Do you keep a journal where you jot down your thoughts every day? If not, you should consider starting now. Most people envision writers as individuals who’re cooked up indoors with their backs hunched over a desk. But writing is so much more than that. Besides, due to technological advancements, […]
10 Facts
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1. The World Health Organization (WHO) says more than 59,000 people die of rabies every year. 2. Worldwide, about 99 per cent of rabies cases in humans are caused by dog bites… 3. … but in the Americas, the majority of cases are caused by bats. 4. The word rabies […]
1. The focus for this year’s World Tourism Day is “Tourism and the digital transformation”. 2. Tourism has been the fastest growing sector of the UK economy in employment terms since 2010. 3. Britain is forecast to have a tourism industry worth over £257 billion by 2025. 4. The number […]
1. About 225 native languages are spoken by communities in Europe. 2. The most commonly spoken first language in Europe is Russian, followed by German. English is the most common language for people to learn. 3. According to an EU survey, 44 per cent of people in EU countries cannot […]
1. On average we have between four and seven dreams a night lasting in total about two hours. 2. We only remember dreams if we wake up within five minutes of having them. We therefore forget an estimated 90 per cent of our dreams. 3. The most common emotion experienced […]
For details, see visionmatters.org.uk. 1. Two million British people live with significant sight loss. Half of such cases are avoidable. 2. Aristotle thought that the ostrich was the only bird with eyelashes but hornbills have them too. So does the blue-fronted Amazon parrot. 3. Frogs cannot eat with their eyes […]
1. Otis demonstrated his invention at the 1853 World Fair in New York by standing in an elevator and having its cable cut with an axe… 2. …It jerked slightly but didn’t fall, demonstrating to a shocked crowd that his safety device worked. 3. Otis had previously invented a bedstead […]
1. ITLAPD was created in 1995 by Americans John Baur and Mark Summers after one of them reacted to an injury in a racquetball game with a cry of “arrr!” 2. The date of September 19 was chosen as that was Summers’ ex-wife’s birthday. 3. Pirate talk is based on […]