Friday, April 27, 2012

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. 
 

Dead Sea

Dead Sea is not a sea it is a  salt water lake. There is no marine life in dead Sea.High Mineral content of the water make it impossible for plants and animals to live.Dead Sea is three Million years old.Salt in dead Sea is very bitter.It is the lowest elevation point on earth.Shore located 1300f below sea level.Dead  Sea is home to World's lowest road Highway 90,which runs app. 390m below sea level.Dead sea continues to shrink daily by 2 mm. Unique salt in Dead Sea treats acne,cellulite,dryskin, dandruff,stress,muscle aches and more.

      Fun Facts
  • Cleopatra loved the Dead Sea so much,she ordered cosmetic factories and resorts to be built along the shore.
  • You could sit back and read newspaper without waving an arm,the salt content made U buoyant.
  • Ancient Egyptians used salt from Dead Sea for Mummification,fertilizers and potash.

Thursday, April 26, 2012

Ham burger


 It is  the name of  sailors from the city of hamburg . Immigrants to the United States from German-speaking countries brought with them some of their favorite foods. One of them was Hamburg Steak. The Germans simply flavored shredded low-grade beef with regional spices, and both cooked and raw it became a standard meal among the poorer classes. In the seaport town of Hamburg, it acquired the name Hamburg steak. Today, this hamburger patty is no longer called Hamburg Steak in Germany but rather "Frikadelle.
Fun Facts
  • Hamburgers remain on of the most favourite foods among Americans today.
  • Ranking #1 among all restaurants with 26,000 stores in 119 countries,McDonalds serve millions of hamburgers.
  • On a average Americans eat 3 Hamburgers a week.
  • 60% of all sandwitches eaten are hamburgers.
  • Recently study at university of North Carolina found the average hamburger is 23% larger than today in 1977.




Canopic jars

 
      It is a storage container for internal organs in ancient egyptian times.Internal organs were removed and placed in four container called "Canopic Jars" during the mummification process. "canopic" comes from the Greek name "Canopus" a greek god.There are 4 canopic jars for the liver, the intestines, the lungs and the stomach.Each canopic jar is represented by a carved head- depicting the Four Sons of Horus.The heart was considered sacred and left inside the mummies to continue the  journey into after life. Ancient Egyptians mainly believed life After death. Ancient Egyptian Canopic jars have been in use since the old Kingdom and lasted up until the very last era of the Egyptians.

Zero

          Numbers are the only universal language,used by and understood by all cultures and countries on Earth. Hindu mathematicians in India around A.D.500 created the numerals 1 through 9.Zero was the last cog in the system to exist,invented more than 300 years after the rest of the Arabic number system was in use.Zero was invented by Muhammad ibn Al-Khwarizmi(in Baghdad,Iraq).

Fun fact: How many Zeroes are there in a centrillion(the biggest recognized number) Anser:303.A google has 100 zeroes,a trillion has twelve, a billion has nine.



Wednesday, April 25, 2012

No pain in the Brain

Although the brain is responsible for the experience of pain,it does not feel pain itself because it contains no pain receptors.This fact becomes very useful during brain surgery,because it allows surgeons to operate while the patient is concious.




Fun Fact
  • The Brain is higly compact.if you smoothed out all the wrinkles in the cortex,the brain would cover an area of about 21/2 square feet (2300 sqcm).

WalMart

Walmart is the largest variety retail chain in the world has 5552 total units  with 2.1 million employers.Walmart has the largest private employers in both Mexico and U.S.A.Walmart sells more food than any other store in the World. 90% of Americans live within 15 Miles of Walmart.8 cents for every U.S Dollar is spent in Walmart.