Did you know that the Koh-i-Noor weighted initially 793 carats?
The Koh-i-Noor diamond is set now in the crown of The Queen Mother.
It weighs 106.6 carats and is one of the largest cut diamonds in the world.
Continue reading “Koh-I-Noor , the cursed diamond. Quick Facts”What if I told you An iron-bladed dagger made from a meteorite was discovered in 1925 in the ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun’s tomb?
Continue reading “Tutankhamun’s iron dagger. Amazing Quick Facts”The existence of Helen of Troy is still a debate. Let me explain. While the Trojan war, most likely existed and Agamemnon, Menelaus, Odysseus, and Priam probably existed, the existence of Helen of Troy is questionable. There is no archeological or documented evidence of her existence, and she is rather a legend. Trojan war existed but it was due to political and economic reasons.
Continue reading “Did Helen of Troy really exist ? Quick Facts”What is Buddhism?
What is Buddhism? Ouick Facts on Mauryan Empire. Find out more!
Did you know that it is the world’s fourth-largest religion with over 520 million followers, or over 7% of the global population, known as Buddhists.
Continue reading “What is Buddhism? Quick Facts on Mauryan Empire”Did you know that Sikhism is the fifth major religion? Sikh Religion has 25 million followers mainly in Pakistan and India in the area named Punjab. They have large community in US and Canada.
Continue reading “What is Sikhism? Quick Facts about the Sikh Empire”8000 BC Shamans are first using trepanation with success. Some patients did not even survive but they came back for more. The reasons trepanations were performed in Neolithic are unknown.
Continue reading “Mini Timeline History of Medicine”Your brain is 75% water. A dehydration of 2% can affect your brain.
Your brain has a weight of 1300 – 1400 g of which 60% is fat, making the brain the fattest organ. 25% of your cholesterol is in your brain. Without enough cholesterol your brain cells may suffer.
Continue reading “Curiosities about your brain. Quick Facts”Why do humans walk upright?
The humans use 75 percent less energy walking upright than the chimps use walking on all fours. Walking upright seemed to be beneficial because it saved energy.
Having two limbs free to use tools constituted a key element of advanced intelligence.
Continue reading “Why do humans walk upright? Quick Facts”Scientists have recently renamed fossils of certain hominids and created a new type of hominid called Homo Bodoensis.
The name comes from the Bodo skull discovered in 1976 in Bodo D’ar, Ethiopia, on the Awash River in Africa.
Continue reading “Are the stories about hominids wrong or deceitful?”Did you know that we share approximately 50% of our DNA with bananas? Humans and pumpkins share 70% of DNA.
Human DNA begins to degenerate at the age of 55.
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