Universe at a glance ......

Sun
The Sun is a star that is in the center of the Solar

System The Sun is recognized as having the largest mass in our Solar System. It has a diameter of about 1,392,684 km, about 109 times that of Earth The sun is the closest star to Earth, at a mean distance from our planet of 149.60 million km Sun fuses 620 million metric tons of hydrogen each second.

At the core, the temperature is about 27 million degrees Fahrenheit (15 million degrees Celsius) In February 1974, Skylab was the first manned spacecraft to study the Sun. Solar flares occur when magnetic fields of the Sun come together and cause huge explosions on the Suns surface. Solar flares produce bursts of electromagnetic radiation, x-rays, ultraviolet radiation, visible light, and radio waves.

Mercury
Mercury is the closest and second smallest in the Solar System.

Mercury is the second densest planet after Earth.

The only visit to Mercury was a flyby made by the Mariner 10 spacecraft in 1974. Mercury speeds around the sun every 88 days, traveling through space at nearly 50 km (31 miles) per second Galileo first observed Mercury during the 17th century.

Venus
Venus is the second closest and sixth largest planet in the Solar

System The orbital speed of Venus is 35 km per second. Venus is the hottest planet in the Solar System. Venus appears to be the brightest planet in the sky. It takes 244.7 days for Venus to rotate on its axis.

 The first robotic space probe mission to Venus, and the first to any planet, began on 12 February 1961, with the launch of the Venera 1 probe.

Earth
Earth formed approximately 4.54 billion years ago, and life appeared on its surface within one billion years. The Earth is the densest planet in the Solar System.

Earth is the fifth largest planet in the Solar System. The Diameter of the Earth is 12,756 km (7,926 miles) The earths orbital speed is 29.8 km per second.

Earth atmosphere consists of 78 percent nitrogen, 21 percent oxygen and 1 percent other ingredients.. Earth rotates about its own axis 366.26 times, creating 365.26 solar days

Moon
The Moon is Earths lone natural satellite. In 1610, Galileo Galilei is the first to use a telescope to make scientific observations of the Moon. The Moon is the fifth largest satellite in our Solar

System. The Moons diameter is 2160 miles (3476 km)

Average distance between the Earth and the Moon is about 239,000 miles. Actual distance varies from 221,457 to 252,712 miles. The Moons gravity is 1/6 that of Earth.

The Moon does not have an atmosphere; there is no wind on the Moon. Apollo 11 was the American space mission to first reach and land on the moon. The first human landing on the Moon was on 20 July 1969. The Moon orbits around the Earth every 29 days.

Mars
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second smallest planet in the Solar System. iron oxide prevalent on its surface gives it a reddish appearance, often described as Red Planet

A Mars year is equal to 686.98 Earth Days A day in Mars is equal to 24.6 Earth Hours

Like Earth, Mars experiences seasons because of the tilt of its rotational axis Asaph Hall discovered both of Mars moons, Phobos and Deimos, in August 1877. Mariner 4 first successful flyby mission to Mars. Launched on November 28, 1964 and arrived at Mars on July 14, 1965. Viking 1 Successful orbit and landing on surface of Mars. Launched August 20, 1975 and arrived at Mars July 20, 1976.

Jupitar
Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, is 318 times larger than Earth.

The orbital speed of Jupiter is 13.1 km/sec A year on Jupiter is equal to 11.9 Earth Years

Jupiter has 67 natural satellites.[105] Of these, 51 are less than 10 kilometres in diameter and have only been discovered since 1975. Galileo Galilei had discovered Jupiter's four largest moons, now called Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. These four moons are known today as the Galilean satellites. In 1610, Galileo Galilei makes the first detailed observations of Jupiter. Jupiter's moon Ganymede is the biggest satellite in solar system

Jupiter has rings, the third planet discovered to have a ring system in our Solar System. Jupiters rings are identified as: Halo ring, Main ring, Amalthea gossamer ring, and Thebe gossamer ring. Jupiters rings were discovered by Voyager 1 in 1979.

Saturn
Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest. Saturn has 62 known moons, fifty-three have been named. Most of them are small in size. Names of some of Saturns moons: the largest is Titan, discovered in 1655; Tethys, Dione, Rhea, & Iapetus, discovered from 1671 to 1672; Mimas & Enceladus, discovered in 1789; and Hyperion, discovered in 1848. A year on Saturn is equal to 29.5 Earth

Years Pioneer 11 is the first spacecraft to reach Saturn, in 1979

Saturn has a prominent ring system that consists of nine continuous main rings and three discontinuous arcs, composed mostly of ice particles with a smaller amount of rocky debris and dust.

Uranus

The orbital speed of Uranus is 6.6 km/sec Uranus takes 84 Earth years to complete one orbit. Uranus is the third largest planet in the Solar System. Voyager 2, the only spacecraft to visit Uranus, A day on Uranus is equal to a little more than 17 hours on Earth.

