In 2016 edition of New Oxford English Dictionary (OED) got 197 New Entries, 410 New Sub-Entries & 33 New Senses, appended to it. A few Notable Entries among them as 1. Moobs – Unusually prominent breasts on a man, typically as a result of excess fat. 2. Gender-fluid – A person who doesn’t identify with […]
Extinct flightless bird – Dodo – skeleton to be sold at summers place auction in November 2016
Dodo was a bird that can’t fly and as is the saying “as dead as dodo”, it is now extinct. Supposed to have existed only in Mauritius in the late 16th and early 17th century, last seen by by Dutch sailors during that period on the island. This bird was 1m tall and weight, expected […]
Only the praying mantis can turn its head
Do you that the praying mantis is the only insect that can turn its head? Yeah, its a re fact about praying mantis. They are the only insects that can turn their headside-to-side 180degrees. Their eyescan see movement up to 60 feet away.The praying mantisbites the back of the neck of its victim to paralyzeit […]
We can see many stars on a clear night
Do you know that the human eye can see between 2,000 and 3,000 stars in the sky if the night is clear? Yeah, Its a real fact about human eyesight. Suppose you had a clear, moonless night. How many stars could you see with the eye alone? There’s really no definitive answer to this question. […]
The age of Earth is now 4.5 million years
Do you know that the Earth is 4.5 million years old? Yeah, its a real true fact about the earth.The age of the Earth is 4.54 ± 0.05 billion years.This dating is based on evidence from radiometric age dating of meteorite material and is consistent with the radiometric ages of the oldest-known terrestrial and lunar […]