HISTORIC FACTS

1. In Turkestan, in 1919, a train was powered by almost 9000 tonnes of dried fish.
2. The cuddly animal koala bear, as it is often called, is not a bear at all; it is a marsupial!It sleeps for up to 18 hours daily.
3. Newton served as a member of the parliament of England for one year. During all the lengthy proceedings,he spoke only once: he asked the person next to him to close an open window!
4. Coca-Cola gets its name from its two key ingredients derived from the coca leaves and kola nut. (Its creator changed the 'K' in kola to 'C' to make the name look better.
5. 'Mortimer Mouse' would have been the name for the character Mickey Mouse had Walt Disney's wife not convinced him to change it.
6. The first "Teddy Bear" was made in honour of the American President Theodore Roosevelt (nicknamed Teddy) after he'd refused to shoot a bear cub on one of his hunting trips.
7. The word "Listen" contains the same letters as the word "Silent".
8. All the planets in our solar system rotate anti clockwise, except Venus.It is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
9. 'Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliphobia' is the fear of long words.
10. The whip makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the speed of sounds.
11. India has never invaded any country in her last 10,000 years of history.
12. Sanskrit is considered the Mother of all higher languages. This is because it is the most precise, and therefore the most suitable language for computer software.