Uranus has 27 known moons, named for characters from the works of William Shakespeare or Alexander Pope Uranus was discovered by Sir William Herschel in 1781

Neptune
Neptune is the fourth largest planet and coolest planet in the Solar System. Neptune was the first planet located through mathematical predictions rather than through regular observations of the sky. Neptune was discovered by Urbain Le Verrier, John Couch Adams, and Johann Galle on September 23, 1846. The only spacecraft ever to visit Neptune was Voyager 2 in

1989. The magnetic field of Neptune is about 27 times more powerful than that of Earth. One Neptune year is equal to 164.83 Earth Years Neptune has six known rings.

In 2011, Neptune completes its first 165-year orbit of the sun since its discovery in 1846. Neptune has 13 moons, the largest of which is named Triton. The other moons are: Naiad, Thalassa, Despina, Galatea, Larissa, Proteus, Nereid, Halimede, Sao, Laomedeia, Neso, and Psamathe.

Pluto
Pluto is the smallest planet in the Solar System, now consider as dwarf planet

Pluto is colder than Neptune. Plutos journey around the Sun takes 248 Earth years. Pluto is the second most contrast body in the Solar System Pluto has not yet been visited by a spacecraft.

Pluto has a satellite, Charon, which was discovered (in 1978). The distance between them is 19,640 km (12,200 miles).The other 3 are Nix, Hydra, and newly discovered S/2011 P 1 on July of 2011. Pluto rotation (a Pluto day) takes 6.4 Earth days, meaning that it has the second slowest rotation in the Solar System after Venus Pluto was discovered by Tombaugh in 1930

World at a glance ......

Total Surface Area: 510,064,472 sq km Total Land Area: 148,940,000 sq km (29.2% of Planet Earth's surface) Total Water Area: 361,132,000 sq km (70.8% of Planet Earth's surface) Total Population: Total Weight: Total Volume: Total Age: Surface Gravity: 7.04 billion 5.9722 1024 Kg 1.083211012 km3 4.54 billion years 32.041 ft/s2

Distance from Moon: 384,403 km Distance from Sun: Equatorial Radius: Mean Radius: Polar Radius: Orbiting Speed: Orbiting Time: Surface Temperature: Orbit Size around Sun: 150 million km 6,378.1 km 6,371.0 km 6,356.8 km 29.78 km/s 365.256363004 days -88/5(min/max)C 92,956,050 miles (Semi Major Axis)

Period of Rotation: Speed of Rotation: Distance from nearest Planet: Total Continent: South America, Australia,

23.934 hours 1670 km/hr 38 million km from Venus 7 (Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, Antarctica)

Total Ocean: Arctic ) UN Recognized Countries: Total Seas:

5 ( Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, 193 137

Primary Tectonic Plates: 8 (African, Antarctic, Australian, Eurasian, Indian, North American, Pacific, South American) Largest Continent: World landmass) Smallest Continent: Largest Country: Smallest Country: Largest Ocean: Smallest Ocean: Highest Mountain: Longest River: Largest Lake: Average Life Expectancy: Asia, 43,820,000 sq km (29.5% of total Australia, 9,008,500 sq km Russia, 17,098,242 sq km Vatican City - 0.44 sq km The Pacific Ocean - 155,557,000 sq km Arctic, 14,056,000 sq km Mount Everest, 29,029 ft - Nepal The Nile - 6,650 km The Caspian Sea - 371,000 sq km 67.2 years

First in the World

Sgnificance Asian city to host Olympics Athlete disqualified at the Olympics for drug use Blind person to conquer the Everest Cricket Club Country to Print Books Country to issue paper currency Country to start Civil Service Competition Country to make education compulsory Country to win World Cup football Country to make a constitution Country to Organize NAM Summit Country to send human to Moon Country to launch satellite into space Country to host modern Olympics Country to launch Radio Telescope Satellite into space European to visit China Man to climb Mt Everest Man to reach North Pole Man to reach South Pole Man to Fly an aeroplan Man to sail around the World Man to set foot on the Moon Man to go to the space Man to draw the map of Earth Man to compile Encyclopedia Man to win Nobel Prize in Literature Man to win Nobel Prize in Peace Man to win Nobel Prize in Physics Man to win Nobel Prize in Chemistry Man to win Nobel Prize in Medicine Man to win Nobel Prize in Economics Man to climb Mt Everest Achiver Tokyo, Japan, 1964 Hans-Gunnar Lijenwall, Mexico Olympics, 1968 Erik Weihenmayer, USA, 2001 Cricket club founded in Hambledon, England China China China Prussia Uruguay USA Belgrade USA Russia Greece Japan Marco Polo Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary, 1953 Robert Peary Ronald Amundsen Wright Brothers Ferdinand Magellan Neil Armstrong Major Yuri Gagarin Anexemander Aspheosis Rene FA and Silt Pradhom Jin F Dunant nad Frederic Peiry WK Roentgen JH Wenthoff AE Wonn Behring Ranger Fish and John Tinbergen Peter Habeler

