Largest Tree in the world

The largest single living thing on Earth is a coniferous tree.The Giant Sequoia known as "General sherman" in california is nearly 275 feet high and weighs an estimated 2,500 tons. Usually these trees grow to at least 165 feet.Coniferous trees have thin needle shaped leaves that generally remain on the tree throughout the year. it is the largest known living

 single stem tree on Earth

Most Famous Telegraph Message

One of the Most famous telegraph Messages ever sent was sent by the wright brothers on Dec 17, 1903 to announce their successful flight.The brothers had to hike over four Miles to the kitty Hawk Weather Station to reach a telegraph station where they could announce their success.

Natural Hot Spring Manikaran India

Hot  Spring 

Manikaran, perched on the right bank of the roaring Parvati River, is situated at an altitude of 1760 m and is located about 45 kms, from Kullu, via Bhuntar, in Kullu District of Himachal Pradesh. Manikaran, a place of pilgrimage for Hindus and Sikhs, has many temples and a gurdwara.Hot water springs are situated near the bank of Parvati river.Chill watered parvati river tumbling from himalayas on one side  with bubbling hot water spring on the other.The healing properties of the Manikaran Springs are well known all over the country. Pilgrims from far come here and for the cure of their ailments. Rheumatism and muscular pains are said to cured very fast by taking bath in this water. 

Fun Fact

• The water of these springs is so much hot that pulses ( dal ), rice, vegetables etc. can be boiled and cooked in it. In the Gurudwara, the dal, rice and vegetables are boiled in the hot water and served to the visitors after cooking them fine and surprisingly the meal is tasty. 
• Vegetables etc. are cooked in a pan resting on the hot water.
•  Usually the meal is cooked fine in 20 minutes.Even 'chapatis' are cooked by immersion.    

Parvati River Manikaran

World's Widest Street

Julio Avenue Argentina

This is the widest street in the world. 9 de Julio Avenue (mean July 9th Avenue – in honor of Argentina’s ndependence day) in Buenos Aires, Argentina is the widest street in the world. Has seven track in each direction and it covers the entire block. There is one building that sits on the Avenue (the former Ministry of Transportation building) but there are many famous landmarks along the sides – like the long time French Embassy, the statue of Don Quixote, and a famous monument (The obelisk) and the Plaza de la República. This street width 460 feet or about 140m. It typically takes at least 2 traffic light rotations to cross.

Robot Restaurant Bangkok

Hajime Japanese Robot Restaurant

The Hajime Restaurant in Bangkok is Thailand’s first Japanese robot restaurant, where all the serving waiters are robots.Customers order their food on a touchscreen display and their robotic waiter will whizz into action. The friendly robots will also dance to entertain as they work and go out to collect empty dishes at the customers’ table. Instead of wearing a maid’s outfit, Robot is dressed like a samurai.

Fun Fact

The robot  picks up your food and brings you your order. Or, you should hope it’s your order. You may need to be a high level computer programmer to explain to Robot that you asked for an “extra fork” and not “more pork.”

When not delivering customer orders, Robot might begin wheeling back and forth and swinging its arms to the beat of Jay Tee hip hop tunes. This display isn’t exactly a thing of beauty but there is something about it that forces a smile.

Royal Dragon Restaurant

Skating Restaurant Bangkok

Royal Dragon Restaurant is one of the greatest Restaurant in the World at Bangkok,Thailand.It is a sea food Restaurant.It is decorated in Chinese atmosphere within a huge area of  8.35 acres .It can serve 5000 eaters in its palatial dining room at one time . They have thousand kinds of cuisine including Thai,Western,Chinese and japanese. They have 1200 staff.It was recorded as the world's largest restaurant in 1992 by Guinness Book World's Records. The most interesting of all is "10,000 Years Tower"Which is the ideal place to enjoy the scenic view of Bangkok.

Fun Facts

They have unique style of serving that you have never experienced before, such as serving by flying on the sky, and skating for speedy service and save time.

They can produce 3000 items of food per hour.

If you feel like having lunch on the sea,you can dine in one of the two cruise boats on the private lake. 

 

Twin Day Festival

     The Twins Days Festival in Twinsburg, Ohio is the largest annual gathering of twins & other multiples in the world. Twins Days takes place on the first full weekend of August each year.The Twins Days Festival is open to all multiples -- identical,fraternal,young and old, twins, triplets, quads -- and their families.

Bicycle Signals

• Netherland tiny country in Western Europe has more bicycle in world.

• It is a common method of transport and recreation for Netherland people.
• 85% of population own at least  one bicycle.Nether land has specific traffic lanes,rules and road signs to improve safety for bikes.  
• There are over 17,000 km of cycle lanes, indicated by round blue signs with white bicycle on them.
•  In cities these lanes even have special bicycle  traffic lights. 
• Most astonishing statistics is that in a country of just 16 Million people, there are total of 18 Million bicylces.
• if you want to get citizenship in Netherland then you need to know how to drive bicycle.

Adventure in Type Writers

   Lee Steeward of Australia spent 16 years typing the numbers 1 to 1000000 on 19990 sheets of paper starting in 1982, he made the final keystroke in december 7 1998.

Silbo Language

Silbo  Gomero Langugage also known as "el silbo" ('the whistle'), is a whistled language spoken by inhabitants of La Gomera in the Canary Islands to communicate across the deep ravines and narrow valley (gullies) that radiate through the island.This silbo  language is entirely made of whistles.This language is based on spanish language.‘Silbadores’ can transmit news and other intelligible information over distances of several kilometres.

Astronomer's Pen

 Paul Fisher(Fisher Pen Co) has invented a pen designed to work best in space.Pen will write in absence of gravity and temperature extreme ranging from -50 degree to +400 degree F. The consistency of Space Pen Ink is most like rubber cement.


FEATURES

• Dimensions: 3.75" (5.25" with cap) x 0.25" diameter
• Write underwater
• Write upside down
• Write on grease
• NASA Certified
• Refills: SPR4 medium pressurized

History of Fisher Pen

•  The first Bullet Space Pen was used on the Apollo 7 mission at 1968.
• July 20, 1969 - Bullet Space Pen accompanies Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong during moon landing.
• 1983 - Fisher Bullet Space Pen is used by Ronald Reagan to sign the Proclamation inaugurating the Air and Space Bicentennial Year to celebrate Man's first flight in a hot air balloon near Paris, France
• 1997 - Used during Everest North Face Ski Expedition.

Copier

In the year 1988 Xerox corporation made over 20 million copies. on four machines as a test just to  see if its copiers could hold up for that many copies.