Category Archives: Amazing Facts

Largest living land animal – African Bush elephant

  The African Bush Elephant is the largest living terrestrial animal, normally reaching 6 to 7.3 metres  in length and 3 to 3.5 metres in height at the shoulder, and weighing between 6,000 to 9,000 kg.The African bush elephant is herbivorous. Its diet varies according to its habitat; elephants living in forests, partial deserts.     The largest on record, shot ... Read More »

Largest Animal – Blue whale

  The blue whale is the largest animal on earth. The heart of a blue whale is as big as a car, and its tongue is as long as an elephant.The blue whale is a marine mammal belonging to the suborder of baleen whales. At up to 32.9 metres in length and 172 metric tons or more in weight, it is the largest animal ... Read More »

The 5 best-run and worst-run cities

  The population of the United States living in urban areas is growing faster than the national rate. At last count, more than 4 in 5 Americans lived in a metropolitan area, an increase of over 12% in the last decade. Meanwhile, the proportion of Americans living in rural areas declined. If this trend continues, nearly all Americans will live ... Read More »

Most colorful beaches in the world

  Most beaches need umbrellas and blankets to brighten up the landscape. Not these nine stretches of sand. From iconic pink sand beaches in the Bahamas to a green beach in Hawaii, we’ve rounded up some beaches around the world that you have to see to believe—and we show you exactly how to get there.   MULTICOLORED SAND Rainbow Beach, Australia ... Read More »

5 places where football is foremost

  Born before the Civil War, refined by Walter Camp, elevated by Knute Rockne and Pop Warner and raised to an art form by the likes of Lombardi, Landry and Walsh, American football is the love child of strategy and chaos. Brute force meets ballet’s grace in hopes that a game of inches will turn to yards. And as the 49ers face off Sunday ... Read More »

Morning glory

  Morning glory is the common name for over 1,000 species of flowering plants in the familyConvolvulaceae, whose current taxonomy and systematics are in flux. Morning glory species belong to many genera, some of which are:   Calystegia Convolvulus Ipomoea Merremia Rivea Astripomoea Operculina Stictocardia Argyreia Lepistemon Most morning glory flowers unravel into full bloom in the early morning. The flowers usually start to fade a ... Read More »

Gibraltar International Airport

  Gibraltar International Airport or North Front Airport (IATA: GIB, ICAO: LXGB) is the civilian airport that serves the British overseas territory of Gibraltar.     The runway is owned by the Ministry of Defence for use by the Royal Air Force as RAF Gibraltar. Civilian operators use the airport; currently the only scheduled flights operate to the United Kingdom. Passengers depart and arrive through the civilian-operated terminal.NATS hold the contract for provision of air navigation services ... Read More »