Facts of The World – 31 961. ‘I am’ is the shortest complete sentence in the English language. 962. ‘Tom Sawyer’ was the first novel to be written on a typewriter. 963. Coca – Cola was originally green in colour. 964. Alfred Hitchcock did not have a belly button. It was eliminated when he was sewn up after surgery. 965. A group of unicorns is called a ‘blessing’ 966. In 300...

Facts of The World – 30 951. “Almost” is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order. 952. The world’s youngest parents were 8 and 9 years old and lived in China in 1910. 953. Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously. 954. The word ‘ dollar’ ahs its origins in the Roman Empire. 955. If you hit a diamond with a hammer, it will...

Facts of The World – 28 931. The Portuguese brought potatoes to India in the early 17th century. They started potato cultivation along the west coast where they were called ‘batata’. The British also introduced potatoes to Bengal, where they were known as ‘alu’. 932. The original name of Martin Luther King, Junior, was Michael. 933. Because the River Nile flows North, Upper Egypt is actually in the South and Lower...

Facts of The World – 27 921. Prince Jozef (1763-1813) of Poland had been warned by a gypsy that he would be killed by a magpie. He avoided birds all his life but was drowned while crossing the river Elster in Germany. ‘Elster’ means magpie. 922. Pollution is not a new problem. In 1306, King Edward I of England complained of the ‘unbearable stench’ caused by burning coal in London and...

Facts of The World – 26 911. ‘Bus’ comes from the word ‘omnibus’, which in turn comes from the Latin ‘omnis’, meaning ‘for all’. 912. Jumbo jets are the beigest passenger planes. They can carry as many as 400 passengers on board at a time. 913. More than 6,000 kilograms of ash is dumped into the sea every year. 914. Norman Pritchard, an Anglo – Indian form Kolkata, was the first...

Facts of The World – 25 901. The word ‘Typhoon’ (meaning, high wind) comes from the Chinese word , ‘Taifu’. 902. In the religious life of the Hindus, the lotus represents Lakshmi the Goddess of Wealth. Through the ages, the lotus more than any other flowers, has been a source of inspiration for the people of India, earning itself a unique position in the field of literature, art and religion, Goddess...