Man tourist in Space Man to have climbed Mount Everest Twice Man Oscar winner for the Best Actor Man to win Tour de France Man boxing champion Man chess champion Man to walk in space Man heart transplant was per formed by Man heart transplant recipient Man to fly solo non stop across the Atlantic Man to swim across the English Channel Man to fly solo nonstop around the world in ballon Man to cross the Pacific Ocean in hot air balloon Movie in the world Parkinsons disease was first described by Religion of the world Recipient of a permanent artificial heart Secretary General of UN Space shuttle launched Space ship landed on Moon Space vehicle to land on the moon Woman tourist in Space Woman civilian police adviser of the U.N. Woman Bishop Woman to win Nobel Prize in Literature Woman to win Nobel Prize in Peace Woman to win Nobel Prize in Physics Woman to win Nobel Prize in Chemistry Woman to win Nobel Prize in Medicine Woman to win Nobel Prize in Economics Woman Prime Minister of a Country Woman Cosmonaut in Space Woman to Climb Mt. Everest Woman President of UN General assembly Woman to reach North Pole Woman to reach Antartica Woman President of a Country Woman to sail around the world alone

Dennis Tito Nawang Gombu Emil Jannings, 1928 Maurice Garin, 1903 Tim Hyer, 1841 Wilhelm Steinitz, 1886 Alexei Arkhovich Leonov, 1965 Dr. Christian Barnard, 1967 Louis Washkansky, 1967 Charles Lindbergh, 1927 Matthew Webb, 1875 Steve Fossett, U.S., 2002 Ben Abruzzo and team in the Double Eagle V The jazz Singer , 1927 James Parkinson, British neurologist, 1817 Santosh Dharma Barney Clark, 1982 Trigve Li Colombia Viking-1 Lunar Exploration Module (LEM) Mrs Anousheh Ansari Kiran Bedi Rev Barbara C. Harris (USA) Selma Lagerlf Bertha von Suttner Marie Curie-Skodowska Marie Curie-Skodowska Gerty Theresa Cori Elinor Ostrom S Bhandarnayake Valentina Tereshkova, USSR Juno Tabei, Japan Vijayalakshmi Pandit Mrs Fran Phipps Caroline Michaelson Maria Estela Peron Kat Cotte

Woman to win an Olympic Gold Medal Woman professional bullfighter Womens Olympic marathon Champion Woman to Climb Mt. Everest twice Woman Oscar winner for Best Actress Woman black tennis player to win a singles title at Wimbledon Woman to win a Grand Slam Woman to swim the English Channel Woman to set foot on North Pole University of the world

Charlotte Cooper, UK, Tennis singles, 1900 Patricia Mccormick, 1952 Joan Benoit, Los Angles, 1984 Santosh Yadav janet Gaynor, 1928 A Gibson, 1957 Maureen Catherine, 1953 Gertrude Ederle, 1926 Ann Bancroft, USA, 1986 Taxila University

National Emblem like Flower, Animal, Bird....

Country Afghanistan Argentina Australia Austria Bangladesh Barbados Belgium Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Brazil Bulgaria Chile China Colombia Cuba Cyprus Denmark Egypt England Finland France Germany Hungary India Indonesia Iraq Ireland Israel Japan Jordan Malaysia Mexico Myanmar Netherlands New Zealand Norway National Flower Tulip Ceibo Golden Wattle Edelweiss White Water Lily Pride of Barbados Red Poppy Blue-eyed Grass Blue Poppy Kantuta and Patuj Tabebuia Alba Rose Copihue Cattleya Orchid Mariposa Cyclamen Red clover Lotus Rose, Tudor Rose Lily of the Valley Iris Cornflower Tulip Lotus Puspa Bangsa Rose Shamrock Cyclamen Cherry Blossom Black Iris Hibiscus Dahlia Padauk Tulip Kowhai Saxifrage National Animal Marco Polo Sheep Puma Kangaroo Royal Bengal Tiger National Bird Eagle Rufous Hornero Emu Barn Swallow Oriental Magpie Robin Brown Pelican Lion Takin Llama Jaguar Lion Huemul Chinese Dragon Andean Condor Cuban Crocodile mouflon sheep Lion Saladin's Eagle Lion, Bulldog Brown Bear Gallic Rooster Turul Royal Bengal Tiger Komodo Dragon Irish Wolfhound, Red Deer Hoopoe Pheasant, Koi Oryx Malayan Tiger Tiger Lion Lion Common Kestrel Bermuda Petrel Common Raven Condor Macaw Condor Red Crowned Crane Andean Condor Cuban Trogon Mute Swan European Robin Whooper Swan Gallic Rooster White-tailed Eagle Saker Falcon Peacock Javan Hawk Eagle Chukar Partridge Lapwing Hoopoe Green Pheasant Sinai Rosefinch Rhinoceros Hornbill Golden Eagle Burmese Peacock Kiwi Goldcrest

Pakistan Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Romania Russia Scotland Singapore South Africa South Korea Spain Sri Lanka Switzerland Taiwan Thailand United States of America Vietnam Zimbabwe

Jasmine Jasminum Sambac Corn Poppy Lavender Flor de Maga Dog rose Chamomile Thistle Vanda Miss Joaquim King Protea Hibiscus Carnation Blue Lily Edelweiss Plum Blossom Golden Shower Rose Lotus Flame Lily

Markhor Carabao White Eagle Galo de Barcelos Coqui Golden Eagle Bear Unicorn and Lion Lion Springbok Antelope Korean Tiger Bull Lion Formosan Black Bear Thai Elephant American Bison Tiger, Water Buffalo and Dragon Sable Antelope

Chukar Philippine Eagle

Puerto Rican Spindalis Great White Pelican Golden Bicephalic Eagle Golden Eagle Crimson Sunbird Blue Crane Korean Magpie Spanish Imperial Eagle Jungle Fowl Formosan blue magpie Bald Eagle

African Fish Eagle

Continent and Countries ......

