Tuesday, December 21, 2010

LIST OF COUNTRIES AND THEIR NATIONAL SPORTS

USA – Baseball
Spain – Bulls Fighting
Canada – Ice Hockey
India – Hockey
Russia – Football, Chess
China – Table Tennis
Brazil – Football
France – Football
England – Cricket
Japan – Judo
Australia – Cricket
Pakistan – Hockey
Malaysia – BadMinton
Scotland – Rugby Football
Indonesia – Badminton
Bhutan – Archery

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Animals

STRANGE ANIMAL FACTS

  • A headless cockroach can survive for a couple of weeks. Its life would finally end due to starvation.
  • A crocodile can never stick its tongue out of its mouth.
  • On an average, a hedgehog's heart beats 300 times, per minute. 
  • A coin is heavier than a hummingbird.
  • A snail can sleep for three years, at a stretch.
  • An ostrich’s brain is smaller than its eye.  
  • The taste buds of a butterfly are in its feet. 
  • The butterfly was originally known as the ‘flutterby’. 
  • On an average a hen lays 19 dozen eggs in a year. 
  • The number of animal listed in the U.S.A., is 935. 

Interesting Facts about India

  • India never invaded any country in her last 100000 years of history.
  • When many cultures were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus Valley Civilization)
  • Chess was invented in India. 
  • Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus are studies, which originated in India.  
  • The world's highest cricket ground is in Chail, Himachal Pradesh. Built in 1893 after leveling a hilltop, this cricket pitch is 2444 meters above sea level. 
  • The value of "pi" was first calculated by the Indian Mathematician Budhayana
  • India exports software to 90 countries. 
  • India has the largest number of Post Offices in the world.
  • The largest employer in India is the Indian Railways, employing over a million people.