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The new Seven Wonders of the World have been selected after a global poll. The winners were announced and they are listed below. New 7 Wonders of the World About 100 million votes were cast by the Internet and cell-phone text messages to choose... Read More

Aloe Vera is usually known as an Ayurvedic plant that is a type of lily family and belongs to cactus category. There are over 200 species of Aloe Vera plant in world however the main origin is known to be Africa. Flowers of Aloe Vera plant are... Read More

This is an international sports festival, which originated in the city of Olympia, an ancient city of Greece. Ancient Olympics These games were held at Mount Olympus in Greece in honour of Zeus from 776 BC to AD 394. From AD 394, games started... Read More

Since its introduction in February 1935, more than two hundred million Monopoly board games have been sold worldwide. Women are twice as likely to be diagnosed with depression than men in the United States. The smallest man ever was Gul Mohammed ... Read More

The word Thailand means "land of the free". A rose imprint that was fossilized in a slate was discovered in Florisant, Colorado, which is said to be thirty-five million years old. U.S. bills are 2.61 inches wide, 6.14 inches long, and are .0043... Read More

The African Baobab tree’s circumference can reach 180 feet. If the trunk is hollow, 20 people would be able to fit inside of it. On average, the Pentagon uses 666 rolls of toilet paper in one day. The USS Abraham Lincoln has five gymnasiums on... Read More

The biggest candy eaters are the Dutch, who average 65 pounds of candy per person in a year. 55,700 people in the US are injured by jewelry each year. The first owner of the Marlboro Company, Wayne McLaren, died of lung cancer. American President... Read More

In 1845, inventor Thomas Adams started the world’s first chewing gum factory. In 1693, the postage rate of a letter was determined by how much light went through the letter. The less the light went through the letter the more expensive the... Read More

The speed at which honey bees fly is 15 miles per hour. The average life expectancy of an ant is about 90 days. The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns. In France, it is illegal for a... Read More

A snake charmer in Bangladesh once found 3,500 poisonous cobras and their eggs hidden underneath the floors of two suburban homes. The IRS employees' tax manual has instructions for collecting taxes after a nuclear war. There are approximately... Read More