Asia
Area 17,212,000 sq. km Number of Countries 44 countries Highest point Lowest point Most Populous City Mount Everest, Nepal Dead Sea, Israel Shanghai, China

South America
Area 6,880,000 sq. km Number of Countries 12 countries Highest point Lowest point Most Populous City Aconcagua, Argentina Laguna del Carbn, Argentina Sao Paulo, Brazil

North America
Area 9,365,000 sq. km Number of Countries 23 countries Highest point Lowest point Most Populous City Mount McKinley, USA Death Valley, USA Mexico City, Mexico

Africa
Area 11,608,000 sq. km Number of Countries 54 countries Highest point Lowest point Most Populous City Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania Lake Assal,Djibouti Lagos, Nigeria

Europe
Area Number of Countries Highest point Lowest point Most Populous City 3,837,000 sq. km 47 countries Mount Elbrus, Russia Caspian Sea, Russia Moscow, Russia

Antarctica
Area 5,100,000 sq. km Number of Countries 0 countries Highest point Lowest point Most Populous City Vinson Massif, Antarctica Deep Lake, Vestfold Hills, Antarctica Villa Las Estrellas, Chilean claim

Australia
Area 2,968,000 sq. km Number of Countries 14 countries Highest point Lowest point Most Populous City Puncak Jaya, Papua Province Lake Eyre, Australia Sydney, Australia

Other Facts.....

Canada has more lakes than all the other countries of the world combined. Kazakistan is the largest landlocked country in the world France covers the most time zones, covering 12 time zones Most overweight population found in Nauru Mongolia is the least densely populated country on Earth with 4 people per square mile Saudi Arabia has no river Suriname is the most jungle covered country in the world, with 91% of its land covered in jungle Papua New Guinea with 820 languages are spoken, is the most languages spoken country in world The country with the most neighbors is Russia with 16 neighbors New Zealand is the first country that gave women the right to vote in 1893 The country with the longest shoreline measuring 202,080 km is Canada Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan is the only two countries in the world which are doubly landlocked Vatican is the only country where there was no birth in 1983 Singapore is the largest country without any farms. Nauru is the only country in the world with no official capital There are more post offices in India than anywhere else in the world

New Zealand is the only country which has every climate in the world

Top ten in the World....

LARGEST CITIES ON THE PLANET BY POPULATION
1. Shanghai 2. Istanbul 3. Karachi 4. Mumbai 5. Moscow 6. Beijing 7. So Paulo 8. Tianjin 9. Guangzhou 10. Delhi 17,836,133 13,483,052 13,052,000 12,478,447 11,810,000 11,716,000 11,316,149 11,090,314 11,070,654 11,007,835

COUNTRY POPULATION (Largest)

1. China 2. India 3. USA 4. Indonesia 5. Brazil 1,347,350,000 1,210,193,000 313,686,000 237,641,000 192,376,000

6. Pakistan 7. Nigeria 8. Russia 9. Bangladesh 10. Japan

179,764,000 162,471,000 143,100,000 142,319,000 127,610,200

COUNTRIES (Highest Density) (people per square km)

1. Monaco 2. Singapore 3. Malta 4. Maldives 5. Bahrain 6. Bangladesh 7. Vatican City 8. Barbados 9. Nauru 10. Mauritius 16,205 6,386 1,261 1,164 1,035 1,002 920 648 621 603

LANGUAGES OF THE WORLD

1. Chinese Mandarin 2. English 3. Hindi 4. Spanish 5. Russian 6. Arabic 7. Bengali 8. Portuguese 9. Malay-Indonesian 10. Japanese 1 billion + 512 million 501 million 399 million 285 million 265 million 245 million 196 million 140 million 125 million

TOP 10 TALLEST MOUNTAINS

1. Mount Everest 2. Qogir (K2) 3. Kangchenjunga 4. Lhotse 5. Makalu I 6. Cho Oyu 7. Dhaulagiri 8. Manaslu I 29,035 ft (8,850 m) Nepal/China 28,250 ft (8,611 m) Pakistan 28,169 ft (8,586 m) Nepal 27,920 ft (8,501 m) Nepal 27,765 ft (8,462 m) Nepal 26,906 ft (8,201 m) Nepal 26,794 ft (8,167 m) Nepal 26,758 ft (8,156 m) Nepal

9. Nanga Parbat 10. Annapurna I

26,658 ft (8,125 m) Pakistan 26,545 ft (8,091 m) Nepal

LARGEST COUNTRIES (by Land Mass)

