Amazing facts about the world – Your knowledge brush up to keep you updated:
- New creatures have found in deep-sea volcanoes
A team of British scientists has captured images of very rare species, in some of the most inaccessible parts of the Indian Ocean. While they were surveying volcanic underwater vents, they found an array of creatures, including yeti crabs, scaly-foot snails and sea cucumbers.
- Mount Everest is more than two feet taller
The new official height is 8,848.86 meters (29,032 feet), slightly more than Nepal’s previous measurement and about four meters higher than China’s. The world’s highest mountain is now officially a little higher, and that might not be the end of the story.
- Flowers changing colour due to rise in temperature
A new study published in the journal Current Biology suggests that over the past 75 years, the ultraviolet (UV) pigments in flowers have increased in response to rising temperatures and a thinning ozone layer.
- North Korea and Cuba are the only places you can’t buy Coca-Cola.
There are now just two countries in the world where Coca-Cola cannot be bought or sold – at least, not officially. They are Cuba and North Korea, which are both under long-term US trade embargoes (Cuba since 1962 and North Korea since 1950).
- The hottest chili pepper in the world
The Carolina Reaper is once again officially the World’s Hottest Pepper. Originally ranked as world’s hottest in 2013, the Reaper was tested again in 2018 with an even higher SHU. (71,000 SHU higher to be exact) This gives the reaper a renewed title as World’s Hottest!
- The world’s quietest room is located at Microsoft’s headquarters in Washington state.
A room in Building 87 of Microsoft’s headquarters, which is located in Redmond, Washington, USA, is the quietest place on Earth. The room, which is an anechoic chamber, was built by Microsoft engineers to test newly developed equipment.
- The longest place name on the planet is 85 letters long
The North Island of New Zealand has a place named
Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu. The 1,000-foot hill near the township Porangahau holds the Guinness World Record for longest place name, with 85 characters.
- Japan is the world’s most earthquake-prone country
For which country do we locate the most earthquakes? Japan. The whole country is in a very active seismic area, and they have the densest seismic network in the world, so they are able to record many earthquakes.
- South Sudan is the youngest country in the world
Once part of Sudan, the 10 southernmost states formed a separate country in 2011. This makes it the youngest country in the world and also the poorest and least developed. The capital is Juba and the currency is the South Sudanese pound.
- Whale songs can be used to map out the ocean floor
The echoes of fin whale songs can penetrate sediment and volcanic rock on the ocean floor, according to new research. Why it matters: Fin whale songs could be used to map the Earth’s crust when conventional — and in some cases, controversial — methods like firing seismic air guns from ships may not be available.
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