Ever wondered to what extent liquid mercury could inspire someone? A look at Cloud Gate might give you an idea. Cloud Gate is a public structure that stands at the Millennium Park in Chicago, USA. The sculpture is a seamless structure of stainless steel reflecting the city’s skyline. Made of 168 stainless steel plates, its highly-polished surface is as clear and…
Eminent physicist Albert Einstein was born in the year 1879. Mahatma Gandhi, the apostle of peace, was born in 1869 and Adolf Hitler, the epitome of terror, in 1889. Hence the expression that Einstein was born between peace and terror. Einstein admired Mahatma Gandhi. He even expressed this admiration in a letter written in 1931 addressed to the Indian…
The Press Freedom Index is an annual ranking of countries released by Reporters Without Borders (Reporters Sans Frontières in French), a Paris-based organization that defends and promotes freedom of information and freedom of the press, based upon the organization’s assessment of press freedom records of the countries in the previous year. It measures the degree of freedom…
Toronto, Canada, was the first city in the world with a computerized traffic signal system. In 1963, the traffic signals in city were computerized. Today Toronto has around 2,300 sets of traffic signals, all managed by a centralized control system.
Antarctica has four bases with their own city dialling codes. The city code of Davis Base is 10, Mawson Base is 11, Casey Base is 12 and Macquarie Base is 13. The international telephone dialling code for Antarctica is 672. To dial Antarctica, say from India, you will have to dial the international exit code,…
Montreal is an island city on the Saint Lawrence River in Canada. The city was first named by European settlers as Ville Marie. However, the city is now named after one of the famous geographical features of the island, a hill consisting of three peaks named Mount Royal. It is situated at a height of…