1. Russia 2. Canada 3. China 4. USA 5. Brazil 6. Australia 7. India 8. Argentina 9. Kazakhstan 10. Sudan 6,592,846 sq miles (17,075,400 sq km) 3,602,707 sq miles (9,330,970 sq km) 3,600,947 sq miles (9,326,410 sq km) 3,539,242 sq miles (9.166,600 sq km) 3,265,075 sq miles (8,456,510 sq km) 2,941,283 sq miles (7,617,930 sq km) 1,147,949 sq miles (2,973,190 sq km) 1,056,636 sq miles (2,736,690 sq km) 1,049,150 sq miles (2,717,300 sq km) 917,374 sq miles (2,376,000 sq km)

CONTINENTS (by size)

1. Asia 2. Africa 3. North America 4. South America 5. Antarctica 6. Europe 7. Australia/Oceania 44,579,000 sq km 30,221,000 sq km 24,256,000 sq km 17,819,000 sq km 13,209,000 sq km 9,938,000 sq km 7,687,000 sq km

CONTINENTS (by Population)

1. Asia 2. Africa 3. Europe 4. North America 5. South America 6. Australia/Oceania 7. Antarctica 4,140,336,501 1,020,201.229 738,523,843 528,720/588 385,742,554 36,102.071 0

OCEANS OF THE WORLD (by Size)

1. Pacific 2. Atlantic 3. Indian 4. Southern 5. Arctic 155,557,000 sq km 76,762,000 sq km 68,556,000 sq km 20,327,000 sq km 14,056,000 sq km

DEEPEST OCEANS & SEAS

1. Pacific Ocean 2. Atlantic Ocean 3. Indian Ocean 4. Caribbean Sea 5. Arctic Ocean 6. South China Sea 7. Bering Sea 8. Mediterranean Sea 9. Gulf of Mexico 10. Japan Sea 35,827 ft (10,924 m) 30,246 ft (9,219 m) 24,460 ft (7,455 m) 22,788 ft (6,946 m) 18,456 ft (5,625 m) 16,456 ft (5,016 m) 15,659 ft (4,773 m) 15,197 ft (4,632 m) 12,425 ft (3,787 m) 12,276 ft (3,742 m)

MAJOR ISLANDS (by Size)

1. Australia 2. Greenland 3. New Guinea 4. Borneo 5. Madagascar 6. Baffin 7. Sumatra 8. Honshu 9. Great Britain 10. Victoria 7,617.930 sq km 2,175,600 sq km 792,500 sq km 725,500 sq km 587,000 sq km 507,500 sq km 427,300 sq km 227,400 sq km 218,100 sq km 217,300 sq km

MAJOR RIVERS (by Length)

1. Nile, Africa 2. Amazon, South America 3. Chang Jiang (Yangtze), Asia 4. Mississippi, North America 5. Yenisey-Angara, Asia 6. Huang (Yellow), Asia 7. Ob-Irtysh, Asia 8. Amur, Asia 9. Lena, Asia 6,825 km 6,437 km 6,380 km 5,971 km 5,536 km 5,464 km 5,410 km 4,416 km 4,400 km

10. Congo, Africa

4,370 km

MAJOR LAKES (by Size)

1. Caspian Sea, Asia-Europe 2. Superior, North America 3. Victoria, Africa 4. Huron, North America 5. Michigan, North America 6. Tanganyika, Africa 7. Baikal, Asia 8. Great Bear, North America 9. Aral Sea, Asia 10. Malawi, Africa 371,000 sq km 82,100 sq km 69,500 sq km 59,600 sq km 57,800 sq km 32,900 sq km 31,500 sq km 31,300 sq km 30,700 sq km 28,900 sq km

SMALLEST COUNTRIES (by Land Mass)

1. Vatican City 2. Monaco 3. Nauru 4. Tuvalu 5. San Marino 6. Liechtenstein 7. Marshall Islands 0.17 sq miles (0.44 sq km) 0.75 sq miles (1.95 sq km) 8.2 sq miles (21.2 sq km) 10 sq miles (26 sq km) 24 sq miles (61 sq km) 62 sq miles (160 sq km) 70 sq miles (181 sq km)

8. Seychelles 9. Maldives 10. St. Kitts and Nevis

104 sq miles (270 sq km) 116 sq miles (300 sq km) 139 sq miles (360 sq km)

LARGEST DESERTS OF THE WORLD

1. Sahara, North Africa 2. Arabian, Middle East 3. Kalahari, Southern Africa 4. Great Victoria, Australia 5. Syrian, Syria, Jordan, Iraq 6. Chihuahuan, Mexico, U.S. 7. Great Sandy, Australia 8. Sonoran, Mexico, U,S, 9. Thar, India, Pakistan 10. Gibson, Australia 3,320,000 sq. miles 900,000 sq. miles 360,000 sq. miles 250,000 sq. miles 200,000 sq. miles 175,000 sq. miles 150,000 sq. miles 120,000 sq. miles 77,000 sq. miles 60,000 sq. miles

