Fun Fact Friday

The Dead Sea, also known as the Salt Sea, is a saltwater basin located in the southwest corner of Asia between the Jordan and Israel. This natural wonder is found at an altitude of 430.5 meters below sea level, making it one of the lowest land-based features. It is 304 meters deep, the deepest hypersaline lake in the world. The Dead Sea is one of the saltiest places on earth. High levels of salt and adverse weather conditions make the lake devoid of life, except for algae and other micro-organisms.                 SOME INTERESTING FACTS : 1. The Dead Sea is one of the saltiest bodies on earth, with an average of 10 times as much salt as is normal. This is because the water that flowed into the Dead Sea from one of the main rivers, the Jordan River. Then it has no way out of the lake and is therefore forced to evaporate. The soaring hot and dry conditions of this region mean that large quantities of water are evaporated. This leads to ...

  Our nature provides us variety of things like the blue sky, mountains, valleys, running rivers, attractive birds, animals, beautiful flowers, and much more.  But the rainbow is one of the most beautiful phenomena in nature. Seeing a rainbow is always a wonderful thing. The attractive colors of the rainbow give a nice feeling and make you happy. It also lifts our spirits high. Hawaii Is Officially the Best Place on Earth  to See Rainbows, According to Science. How do rainbows form? To make a vibrant iridescent rainbow, two ingredients are needed: water and light. In Hawaii, those two components are not in short supply. The islands' abundance of sunlight and water, combined with their geographical location, make rainbows a common occurrence on the islands. Because of their ubiquity, the bands of light are deeply intertwined in Hawaiian culture, reports the Deccan Herald. Rainbows form their signature colors through atmospheric optical effects when raindrops refract and re...

                            We've all either experienced or know someone that has had nightmares about lightning. However, these streaks of glow coming out of the sky aren't just scary, they carry with them many exciting phenomena that will surely strike you as they've struck me (pun intended). Let's dive into this blog and get to understand a little more about lightning, a little more than just the horrors it brings.       To understand lightning, it's essential to consider the climate and the conditions it occurs in. Lightning is frequent and is mainly centered around areas with moist and generally unstable atmospheric conditions. Geographically, lightning is frequent and primarily observed in the Himalayas, central Africa, and South America. This climate is responsible for the formation of thunder clouds, also known as Cumulonimbus Clouds, characterized by their massive size, their abi...

1. It Was Built As An Entrance For The 1889 World's Fair      In honor of the French Revolution's hundredth year anniversary, the city of Paris hosted the 1889 Exposition Universally, known in English as the 1889 World's Fair. Artists from all over the nation sent in their concepts for a structure, but the project fell into the hands of a construction firm owned by Gustave Eiffel, an architect and bridge-builder who also helped to design the Statue of Liberty. 2. The Size Of The Tower Changes With The Weather      When constructing the tower, Gustave Eiffel chose to use latticed wrought iron in order to prove that it could be just as strong as stone while also being lighter. The end result is a structure that is made up of approximately 7,300 tons of iron. Including its antenna, it is approximately 1,060 feet (320 meters) tall on an average day, but that's subject to change depending on the weather. The sun also causes it to expand and grow approximately 6 ...

 Every country on Earth has a unique shape. Many countries are larger than a single time zone, so they stretch through multiple, although the majority fits inside of one. However, the number of times zones a country passes through is not only determined by its size but also its offshore territories and colonies that might be a part of different time zones.       France is a country that has the largest number of time zones. It spreads across 12 different time zones that range from UTC-10 to UTC+12. France has many national territories scattered all over the world, which is the main reason for this. French Polynesia in the Pacific Ocean is mostly to blame for this phenomenon. The United States of America also spreads through many time zones - 11, to be exact. This comes as no surprise since the country spreads across an entire continent. Still, only six of those eleven time zones are on the mainland. The country with the most time zones is France, these time zone...

       We usually think that animals like dogs, wolves bears have the best sense of smell but in 2014 researchers proved that African elephants have the greatest sense of smell among the mammals. They also beat dogs including the Bloodhound renowned for its sniffing ability. Humans may be the most intelligent creatures on earth but due to thousands of years of evolution some species have developed some uncanny ability.      In all animals the part responsible for the sense of smell are the Olfactory receptors (ORs), also known as odorant receptors. These are in epithelium of nose and provide the sense of smell. They have cilia that contain the receptors in its membrane and can detect specific chemicals.      Researchers examined the olfactory receptor (OR) repertoire encoded in 13 mammalian species and found that African elephants have the largest number of OR genes i.e., around 2000 functional OR genes which is twice that found in dogs ...

  GHAZI ATTACK OF 1971    The PNS Ghazi was the naval submarine, which was used in the naval battle of India-Pakistan Naval War of 1971 during the Bangladesh liberation war and hence popularly known as "Ghazi Attack".  PNS Ghazi was assigned with a two-fold objective. The primary goal was to find and sink INS Vikrant and the second one was to lay mines on India's Eastern seaboard with or without accomplishing the primary objective.   Finally on November 14, 1971, PNS Ghazi secretly sailed 3,000 miles (over 4,800km)    from the Arabian Sea to Bay of Bengal in a bid to locate and destroy INS Vikrant. Its secondary mission was to plant mines in India's eastern seaboard.   Ghazi started looking for Vikrant on November 23 off Madras but was not aware that she was 10 days too late and the Vikrant was actually somewhere near the Andaman islands.  Indian Navy got wind of the Ghazi's presence off the Sri Lankan coast by local fisherman which was ...