How Bluetooth logo was created? The Bluetooth logo is the combination of “H” and “B,” the initials of Harald Bluetooth, written in the ancient letters used by Vikings, which are called “runes.” #curiosity #facts #curious
Why is natural gas transported as liquid ? Liquefied natural gas is natural gas (predominantly methane with some mixture of ethane) that has been converted to liquid form for ease of storage or transport. It takes up about 1/600th the volume of natural gas in the gaseous state.
Which is the longest word in English? Longest Words. (45) PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOCONIOSIS (also spelled PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOKONIOSIS) = a lung disease caused by breathing in particles of siliceous volcanic dust. #curious #facts
What was the first country to allow females to vote? New Zealand was the first country to allow women to vote (in 1893), while the King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia granted women the right to vote in 2011. The United States finally began allowing women to vote in 1920. #curiosity
Which animal's eye is bigger than its brain? Ostrich has the biggest eyes in the whole animal kingdom. Its eye is bigger than its brain. Ostriches don't hide their head in the sand. They will lay their head on the ground if they sense a danger. #curious #curiosity #facts
Why does your hair turn white when you get older? As we get older, the pigment cells in our hair follicles gradually die. When there are fewer pigment cells in a hair follicle, that strand of hair will no longer contain as much melanin and will become a more transparent color.
Which is the only bird that can fly backwards and forwards? Hummingbirds are incredible flyers, with the ruby-throated hummingbird beating its wings 80 times every second, an ability that inspired this blog's name. #curious #curiosity
Do your eyes ever grow? The eyeball is the only organism which does not grow from birth. It is fully grown when you are born. When you look at a baby's face, so see mostly iris and little white. As the baby grows, you get to see more and more of the eyeball. #curious #curiosity
Which bird is the fastest swimmer? In flight, the fastest bird is the spine-tailed swift of Siberia which can reach speeds in excess of 100 miles per hour, but the fastest bird in the water is the Gentoo penguin, which swims at about 22 mph. #curious #curiosity
When was the first website created? The first website built was at CERN within the border of France, and was first put online on 6 August 1991: Info.cern.ch was the address of the world's first-ever web site and web server, running on a NeXT computer at CERN. #curious
What is Catumbo lightening ? It is a continuous (high frequency) lightning from a near-daily thunderstorm complex that forms in the Catatumbo River. Electrical conductivity of the clouds, which cause these extended lightning strikes which can upto last 10 hours. #curiosity
How many times was Harry Potter rejected by publishers? J.K Rowling was famously rejected by a mighty 12 publishers before Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone was accepted by Bloomsbury - and even then only at the insistence of the chairman's eight-year-old daughter.
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