Country, Capital and Indepandance Day

No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 Country Abkhazia Afghanistan Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burma Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China (People's Republic of China) Christmas Island Cocos Islands Colombia Comoros Cook Islands Capital Sukhum Kabul Tirana Algiers Pago Pago Andorra la Vella Luanda The Valley Saint John's Buenos Aires Yerevan Oranjestad Canberra Vienna Baku Nassau Manama Dhaka Bridgetown Minsk Brussels Belmopan Porto-Novo Hamilton Thimphu La Paz Sarajevo Gaborone Braslia Road Town Bandar Seri Begawan Sofia Ouagadougou Naypyidaw Bujumbura Phnom Penh Yaound Ottawa Praia George Town Bangui N'Djamena Santiago Beijing Flying Fish Cove West Island Bogot Moroni Avarua Independence Day /Natonal Day 4th July 19th August 28th November 5th July 1st January 8th September 11th November 30th May 1st November 9th July 21st September 1st January 26th January 26th October 30th August 10th July 15th August 26th March 30th November 3rd July 21st July 21st September 1st August 24th May 8th August 6th August 1st March 30th September 7th September 1st July 1st January 22th September 5th August 4th January 1st July 9th November 1st January 1st July 5th July 13th August 11th August 18th September 1st October

20th July 6th July

50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103

Costa Rica Cte d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Curaao Cyprus Czech Republic Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic East Timor Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Faroe Islands Fiji Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia Gabon The Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Isle of Man Israel Italy

San Jos Yamoussoukro Zagreb Havana Willemstad Nicosia Prague Kinshasa Copenhagen Djibouti Roseau Santo Domingo Dli Quito Cairo San Salvador Malabo Asmara Tallinn Addis Ababa Trshavn Suva Helsinki Paris Cayenne Papeete Libreville Banjul Tbilisi Berlin Accra Gibraltar Athens Nuuk St. George's Basse-Terre Hagta Guatemala City Saint Peter Port Conakry Bissau Georgetown Port-au-Prince Tegucigalpa Budapest Reykjavk New Delhi Jakarta Tehran Baghdad Dublin Douglas Jerusalem Rome

15th September 7th August 8th October 20th May 1st October 1st January 30th June 27th June 3rd November 27th February 29th May 24th May 28th February 15th September 24th May 20th August 10th October 6th December

17th August 18th February 9th April 18th January 6th March 25th March 7th February 15th September 2nd October 24th September 26th May 1st January 15th September 15th March 1st December 15th August 17th August 3rd October 24th April 14th May 17th March

104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157

Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kosovo Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Federated States of Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Nagorno-Karabakh Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue North Borneo Norfolk Island North Korea

Kingston Tokyo St. Helier Amman Astana Nairobi Tarawa Prishtin Kuwait City Bishkek Vientiane Riga Beirut Maseru Monrovia Tripoli Vaduz Vilnius Luxembourg Skopje Antananarivo Lilongwe Kuala Lumpur Mal Bamako Valletta Majuro Fort-de-France Nouakchott Port Louis Mamoudzou Mexico City Palikir Chiinu Monaco-ville Ulaanbaatar Podgorica Brades Estate Rabat Maputo Stepanakert Windhoek Yaren (de facto) Kathmandu Amsterdam Nouma Wellington Managua Niamey Abuja Alofi Kota Kinabalu Kingston P'yngyang

6th August 11th February 9th May 25th May 16th December 12th December 12th July 17th February 25th February 31st August 9th July 18th November 22nd November 4th October 26th July 24th December 23rd January 11th March 23rd June 8th September 26th June 6th July 31st August 26th July 22nd September 21st September 21st October 28th November 12th March 16th September 3rd November 27th August 29th December 21st May 18th November 25th June 2nd September 21st March 31st january 5th May 26th September 15th September 3rd August 1st October

9th September

158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208

Northern Cyprus Northern Ireland Northern Mariana Islands Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Palestinian National Authority Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Pitcairn Islands Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Republic of the Congo Runion Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino So Tom and Prncipe Sarawak Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan South Ossetia Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname

North Nicosia Belfast Saipan Oslo Muscat Islamabad Ngerulmud Ramallah and Gaza Panama City Port Moresby Asuncin Lima Manila Adamstown Warsaw Lisbon San Juan Doha Brazzaville Saint-Denis Bucharest Moscow Kigali Saint-Pierre Jamestown Basseterre Castries Kingstown Apia San Marino So Tom Kuching Riyadh Dakar Belgrade Victoria Freetown Singapore City Philipsburg Bratislava Ljubljana Honiara Mogadishu Pretoria (administrative capital), Cape Town (legislative capital), Bloemfontein, (judicial capital) Seoul Juba Tskhinval Madrid Colombo Khartoum Paramaribo

2nd September 7th June 14th August 1st October 28th November 16th September 14th May 28th July 12th June 11th November 1st December 3rd Sptember 15th August 9th May 24th August 1st July

19th September 22nd February 27th October 1st January 3rd September 12th July 22nd July 23rd September 4th April 15th February 29th June 27th April 9th August 17th July 25th June 7th July 1st July 11th December 15th August 9th July 26th August 12th October 4th February 1st January 25th November

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Svalbard Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tokelau Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City Venezuela Vietnam Virgin Islands of the United States Wallis and Futuna Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe

