5 Facts That Very Few People Know...

1) Is Aladdin Arabian ?

While majority of us believe Aladdin to be an Arabian, it is not actually true. Ethnically, Aladdin is actually Chinese and the story takes place in China. Though the story has Islamic terminologies like the Sultans and Muslims characters, it does not take place anywhere in the Arabian Peninsula but China.

2) The First Website:

Tim Berners Lee as we all know is the creater of the WWW( World Wide Web) but do you know that Tim is also the creator of the first ever website? It explained people the project of the WWW and how people could create their own websites and webpages. Its URL was http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html

Sadly though, this website is no longer acessible. :(

3) Same Sound Different Speeds:

Did you know that Sound travels much faster in steel as compared to air?
The speed of sound in steel is 5100 m/s, Through water it becomes 1480m/s While through air it becomes 330 m/s.

4) Country Which Falls In All Four Hemispheres;

Kiribati is the only country which falls in all four hemispheres of Earth( Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western). The reason being that this nation has numerous small islands spread throughout the pacific ocean hence making it a part of all four hemispheres.

5) No GNP But GNH!? :

While the whole world regards GDP(Gross Domestic Product) as a means to measure the developement of the nation, Bhutan in 1973 can up with a ingenious policy of measuring the GNH(Gross National Happiness) Ensuring that the average happiness of the citizens is increasing per annum. Though this initiative did not affect the economical aspect of country but this is a good example of how the Bhutanese Govt. Is ensuring the well being of their citizens.