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Atoms are tiny particles which build together to make every substance. An atom is the tiniest bit of any pure substance or chemical element.  You could fit two billion atoms on the full stop after this sentence.  The number of atoms in the Universe is about 10 followed by 80 zeros.  Atoms are mostly empty space dotted with a few even tinier particles called subatomic particles.  In the centre of each atom is a dense core, or nucleus, made from two kinds of particle: protons and neutrons. Protons have a positive electrical charge, and neutrons none.  Both protons and neutrons are made from different combinations of quarks (see quarks).  If an atom were the size of a sports arena, its nucleus would be just the size of a pea.  Around the nucleus whizz even tinier, negatively-charged particles called electrons (see electrons).  Atoms can be split but they are usually held together by three forces: the electrical attraction between positive protons and...

Here is the top 5 interesting facts about Doctors : -  1.           Doctor’s rigorous training ensures at a minimum a very high level of competency and professionalism .  Dr Mohammed Saed of Bradford England practiced as a doctor for over 30 years, during which time he prescribed creosote and suppositories to be taken orally, misdiagnosed everything from heart disease to a brain tumour the size of an orange. A whistle blowing pharmacist finally put an end to his practice (or should that practicing) when he prescribed cough medicine as a scalp tonic. 2.         Male doctors are best .  An analysis of almost 5,000 doctors and dentists referred to the National Clinical Assessment Service over the past eight years because of worries about their performance shows men outnumbering their female colleagues by 3-1. 3.         Older more experienced doctors are be...

1-A tsunami occurred in Alaska in 1958 that was 524 metres (1,719 feet) tall – even taller than the Empire State Building. 2-A tsunami is a massive wave that sweeps over the land and destroys everything in its path. It can be 30 metres (100 feet) high when it strikes the shore. 3-Mount Fuji, the volcano that towers over the Japanese capital Tokyo, last erupted in 1707.The earthquakes and tsunami that followed killed 30,000 people and the rice fields were left barren for 100 years. 4- A tsunami can travel across the ocean as fast as a jet plane, at speeds of up to 750 kilometres (465 miles) per hour. 5-In 2004, the tsunami in the Indian Ocean killed around 230,000 people and was the ninth deadliest natural disaster since the Middle Ages. 6-A tsunami occurred in Alaska in 1958 that was 524 metres (1,719 feet) tall – even taller than the Empire State Building

1-A giant squid washed up in Canada in 1878 had a body that was 6 metres (20 feet) long with tentacles that measured up to 10.7 metres (35 feet) long. 2-The expression ‘once in a blue moon’ means that something hardly ever happens.A blue moon does happen occasionally, though – It happened in 1950 when a large wildfire in Canada sent soot high up into the sky making the moon look blue. 3-A field of fescue grass, which grows in Canada, looks like lots of little plants, but is really a single plant that’s hundreds of years old. 4-Tornado Alley is an area in the USA from central Texas to the border of Canada that has the perfect weather conditions for tornadoes.

1-In 1945, crocodiles killed 980 Japanese soldiers (of 1,000 in total) who entered a mangrove swamp to escape the British navy 2-Researchers at the University of Barcelona carried out a study, which showed that rats couldn’t tell the difference between Japanese spoken backwards and Dutch spoken backwards. Maybe the rats just didn’t care… 3-Japanese scientists have bred completely see-through frogs so that they can investigate their internal organs without having to kill and dissect them. 4-In 1982, Japanese scientists found a 10,000-year-old magnolia seed in a storage pit. They managed to grow it into a tree! 6-Mount Fuji, the volcano that towers over the Japanese capital Tokyo, last erupted in 1707.The earthquakes and tsunami that followed killed 30,000 people and the rice fields were left barren for 100 years. 7-A volcanic eruption destroyed the Roman city of Pompeii in AD79.The energy the eruption released was 100,000 times more powerful than that of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiros...

21) Terrorism, unjustified violence and the killing of non-combatant civilians (or even intimidating, threatening or injuring them) are all absolutely forbidden in Islam. Islam is a way of life that is meant to bring peace to a society whether its people are Muslim or not. The extreme actions of those who claim to be Muslim may be a result of their ignorance, frustration, uncontrolled anger or political (not religious) ambitions. Anyone who condones or commits an act of terrorism in the name of Islam is simply not following Islam and is, in fact, violating its very tenets. These people are individuals with their own personal views and agendas. Fanatical Muslims are no more representative of the true teachings of Islam than fanatical Christians are of the true teachings of Christianity or fanatical Jews are of the true teachings of Judaism. The most prominent examples of such "religious" fanatics are Anders Behring Breivik, the 2011 Norwegian terrorist who claimed in his manif...

