20th April 2017
He was struck seven times by lightning between the years 1942 and 1977. And each time he outlived, finding his way into the Guinness World Records. Roy Sullivan from Virginia, in the United States, is nicknamed the ‘human lightning conductor’. He lost his eyebrows, and went through severe stomach and chest issues, yet was strong enough to survive each one of them!
14th April 2017
There are coincidences that one cannot easily believe in. It makes one wonder if it’s even natural. One such event concerns the wreck of Titanic, the biggest of Britain’s royal mail ships.
7th April 2017
Chinese actor Jackie Chan, who has also appeared in successful Hollywood films such as Who Am I? (1998) and The Karate Kid (2010), is widely popular. He is particularly known for performing his own stunts. It is also said that there is hardly any part in his body that hasn’t been treated for injuries.
4th April 2017
The monarchy of Japan is the oldest-surviving one in the world.
31st March 2017
The year was 1940. Germany had made its way into France and occupied almost half the country. Paris, the capital city and the home of the Eiffel Tower, too, was now under Germany’s control.
27th March 2017
Myth has it that Lord Shiva created for her a place in the bosom of the mighty Brahmaputra to please his wife Goddess Parvati. The island came to be known as Umananda (Uma is another name of Parvati, and ananda in Sanskrit means ‘happiness’). Once, while meditating here, he was interrupted by Kamadeva, the Hindu god of love. This made Shiva angry and he reduced Kamadeva to a heap of ashes. And the little island got its second moniker, Bhasmachal (in Assamese, ‘hill of ashes’).
