TurnToIslam If you want to know@tti/2nd Edition.

[Abu Juwairiya]

The Arch of Triumph (Arc de Triomphe) in Paris, France, is more than another tourist attraction drawing millions each year; it’s a monument that had been commissioned in 1806 after the victory at Austerlitz by Emperor Napoleon and is inscribed with all of the names of generals and wars fought along the inside and the top of the arch.

There are 660 names inscribed on the Arch and underneath is the tomb of an unknown soldier from World War I.

 

[Abu Juwairiya]

The most expensive backgammon set in the world is Bernard Maquin’s design for the Charles Hollander Collection. It boasts 61,082 black, white, and yellow diamonds with a total carat weight of 2071.48. Together with over 6.77 kg of gold, 150 g of silver, and more than 10,000 hours of labour, it retails somewhere between $1.5-2 million.

 

[Abu Juwairiya]

In Florida, USA a 7th grade student won a school science fair by proving there was more bacteria in ice machines at fast-food restaurants than in toilet bowl water.

 

[Abu Juwairiya]

According to the U.S. Census Bureau (2007), the world birth rate is at 4.2 births per second.

 

[Abu Juwairiya]

Italian sailors from Genoa, whom the French called Genes, wore cotton workpants. These pants became known as “genes.” Eventually, the word morphed into “jeans.”

 

[Abu Juwairiya]

All of the kings in a standard deck of playing cards represent real people. When the first deck was created in France during the 15th century, the designer used historical figures to represent each king.

Charlemagne is depicted as the King of Hearts; Julius Caesar is represented by the King of Diamonds; Alexander the Great is represented by the King of Clubs; and King David of the Bible is
represented by the King of Spades.

 

[Abu Juwairiya]

Chihuahuas have moleras, or a soft spot in their skulls. They are the only breed of dog to be born with an incomplete skull.

 

[Abu Juwairiya]

Serbia‘s biggest Chinatown is located in the newer part of Belgrade though there are several Chinese-operated stores all over the country. A large number of Chinese migrated to Serbia after
Slobodan Milosevic paid an official visit to China and relaxed immigration restrictions soon after.

 

[Abu Juwairiya]

The day before Martin Luther King was assassinated, he held a speech asking people to boycott Coca-Cola® and stop buying their products because of the way the company was treating black workers.

 

[Abu Juwairiya]

With only 30 seconds’ of use, a handkerchief has been found to contain 15,000 germs.

 

[Abu Juwairiya]

Colds are caused by over 200 different viruses, and they are not the same viruses that cause the flu.

 

[Abu Juwairiya]

The word “cotton” is an English version of the Arabic qutun or kutun, a generic term meaning fancy fabric.

 

[Abu Juwairiya]

Leonardo Da Vinci is considered by many to be the [west's] godfather of modern science. Though he is more widely recognized for his paintings, he was also a dedicated engineer and architect, designing many of the chief structures and public works of Milan. His scientific notebooks are filled with studies and analyses of problems in dynamics, anatomy, physics, optics, biology, hydraulics, and even aeronautics.

 

[Abu Juwairiya]

Robbie Knievel is the third of four children of the late famous stuntman Evel Knievel and his first wife, Linda. The young Knievel began jumping his bicycle at age 4 and rode motorcycles at age 7.

When he was only 8 years old, he performed his first show with his father at Madison Square Garden in NY. By age 12, he was touring with Dad and would perform in the pre-jump shows.

 

[Abu Juwairiya]

Not only is the ostrich egg the largest in the world, it is also the toughest egg. It can withstand a person weighing slightly over 253 lbs.

 

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The US is the greatest consumer of electricity in the world using 3.892 trillion kWh (2007 est.) while China is a close second.

 

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The term “Chauvinism” was derived from Nicolas Chauvin, a semimythical soldier under Napoleon Bonaparte. Despite the unpopularity of Bonapartism in Restoration France, Chauvin was
said to be an ardent supporter and often donned a violet in his lapel, the symbol of his deposed Emperor. He remained fanatically loyal despite his poverty, disability, and the abuse he suffered.

 

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The first film “blockbuster” was Steven Spielberg’s Jaws (1975) because people lined up around the block to see the movie.

 

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The fingerprints of koala bears are virtually indistinguishable from those of humans, so much so that they can easily be confused at a crime scene even with an electron microscope.

 

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Entomologists Dr. Yao and Dr. Yuan of China studied more than 378,046 common houseflies and estimated that each carried approximately 1,941,000 bacteria on their bodies.