Interesting facts

A zebra is white with black stripes. 

All the planets in our solar system rotate anticlockwise, except Venus. It is the only planet that rotates clockwise. 


Hummingbirds are the only animal that can also fly backwards. 


Insects do not make noises with their voices. The noise of bees, mosquitoes and other buzzing insects is caused by rapidly moving their wings. 


The cockroach is the fastest animal on 6 legs covering a meter a second. 


The word "listen " contains the same letters as the word "silent". 


The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning it's hea

d are the rabbit and the parrot. 
 

A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. 


India invented the Number System . Zero was invented by Aryabhatta. 


The whip makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the speed of sound. 


A hippopotamus can run faster than a man. 


India never invaded any country in her last 10000 years of history. 


'Hippopotomonstroses quippedaliophobi a' is the fear of long words. 


Didaskaleinophobia is the fear of going to school. 


Phobatrivaphobia is a fear of trivia about phobias !! 


It is impossible to lick your elbow. ( We know you gonna try this !!! ) 


A snail can sleep for 3 years. ( wow, lucky chap he ? ) 


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


In 1883 the explosion of the volcano Krakatoa put so much dust into the earth's atmosphere that sunsets appeared green and the moon appeared blue around the world for almost two years. 


"Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order. 


Twenty-Four- Karat Gold is not pure gold since there is a small amount of copper in it. Absolutely pure gold is so soft that it can be molded with the hands. 


Electricity doesn't move through a wire but through a field around the wire. 


Do you know the names of the three wise monkeys? 

They are: Mizaru (See no evil), Mikazaru (Hear no evil), and Mazaru (Say no evil ). 


55 per cent of people yawn within 5 minutes of seeing someone else yawn. Reading about yawning makes most people yawn. Hello, zzzzz zzzz ? 

Snake Temple in Malaysia

The Snake Temple is situated in Sungai Kluang, Bayan Lepas, Penang, Malaysia and is perhaps the only temple of its kind in the world.  

Here live the most dangerous species of snakes - rattlesnakes. The temple is infested by them: on the floor, in corners, even on the altar. Here they are gods, they had to bow to the faithful.

2. Located at Sungai Kluang, on the island of Penang, Snake Temple is also known as Temple of Azure Clouds, or the Temple of pure clouds - in honor of the clear sky Penang.

3. In this temple, home to rattlesnakes, which the locals believe the servants Chor Soo Kong and deities.

4) Legend of the development of the temple says that he is standing there an ulterior motive, the legend, by the way, you can watch movies online at specialized sites. Earlier, before the advent of the holy palace here, on this place was a lonely hermit shack believer, who was always happy to see the snakes in his house.

5. And they did not refuse his hospitality and often crawled here, many lived permanently here. When the hermit had died, and the shack collapsed, and the snakes are gone from these lands, and when he was elevated to an elegant temple, they began to consider themselves in one piece with a sacred institution.

6. Thousands of believers come to the Temple of snakes in Penang every year.

7. Someone said that this act of Chor Soo Kong, others believe that rattlesnakes - one of the most aggressive species of snakes - calm down under the influence of smoke from smoking.

8. Unfortunately, the number of snakes in the temple fell sharply due to the urbanization of the area.

9. However, do not worry. Most of the guests of the temple (ie, snakes) poisonous glands removed, so that they can embrace and even photographed.

10. Scientists still can not explain the fact that on certain days in the temple slides a huge number of snakes. On ordinary days in the temple can be seen only a few snakes, which mainly lie in the dark corners and do not stir.

Model Train Set put together by two German Brothers. Unbelievable!!

 
 

This is the world's biggest train set.
Covers 1,150 square meters / 12,380 square feet…
Features almost six miles of track and is still not complete… 

 

Twin brothers Frederick and Gerrit Braun, 41, began work on the 'Miniatur Wunderland' in 2000 

 

The set covers six regions including America , Switzerland , Scandinavia , Germany , and the Austrian Alps 

 

The American section features giant models of the Rocky Mountains, Everglades , Grand-Canyon etc… 

 

...and Mount Rushmore 

 

The Swiss section has a mini-Matterhorn 


 

The Scandinavian part has a 4ft long passenger ship floating in a 'fjord' 


 

It is expected to be finished in 2014, when the train set will cover more than 1,800 square meters / (19,376 sq ft) and feature almost 13 miles of track, by which time detailed models of parts of France, Italy and the UK will have been added… 

 

It comprises 700 trains with more than 10,000 carriages and wagons 


 

The longest train is 46ft long 


 

The scenery includes 900 signals, 2,800 buildings, 4,000 cars - many with illuminated headlights...


 

...and 160,000 individually designed figures 


 

Thousands of kilograms of steel and wood was used to construct the scenery... 


 

The 250,000 lights are rigged up to a system that mimics night and day by automatically turning them on and off 


 

The whole system is controlled from a massive high-tech nerve centre 


 

In total the set has taken 500,000 hours and more than 8 million euro to put together, 
 the vast majority of which has come from ticket sales 


 

Gerrit said: "Our idea was to build a world that men, woman, and children can be equally astonished and amazed in." 


 

Frederik added: "Whether gambling in Las Vegas , hiking in the Alps or paddling in Norwegian fjords - in Wunderland everything is possible.

Source:

http://www.binscorner.com/pages/m/model-train-set-put-together-by-two-germ.html#G

Tobu World Square

Tobu World Park is located in Nikko, Japan. Miniatures  of  the  world's  most  historic  buildings  housed  in  the  renowned  Tobu  World  Park

The  Japanese followed the original idea of Maduro-Dam Miniature Park in Holland  and Tivoli Gardens.


It contains miniatures of the world most historic  buildings.

All  the buildings are 1/25 of the actual size. There are 140,000 miniature  statutes of people, no two of them are alike.

There  are more than 20,000 dwarf trees. 

The entrance fee to  the park for adults is US$23.00 

 It took 5 years for preparation and costed 14 billion yen, and was opened in April, 1993.


The park consists of 6 zones: Japan, modern Japan, Asia, America, Egypt and Europe. 102 buildings, architecture in 21 countries, are finely reproduced. Of those, 45 pieces are included in the UNESCO World Heritage list. There is the Eiffel Tower, the Statue of Liberty, a pyramid, the Great Wall of China and so on; visitors can enjoy travel around the world just looking at them.


Also, 140,000 dolls of around 7 centimeters tall are placed in the park

(Pictures: Courtesy to  http://www.yousaytoo.com/tobu-world-park-in-nikko-japan/1599605)