fact for 1 october 2008

Australia, founded by convicts. The homicide (murders,crimes,etc)rate is in Australia is 1.8 per 100,000 of population. The United States was founded by religious zealots. It's homicide rate is 6.3 per 100,000. Almost 400% greater than Australia.

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

fact for 30 sept 2008

Yoga has its origins in India and has existed for over 5,000 years.

Australia has a total coastline of 36,735 kilometers.

A rat can go longer without water than a camel.

fact for 29 sept 2008

About 30% of the population of Australia was born overseas .

It takes seven years for a lobster to grow 1 pound .

fact for 28 sept 2008

Australia is the world’s largest exporter of coal, wool, alumina, diamonds, sheep, lead and mineral sands.

Usage of anesthesia was well known in ancient India. Over 125 surgical equipments were used.

The only bird that can fly backwards is the Hummingbird.

fact for 27 sept 2008

Tasmania boasts of having the cleanest air in the world.

Texas horned toads can shoot blood out of the corners or their eyes .

fact for 26 sept 2008

The first postage stamps of Asia, the "Scinde Dawk", were issued in India in 1852 .

Australia has the largest cattle station in the world, which measures around 30,028 sq km.

Polar bears are left-handed.

fact for 25 sept 2008

Sydney’s Opera House was designed in 1957 by Jorn Utzon, a Danish architect. Its roof weighs more than 161,000 tons.


A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

fact for 24 sept 2008

Buland Darwaza is the highest gateway in India. Buland Darwaza is 53.63m high and 35 m wide. It has 42 steps leading to it.

The longest stretch of railways in the world, measuring 478.4 kilometers in length, is situated in Western Australia, between the towns of Ooldia and Nurina.

Baby robins eat 14 feet of earthworms per day.

fact for 23 sept 2008

Sydney Tower is 324.8m above sea level at its centre point, making it the highest building in the entire southern hemisphere.

The only insect that can turn it's head is a praying mantis.

fact for 22 sept 2008

The oldest synagogue (jewish temple) in India is the Paradesi Synagogue , built in 1568, Cochin, India.

The largest meteorite crater(A bowl-like shaped pit created by an asteroid or meteorite colliding with the Earth) in the world, Wolf Creek, is situated in Western Australia. It is 61m deep.

The oldest known goldfish lived to 41 years of age. Its name was Fred.

21 sept 2008

The Great Barrier Reef is the longest( a strip of rock or coral near the surface of the water ) coral reef in the world at over 2010 kilometres.

A gold fish's memory span is three seconds .

fact for 20 sept 2008

The oldest European church was built in Cochin , India. It was called St. Francis Church and was built in 1503.

Australia's most famous animals are unique to Australia only.When many people think of wildlife in Australia, they think of such animals as koala bears and kangaroos. Because Australia is an island and not connected to any other land, it has developed its own wildlife. The kangaroo, koala bear, emu, and kookaburra are only few of the animals that are only found in the wild in
Australia.

Owls are the only birds that can see the color blue.

fact for 19 sept 2008

The second largest population of Greeks in the world lives in Melbourne,Australia ,second only to Athens.

A group of geese on the ground is a gaggle, a group of geese in the air is a skein.

fact for 18 sept 2008

There are 300,000 active mosques in India, more than in any other country, including the Muslim world.

There is no place in Australia that has a distance of more than 1000 km from the sea.

Humans are born with 300 bones in their body, however when a person reaches adulthood they only have 206 bones. This occurs because many of them join together to make a single bone.

fact for 17 september 2008

2.3 percent of Australia's GDP(Value of all goods and services produced in a country in one year) is from agriculture.

The common garden worm has five pairs of hearts .

fact for 16 Sept 2008

The Vishnu Temple in the city of Tirupathi, India built in the 10th century, is the world's largest religious pilgrimage .An average of 30,000 visitors donate $6 million (US) to the temple everyday .

There are actually four types of Boomerang - the "hook", the "hunter", "the club", "the V". All were used for hunting . Only one of the four will return when thrown - The Hunter.

The elephant is the only mammal that is unable to jump.

fact for 15 sept 2008

Australians love to gamble. Australians spend more money on gambling than any other country in the world. And although they make up less than one percent of the total population of the world, Australia has over twenty percent of the world's poker( A device that is designed for the playing of a game of chance, or a game that is partly chance and partly skill and a device that pays out money )machines.

