The original name for the search engine Google was Backrub. It was renamed Google after the googol, which is the number one followed by 100 zeros. Google cofounders Larry Page and Sergey Brin are definitely fans of wordplay. They seem to have a thing for company names that are both goofy and yet significant at…
A Soyuz space capsule carrying a cosmonaut and two Russian filmmakers has separated from the International Space Station and is heading for the Earth. The separation took place on schedule at 0115 GMT Sunday with Oleg Novitskiy, Yulia Peresild and Klim Shipenko aboard for a descent of about 3 1/2 hours. ‘Challenge,’ Actress Peresild and…
Five hundred years ago, Michel de Montaigne said: “My life has been filled with terrible misfortune; most of which never happened.” Now there’s a study that proves it. Study Results This study looked into how many of our imagined calamities never materialize. In this study, subjects were asked to write down their worries over an…
A yawn is an involuntary reflex where the mouth is opened wide, and the lungs take in a lot of air. The air is then exhaled slowly. During this time, the eardrums stretch, and the eyes may also close tight, causing them to water. No thought or action has to be taken to produce a…
A man has been recorded spending more than three hours to pronounce what is supposedly the longest word in the English language. ‘Methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylarginyl…isoleucine’ is the chemical name of ‘titin’ (also known as ‘connectin’) – the largest known protein. It has 189,819 letters. However, in the past it has been disputed whether or not it is…
The world’s oldest animal on land at 187 years old: Born circa 1832 – five years prior to the coronation of Queen Victoria – Jonathan the tortoise is due to turn 187 years old in 2019. That makes him the oldest-known land animal alive today. This puts him just one year away from the title of oldest chelonian…
Remember the time when playing Farmville or Candy Crush and showing off the post on your friend’s feed was a rage? Fast forward to 2021, and the scenario has changed completely. Now your game moves could have millions of live viewers who are willing to even pay for playing games online. Well, that is what…
National Technology Day 2021: Date And History “The days marks India conducting three nuclear tests on May 11, 1999.” National Technology day was first observed on May 11, 1999. The day was chosen because on this day India successfully broke into the elite group of countries with nuclear weapons. On 11 May 1998, India successfully…
Greyhounds are universal blood donors. Most greyhounds have a blood type that can be given to almost any other breed of dog on the planet. While not technically accurate, it is true that over 85% of greyhounds have a blood type that allows their blood useable in all other dogs. And greyhound blood has additional advantages of being…
Researchers at Michigan State University have discovered that dogs often take on the same personality traits as their owner. The study revealed that dogs are like humans in that they have personalities that are shaped over time. “When humans go through big changes in life, their personality traits can change. We found that this also happens with dogs –…
