October 13, 2009 | In: History facts
Eiffel Tower has been named after its designer, engineer Gustave Eiffel. Eiffel Tower is the tallest building in Paris. Eiffel Tower is painted every 7 years. It gets covered in 3 shades of brown, with the darkest one at the bottom. Eiffel...
September 23, 2009 | In: History facts
The first dinosaur skeleton that was complete enough to be reassembled was discovered in 1858 by William Parker Foulke, in Haddonfield, New Jersey. Foulke heard that gigantic bones had been found in a marl pit, and he investigated. Many more bones...
September 14, 2009 | In: History facts
The Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship resulting from the diplomatic relationship between the United States and France. Total weight of the Statue of Liberty is 225 tons (or 450,000 pounds) .The height of the Statue of Liberty is 152 feet or...
September 3, 2009 | In: History facts
No matter how warm he feels, Hitler will never take off his coat in public. Hitler had only one testicle. The word "Stalin" means 'man of steel and wasn't his real name. He was from Georgia so his real name wasJoseph Dshugashvili. His mother was a...
August 27, 2009 | In: History facts, Sport Facts
In 2005 Sony hired painters which draw 7 walls in different towns of USA as an advertisement of Playstation Portable. The first console to have games available in the form of add-on cartridges was the Fairchild Channel F console, introduced in...
August 26, 2009 | In: History facts
The Pyramids of Ancient Egypt were built as tombs for Kings (and Queens), and it was the exclusive privilege to have a Pyramid tomb. Most of the pyramids can be found on the western side of the Nile River, just into the dry desert.The reason they...
August 20, 2009 | In: History facts
Mahatma literally translates to 'great soul' in Sanskrit. He went to England when he was 19 to study law. In 1930 Gandhi led hundreds of followers on a 240-mile march to the sea, where they made salt from seawater in protest against the British...
August 8, 2009 | In: History facts
Lincoln was afraid of dentists because a dentist broke off part of Lincoln’s jawbone by pulling a tooth. Lincoln was 6’4”, making him our country’s tallest president. He was the first president to be assassinated. Lincoln, Nebraska was...
August 1, 2009 | In: History facts
The early currency of the United States was printed with the slogan "Mind your business"! The slogan, which is attributed to Benjamin Franklin, appeared on early US coins and paper currency. These early monies also included the word "fugio", Latin...