Cats have over 100 vocal sounds, dogs only have 10 .

fact for 14 sept 2008

Kohinoor, the jewel in the crown of the British monarch(The word monarch comes from the Greek , meaning "one ruler," which referred to an absolute ruler), is from India.

Australia can claim itself as a country, continent, and island. While it is the smallest continent in the world, it is also the largest island in the world. In addition, Australia is the only country in the world that makes up an entire continent.

Most hamsters blink one eye at a time.

fact for 13 sept 2008

Australia was first inhabited over 40,000 years ago by Aboriginal people. These tribes of Aborigines in the states and across the country spoke over 200 languages and dialects. However, more than half of these dialects are now extinct, as over ninety percent of the original Aborigines were killed when the British settled the continent, mostly as a result of diseases the Europeans brought over.There were originally over 200 languages in Australia.

Penguins can jump as high as 6 feet in the air.

fact for 12 sept 2008

Presently, Australia claims to have a 100% literacy rate, one of the highest in the world. Perhaps this is why they read more newspapers than any country in the world.

India was the richest country on earth until after the coming of the British in the17th century. Christopher Columbus was attracted India's wealth. British, French, Portuguese, Dutch, and other "adventurers" were racing against each other to start trading buisnesses in India. It was known as the true land of milk and honey.

A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.

fact for 11 sept 2008

Australia is famous for its sheep. The population of Australia is more sheep than people; in fact, there are roughly ten sheep in Australia for every person. As a result, Australia is the largest exporter in the world of lamb meat and wool.

A group of twelve or more cows is called a flink.

fact for september 10 2008

Australia exports the largest part (18 percent) of its agricultural products(wheat, barley,oats, etc) to Japan.

The name 'India' is derived from the River Indus;the Persian invaders converted it into Hindu.

Alligators cannot move backwards

fact for 9 sept 2008

The salt water crocodile, found in Australia, is the worlds biggest crocodile.Males can occasionally grow to lengths of over 6 metres (20 feet).

Flamingos can only eat with their heads upside down

Fact for 8 sept 2008

Jagdish Bosh, from India was the pioneer (someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art ) of wireless communication (cell phones, portable phones).

Australia is the driest continent and is the second largest desert area in the world.(the first is the sahara)

A newborn hedgehog starts to get it's spines within 24 hours of it's birth.

fact for 7 sept 2008

Aborigines, the original people of Australia, now only make up 1.5 % of the population. There are no Tasmanian full blooded aboriginals left. They were also different in appearance from the mainland aborigines.
The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows.

fact for 6 sept 2008

Sydney is the largest city of Australia with over 4 million people, while the capital Canberra has around 300,000.

India exports software to 90 countries.

The art of mapmaking is older than the art of writing.

fact for 5 sept 2008

Cathedral Cave,Wellington, Australia has one of the largest stalagmites in the world. It is 15m tall .

A skunk can be detected over a mile away by a human.

fact for 4 sept 2008

India's national anthem, which is Jan Gan Man was written by Rabindranath Tagore .



Mt Augustus , found in australia is the biggest rock in the world.

Sharks can not get any diseases.

fact for 3 sept 2008

An Akubra is a special Australian hat with a broad rim; farmers and other outdoor workers wear an Akubra for protection against burning by the sun.

Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.

fact of the day - 2 september 2008

Australia has 826 native birds including the laughing kookaburra, rainbow lorrikeet and the emu.

Amarnath Cave in Jammu & Kashmir is the largest cave in India.

The reason honey is so easy to digest is that it's already been digested by a bee.

incredible india

Amarnath Cave in Jammu & Kashmir is the largest cave in India.

India invented chess.

India never invaded any country in the past 10,000 years.

Bhaskacharya rightly corrected the time taken by the earth to orbit the sun before the astronomer Smart.

Ayurveda was the first form of medicine.

the solar system

the solar system was actually created bya nebula; a swirling amount of hot rocks and comets.when the nebula broke down it formed a pizza like circle with the biggest chunks of rock( planets) circling a red star (sun). it was named the solar system. it is known that in years to come the sun will explode and burn all the planets leaving a crushed mass of black.