The origin of the Narmada River is Narmada Kund, which is situated on the Amarkantak Hill in Anuppur District of East Madhya Pradesh. The river flows east to west, which is opposite to the direction of rotation of the earth, over a length of 1,312 km before draining down the Gulf of Cambay (Khambat) into the Arabian Sea….
A cigarette lighter is a device used to generate a flame. It was invented sometime in the 16th century. The German chemist Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner in 1823 invented a kind of lighter that was called Döbereiner’s lamp. But the first modern, self- igniting match was invented in 1805 by Jean Chancel. In London, matches meant…
A deck of cards has 52 cards of different denominations starting from one to ten and four colours such as spades, clubs, hearts and diamonds. It has 4 types of court cards including King, Queen, and Jack. Interestingly, the Kings represent a real historical king. The king of Spades represents King David. The king of…
The average mobile phone contains about 24 mg of gold. Gold does not corrode and therefore, is a good transmitter of small amounts of currents in the mobile phone. It is estimated that in the United States alone, 130 million mobile phones are retired every year. Recycling these alone would yield about 3.4 metric tons of…
The Great Pyramid of Giza is the oldest and the largest pyramid in Egypt. It was built for the Pharaoh Khufu (Cheops in Greek) and took 20 years to complete. The length of each side at the base averages 755.75 feet (230 metres). Its original height was 481.4 feet (147 metres) and present height is…
Badminton is a popular sport played with lightweight racquets and a shuttlecock. It is said to have been originated in Poona, now Pune, where the British army officers picked it up in the 1860s. The sport was called Poona. It was introduced in England in about 1873 at the country estate of the Duke of…