1) "Islam" means "surrender" or "submission". "Salam" (which means "peace") is the root word of "Islam". In a religious context the word "Islam" means "the surrendering of one's will (without compulsion) to the true will of God in an effort to achieve peace". 2) "Muslim" means "anyone or anything that surrenders itself to the true will of God". By this definition, everything in nature (trees, animals, planets, etc.) are "Muslims" because they are in a state of surrender to God's will. In other words, they are fulfilling the purpose for which God created them. 3) Islam is not a new religion or cult. Along with Judaism and Christianity it traces its roots through Prophet Abraham and back to the first humans Adam and Eve. Studies show that between 1.5 and 1.8 billion people in the world today identify their religion as Islam. 4) There are five pillars of practice in Islam....

1- When staff at the British Museum saw the first duck-billed platypus, they thought it was a fake animal and tried to pull off its bill! 2-The duck-billed platypus can detect electric currents with its bill.

Here are some interesting facts about Buddhism: 1) Buddhists go to temple, not at a special time or day, but when they can. 2) It is commom for Buddhists to go on a full moon day. 3) A Buddhist temple is called Vihara and is a place for education. In a temple, you will find a shrine room with a large Buddha and statues of his  disciples.You  will also find relics and manuscripts. There is also a lecture room, meditation room and a library. 4) Shoes are removed before entering a temple for respect for Buddha. 5) Buddha is known as a teacher not a god. 6) Candles and incense sticks are lit and Buddhists recite verses in the Vihara. 7) Flowers and food are placed on the front of the Buddhist Statue. The flowers are to remind the person that they will not live forever. 8) The food is given to the Monks since they own nothing of their own and Buddhists feel that giving food will help them reach Nirvana 9) The following principles are said to help Buddhists to act well: 1. Not to hu...

1- If all of your body’s molecules of DNA (the chemical which makes up your genes) were stretched out, they would reach to the Moon and back 3,000 times! 2- The expression ‘once in a blue moon’ means that something hardly ever happens.A blue moon does happen occasionally, though – It happened in 1950 when a large wildfire in Canada sent soot high up into the sky making the moon look blue. 3- February 1865 is the only month in recorded history to have had no full moon. 4- Some astronauts have suffered from an illness called lunar lung caused by breathing in moon dust. 5- It is thought that the Moon was formed when a planet collided with Earth and knocked off a huge chunk, about 4.5 billion years ago. 6- The Solar System is the collection of 9 planets that orbit the Sun with their moons and other matter. It didn’t form until nearly 10 billion years after the start of the universe. 7- Mars’ moons are shaped like potatoes! 8- Pele, the largest volcano on J...

In the First World War, soldiers used the super-absorbent sphagnum moss to bandage their wounds. It can soak up four times as much blood as cotton bandages, but was a disgusting color, like dried pus!

Here is some interesting facts about France 1- Pele, the largest volcano on Jupiter’s moon, Io, erupts to heights 30 times that of Mount Everest. Gas and the other products of the eruption fall over an area the size of France. 2- In 2001 a robot controlled by surgeons in New York successfully removed the gall bladder from a patient in France. 3- Nicholas Joseph Cugnot designed the first car in France in 1769. It ran on steam and on rails!

here is a Top 10 interesting facts about rainforests facts. 1-Rainforests cover a mere 2 per cent of the earth, yet more than half of all plant and animal species live there. 2- A type of carnivorous plant found in the tropical rainforests of Asia can ‘eat’ birds and even rats.Animals are attracted by the nectar of the flower, and then fall into a vat of chemicals which dissolve them, feeding the plant. 3- Brazil is home to 30 per cent of the rainforest left on earth. 4- Between the year 2000 and 2005, 80,467 square kilometres (31,068 square miles) of rainforest were lost to deforestation (cutting down trees). 5- Scientists working in the rainforests often find their feet go green and mouldy.The fungus, which usually breaks down old leaves on the forest floor, is just as happy living on a wet, smelly foot. 6- A patch of rainforest the size of a football pitch can be home to 200 different kinds of tree. 7- There are 1,500 types of insect in one rainforest tr...

1- Inside the vents of active volcanoes bacteria live in conditions equivalent to a vat of hydrochloric acid. They’re not fussy about their homes! 2- Mount Fuji, the volcano that towers over the Japanese capital Tokyo, last erupted in 1707.The earthquakes and tsunami that followed killed 30,000 people and the rice fields were left barren for 100 years. 3- The lava (molten rock) that erupts out of a volcano can be as hot as 1,200 degrees Celsius (2,200 degrees Fahrenheit) and the power of a large eruption can equal that of a million nuclear bombs. 4- There is a super volcano underneath Yellowstone Park, USA that last erupted 640,000 years ago. If it erupted now, ash would be thrown over the whole of the USA and the entire world’s climate would change – perhaps enough to wipe out humans completely. 5- When the volcano Krakatau erupted in Indonesia in 1883, it made the loudest noise in recorded history – it could be heard hundreds of miles away and the sound waves ...

