Polio Eradication – 2014
In March 2014, The World Health Organization certified the South-East Asian region – which includes India, a polio-free region. WHO… more
Mission Shakti a major success, India now an elite space power
India has registered its name as a Space Power today. Only three countries – the US, Russia, and China –… more
Bringing back IAF pilot in 2 days from Pak was major success
Bringing back captured Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot Abhinandan Varthaman from Pakistan in just two days was a major diplomatic success for… more
Person can walk through whole world
The average person walks the equivalent of three times around the world in a lifetime. The average moderately active person takes around 7,500… more
A NASA spacecraft has found evidence that water exists on Mercury.
The craft, named MESSENGER, detected an excess amount of hydrogen on Mercury’s poles, which are cool enough to sustain both liquid… more
Bananas emit antimatter every 75 seconds.
The gradual decay of isotope potassium-40, which potassium-dense foods such as bananas contain trace amounts of, causes a single antielectron to escape… more
Can be a Coin weigh more than a Bird?
A hummingbird weighs less than a penny, a penny weighs approximately 3-4 grams and hummingbird can weigh between 2-20 grams. Source: https://allthatsinteresting.com/interesting-facts-about-the-world#29
There are more possible iterations of chess games than there are atoms in the observable universe.
This value, known as the Shannon Number, represents all of the possible move variations in the game of chess. It is estimated to… more
Mount Everest
Where climbers have to face significant challenges (such as altitude sickness, extreme weather conditions, frostbite, avalanches) to survive the mountain’s higher regions. There… more