Longyearbyen Mbabane Stockholm Bern Damascus Taipei Dushanbe Dodoma Bangkok Lom Nukunonu Nukualofa Port of Spain Tunis Ankara Ashgabat Cockburn Town Fongafale (in Funafuti) Kampala Kiev Abu Dhabi London Washington, D.C. Montevideo Tashkent Port Vila Vatican City Caracas Hanoi Charlotte Amalie Mat'Utu Sana'a Lusaka Harare

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Highest, Longest, Largest, Tallest, Smallest etc... in World

Significance Bussiest Passenger Station Busiest Passenger Airport Biggest City in area Coldest inhabitated Place Driest Place Deepest Lake Fastest Bird Highest Railway Station Highest Plateau Highest Lake Highest Mountain Peak Highest Volcano Highest Waterfall Highest Capital Highest City Highest Airport Hottest inhabitated Place Largest Archipelago Largest Continent Largest Country by Population Largest Country by Size Largest Bird Largest City in population Largest Creature Largest Delta Largest Desert Largest Dam Largest Diamond Largest Dome Largest Epic Largest Island Largest Sea Largest Artificial Lake by Surface Area Largest Artificial Lake by Surface Volume Largest Fresh Water Lake Largest Salt Water Lake Largest Library Largest Museum Largest Ocean Largest National Park Largest Single-Aperture Radio Telescope Largest Zoo by species Largest Zoo by area Largest Peninsula Largest Railway Station Largest River Largest Sea - bird Largest Fountain Largest Sewage Tunnel Largest Inhabited Castle Largest Orthodox Cathedral Place Shinjuku Station Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport,USA New York Oymyakon, Russia Atacama Desert, Chile Baikal, Siberia Swift Tanggula Station, Tibet, China Pamir, Tibet Titicaca , Bolivia Everest. Nepal Ojos del Salado, Andes, Ecuador Angel Falls, Venezuela La Paz , Bolivia La Rinconada, Peru Lhasa Airport, Tibet Dallol, Ethiopia Indonesia Asia China Russia Ostrich Tokyo Blue Whale Sunderban, Bangladesh & India Sahara, Africa Three Gorges, China Cullinan Diamond Cowboys Stadium, Texas, USA Mahabharata Greenland South China Sea Lake Volta, Ghana Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe and Zambia Superior Lake Caspian Lake United States Library of Congress, Washington D.C. The Hermitage Museum, Saint-Petersburg, Russia Pacific Ocean NorthEast Geenland National Park Arecibo Observatory, Puerto Rico Berlin Zoological Garden Red McCombs Wildlife, Texas, USA Arabia Grand Central Terminal, Chicago ( U.S.A. ) Amazon, South America Albatross Suntec city fountain of Wealth, Singapore The Chicago Tunnel, USA Windsor Castle, UK The Cathedral Church of Christ, Russia

Largest Pyramid Largest Drainage Basin Largest Cave Passage Lagest Glacier Largest Swamp Largest River Island Largest Airport Terminal Largest Bay Largets Cemetary Largest Church Largest Lagoon Largest Mosque Largest Convention Center Largest Gulf Largest Hotel Largest Stadium Largest Bus Fleet Largest Medical Center Largest Irrigation Canal Largest Container Ship Longest Railway Bridge Longest Irrigation Canal Longest Canal Longest Mountain Range Longest Platform Longest Railway Longest Railway Tunnel Longest Road Tunnel Longest Wall Longest River Lowest Water Body Most Active Volcano Rainiest Place Smallest Bird Smallest Continent by Area Smallest Country by Area Smallest Country by Population Tallest Animal Tallest Dam Tallest Building Tallest Railway Station Building Tallest Statue Tallest Monument

Quetzalcoatl Pyramid The Amazon Basin Son Doong cave, Vietnam Lambert Glacier The Pantanal Swamp, Brazil Majuli, India, Assam Beijing Capital International Airport, China Hudson Bay, Canada Ohlsdorf Cemetary, Hamburg, Germeny St. Peter's Basilica, Vetican City, Rome Grand Lagon Sud, New Caledonia Imam Reza Shrine, Iran World Market Center, Las Vegas, USA Gulf of Mexico The Venetian & The Palazzo, Las Vegas, USA Strahov Stadium, Prague Andra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation,India Texas Medical Center, USA All-American Canal CMA CGM Marco Polo DanyangKunshan Grand Bridge, China Karakum Canal The Grand Canal, China Andes, South America Kharagpur, India Trans - Siberian railway Seikan Tunnel, Japan Laedal Tunnel, Norway Great Wall of China Nile , Africa Dead Sea Maunaloa,Hawaii, U.S.A Mausinram, Meghalaya, India Humming Bird Australia Vatican City Vatican City Giraffe Nurek Dam, Tajikistan Burj Khalifa, Dubai, UAE Nagoya Station, Japan Spring Temple Buddha, china Gateway Arch, USA

United Nations ......