1- In ancient times, Indian doctors used live ants to ‘stitch’ wounds together. The doctor would hold the edges together and get the ant to bite through the skin.The ant’s head would then be snapped off leaving its jaws as the ‘stitch’! 2- Some horseshoe bats in India share their burrows with porcupines. 3- The coconut crab lives on land and will drown if submerged in water. It grows to about 1 metre (39 inches) across and lives on islands around the Indian Ocean. 4- Meghalaya in India has 1,187 millimetres (467 inches) of rain a year, making it the rainiest place in the world. 5- In 2001 a geologist in India found fossilized raindrops! The imprint was found in ancient rocks, proving that it rained on earth 1.6 billion years ago. 6- 180 million years ago, India was an island off the coast of Australia. The Earth’s land masses slowly move around, at up to 10 centimetres (4 inches) a year. 7- The largest mountain ranges on Earth are under the sea! They f...

1- Woolly bats in West Africa live in spider webs. 2- An African elephant kept in the New York Zoo had tusks that were 3.49 and 3.35 metres (11 feet 5 inches and 10 feet 11 inches) long! 3- The giant African land snail can grow to 39 centimetres (15 inches) and weigh 900 grams (2 pounds). 4- A mushroom from Africa, called the Lady in the Veil, grows faster than any other organism in the world. It grows up to 20 centimetres (8 inches) in only 20 minutes, and can be heard cracking as it grows! 5- The South African quiver tree cuts its own branches off to preserve water. Clever tree! 6- The Vredefort crater in South Africa was created 2 billion years ago by an asteroid or comet striking Earth. It’s big enough to fit 270,000 tennis courts inside! 7- Lake Nyos in Cameroon,Africa, belches out deadly carbon dioxide. Its poisonous burps killed 1,800 people in one night in August 1986. No one really knows where the gas comes from.

some interesting facts about china 1- More people die in floods than in other types of natural disasters.The Yellow River flood in China in 1931 killed between one and four million people, and is the deadliest known natural disaster. 2- In 2007, scientists used the internet to link-up telescopes based in China, Europe and Australia to create a single telescope spanning half the Earth. 3- The heaviest building ever to have been relocated while still intact is the Fu Gang Building in the Guangxi Province of China. It weighs 15,140 tonnes (33 million pounds) and is 34 meters (111 feet) tall. It was moved a total of 35 meters (115 feet) in 11 days.

1- Recycling one plastic bottle saves enough energy to power a 60-watt light bulb for 3 hours. 2- Recycling ten drinks cans takes the same amount of energy as making one new one. 3- Recycling one glass bottle saves enough energy to power a computer for 25 minutes. 4- Recycling just one tin can save enough energy to power a television for 3 hours! 5- If you throw an aluminium can into a recycling bin, it can be recycled and ready to use again in just six weeks. 6- Recycling 1 tonne (2,205 pounds) of paper saves 17 trees from being cut down.

1- Percy Spencer (USA) invented the microwave oven in 1945, using new technology developed for military defence during the Second World War. 2- Radar was first used to detect enemy aircraft during the Second World War. 3- The first programmable computer, Colossus, was built in England during the Second World War to crack coded enemy messages.All 14 Colossus computers were destroyed after the war and the British government denied they had ever existed. 4- A chemical found in asparagus attracts fish. During the First World War,American soldiers were issued with asparagus so that if they were stranded near water they could eat the asparagus, urinate in the water and catch some fish to eat! 5- In the First World War, soldiers used the super-absorbent sphagnum moss to bandage their wounds. It can soak up four times as much blood as cotton bandages, but was a disgusting colour, like dried pus!

1- Rubber bands last longer if they are kept in a refrigerator. 2- An average sized teacup can hold around 1 million grains of sand. 3- Electric bug-zappers actually attract bugs.They only kill a small proportion of the bugs they attract, so you may be bitten by more bugs if you have one than if you don’t! 4- There is enough lead in a pencil to draw a line that is 56 kilometres (35 miles) long.You’d need a good pencil sharpener though! 5- Marek Turowski (UK) reached a speed of 148 kilometres (92 miles) per hour driving a motorized couch in May 2007. 6- British scientists found that a robotic nose is better at detecting smells if it is given a coating of artificial bogeys! 7- Scientists are working on a ‘cloak of invisibility’ that will hide objects by making light waves flow around them, like water flowing around a rock in a river. 8- There’s a reason why tomato ketchup won’t come out of the bottle and then falls out in a huge dollop – it’s called shea...