under the ocean’s surface.

The saltiest sea in the world is the Red Sea.

The warmest sea is the Red Sea with temperatures ranging from 68 to 87.8 degrees Farenheit.

The largest ocean is the Pacific Ocean.

The Artic Ocean is the world's smallest ocean.

The blue whale is the largest animal ever, even larger than the great dinosaurs. It still lives in the ocean.

Europe is the only continent without a desert.

Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

The verb “cleave” is the only English word with two synonyms which are antonyms of each other: adhere and separate.

Mobile Technologies Abbreviations :CDMA - Code Division Multiple Access,GSM - Global System for Mobile Communication

Computer Abbreviations : PC - Personal Computer, RAM - Random Access Memory, CPU - Central Processing Uni, UPS - Uninterruptible Power Supply

Web & network Abbreviations :WWW - World Wide Web, LAN - Local Area Network, WAN - Wide Area Network, HTTP - Hyper Text Transfer Protocol

History in Years Abbreviations :• AD - Anno Domini • BC - Before Christ

Day-to-day Time Abbreviations • AM - Ante Meridian PM –Post Meridian

If an earthquake occurs from under the sea it can cause a Tsunami.

Here are few Geographical surnames based on Sun rising -Japan is also known as Land of Morning Sun whereas Norway is known as Land of Midnight Sun

Here are few Geographical surnames based on Elephants presence in countries -Thailand is also known as Land of White Elephant whereas Laos is known as Land of Thousand Elephants

Here are few Geographical surnames based on abundance of certain eatable -Scotland is also known as Land of Cakes whereas Cuba is known as Sugar Bowl of the world

The shortest unit of distance is the “Planck Length". The Planck Length is 0.0000000000000000000000000000000016 centimeters.The longest unit of distance is the “Hubble Length,” which is the radius of the observable universe. That’s about 10-15 billion light years. This unit of length Is named after Edwin HubblE.

20-30 volcanoes erupt yearly, but mostly from under the sea.

Did you know that astronauts cannot burp in space?

Did you know that astronauts get taller when they are in space?

If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.

Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

Japan is known as "Land of Rising Sun" whereas Africa is known as "Dark Continent ",but do you know Norway is known as "Land of Midnight Sun"

Neil is the longest river of the world but Amazon is the largest due to amount & speed of water flowing in it.

World's largest desert is Sahara whereas Asia's largest desert is Gobi.Sahara is also the hottest desert.

New York is known as "City of Sky Scrappers "it is also known as Empire City due to presence of Empire Estate building here.

Most of the Highest mountains of world are in Himalayn ranges but longest mountain ranges are Andes.

Diamonds are the hardest substance known to man.

Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the Universe (75%).

Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.

The name vitamin is obtained from "vital amines" as it was originally thought that these substances were all amines.

Vitamins are classified as either water-soluble or fat-soluble. In humans there are 13 vitamins: 4 fat-soluble (A, D, E, and K) and 9 water-soluble (8 B vitamins and vitamin C).

Anti-vitamins are chemical compounds that inhibit the absorption or actions of vitamins. For example, avidin is a protein in egg whites that inhibits the absorption of biotin (Vitamin H originally now known as Vitamin B7).

The smallest atom is Hydrogen it has one proton in its nucleus ,Meitnerium is the biggest ,it has more than 100 protons.

Rutherford was first scientist to split an atomic nucleus, he did it in 1919.

2 % of world's water is frozen.

Robot is a Czech word for forced labour.

Didaskaleinophobia is the fear of going to school.

The names of the continents all end with the same letter with which they start.

The first ever computer virus Elk Cloner, was unleashed in 1982.

The internet was first developed by American military forces.
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