221B Baker Street happens to be the house of Sherlock Holmes. Incidentally, the number 221 has several significances. 221 = 13×17 is a product of two prime numbers. It is called a semi-prime number. Some other examples are 6(2×3), 10(2×5), 14(2×7), 21(3×7), 22(2×11), 26(2×13), 33(3×11), 35(5×7), 39(3×13), 49(7×7), 51(3×17), 55(5×11), 57(3×19), 62(2×31), 65(5×13), 69(3×23), 77(7×11),…
The term ‘equinox’ is derived from the Latin aequus (equal) and nox (night). On this day, the night and day are of the same length. This is because the tilt of the earth’s axis is neither near nor away from the sun, and the centre of the sun and the centre of the earth are…
Arundhati Roy was brought up by her mother in Kerala. She came alone to Delhi when she was 16 years old. She stayed with friends in a slum in Feroz Shah Kotla and sometimes sold empty beer bottles. Later she attended the Delhi School of Architecture.
The blockbuster film Enter the Dragon got released exactly six days after the death of Bruce Lee.Bruce Lee was a martial arts actor in Hong Kong. He also acted in several Hollywood films such as Fist of Fury and Way of the Dragon. Bruce Lee died on July 20, 1973. Six days later his last…
Nicolaus Copernicus died immediately after the publication of his book De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres). Nicolaus Copernicus is known to propose the heliocentric theory of the Universe as opposed to the then prevalent Ptolemaic geocentric theory. He probably started writing about the theory in 1514, but it got published in its complete…
An eyelash lives for about 5 months. Eyelashes protect the eyes from dust and debris. It is also sensitive to touch, heat and cold, and so serves as a messenger to stimuli.