Established Headquarter Official languages Spanish 24th October 1945 by 51 countries New York, United States Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian,

Total Membership Present Secretary General First Secretary General

193 member Ban Ki-moon Trygve Lie, Norway San Francisco City Russia, USA, France, China Donal McLaughlin

United Nations was established Permanent Members in Security Council and UK. Logo designer of the United Nations Newest Member in UN

South Sudan, 14th July 2011

Six Principal Organs

The General Assembly The Security Council

The Economic and Social Council The Secretariat The International Court of Justice The United Nations Trusteeship Council

Organizations and specialized agencies of the United Nations Name Headquarters Rome, Italy Geneva, Switzerland London, United Rome, Italy Geneva, Switzerland Vienna, Austria Geneva, Switzerland Madrid, Spain Bern, Switzerland Established

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) 1945 International Labour Organization (ILO) 1946 International Maritime Organization (IMO) Kingdom 1948 World Food Programme (WFP) 1963 World Health Organization (WHO) 1948 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) 1957 International Telecommunication Union (ITU) 1947 World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) 1974 Universal Postal Union (UPU) 1947

International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) 1947

Montreal, Canada

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Rome, Italy 1977 International Monetary Fund (IMF) 1945 World Bank (WB) 1945 Washington, D.C., USA Washington, D.C., USA Geneva, Switzerland Geneva, Switzerland

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) 1974 World Meteorological Organization (WMO) 1950

United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Vienna, Austria 1967 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Paris, France 1946

The UN has 4 main purposes To keep peace throughout the world To develop friendly relations among nations

To help nations work together to improve the lives of poor people, to conquer hunger, disease and illiteracy, and to encourage respect for each others rights and freedoms To be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations to achieve these goals

Name of Parliament Houses in the World....

Country Afghanistan Argentina Australia Austria Bangladesh Belgium Belize Bhutan Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Chile China Colombia Cuba Czech Republic Denmark Egypt Finland France Greece Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Japan Jordan Korea, North Korea, South Kuwait Libya Mauritius Mexico Netherlands New Zealand Pakistan Russia Singapore South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Syria Switzerland Ukraine United Arab Emirates Legislature Name National Assembly Argentine National Congress Parliament of Australia Federal Assembly House of the Nation Federal Parliament National Assembly Parliament of Bhutan National Congress Legislative Council National Assembly National Congress National People's Congress Congress National Assembly of People's Power Parliament of the Czech Republic Parliament Parliament Parliament Parliament Hellenic Parliament National Assembly Assembly of All Parliament People's Consultative Assembly Assembly Council of Representatives of Iraq Parliament Assembly Italian Parliament Diet National Assembly Supreme People's Assembly National Assembly National Assembly General National Congress National Assembly Congress of the Union States-General House of Representatives Assembly of Councillors Federal Assembly Parliament Parliament General Courts Parliament People's Assembly Federal Assembly Supreme Council Federal National Assembly Lower House 250 257 150 183 345 150 31 47 513 36 240 120 2,987 166 614 200 179 508 200 577 300 386 63 552 560 290 325 166 120 630 480 120 687 300 50 200 70 500 150 120 336 450 99 400 350 225 250 200 450 40 Upper House 102 72 76 62 71 12 25 81 38 102 81 270 348

250 132 60 315 242 60

128 75 104 166 90 266 46

United Kingdom United States Uruguay Venezuela Vietnam Zimbabwe

Parliament Congress General Assembly National Assembly National Assembly Parliament

650 435 99 165 498 210

765 100 30 40

World Cup Cricket Records....

First world cup match was played at Lord's, London on 7th June 1975 between England v India. England won the match by 202 runs.

DL Amiss from England is the first batsmen to score a hundred in World Cup. He scores 137 against India in the first match of World Cup.

1975 World Cup is the only ODI World Cup which didn't feature a subcontinent team in the semi-finals.

Mohinder Amaranth is the first bowler to take wicket in World

Cup.

Chetan Sharma was the first bowler to take a hat-trick in a Cricket World Cup.

Sachin Tendulkar of India holds the records of scoring most runs (2278), highest number of centuries (6) and highest number of fifties (21).

 Ricky Ponting of Australia holds the record of most sixes (31), most matches as captain (29), most catches by a fielder (28) and most appearances (46).

Australian Glenn McGrath take most wickets (71), most wickets in a world cup tournament (26) and best bowling figures (7-15 against Namibia).

Adam Gilchrist of Australia holds the record of most dismissals as wicketkeeper (52), most dismissals in a series (21) and most dismissals in an

innings (6).

India holds the record of highest score in a match. India score 413 for 5 wickets against Bermuda in 2007.

Australia hold the records of most wins (55 matches), 100% win in two world cup series (2003 and 2007), most consecutive wins (25 match).

Zimbabwe holds the records of most losses (37 match) and most consecutive defeats (18 matches).

Canada score 36 run against Sri Lanka in 2003 World Cup, which is lowest ever score by a team.

 Ireland holds the record of highest successful run chase (329-7) in World Cup. It was against England, 2011.

India wins by 257 run against Bermuda, 2007 which is the highest winning margin by runs in any world cup match.

Record for highest partnership holds by Rahul Dravid & Sourav Ganguly, India with 318 runs against Sri Lanka in 1999.

Fastest century score by Kevin O'Brien of Ireland against England (2011) in 50 balls.

MC Snedden, New Zealand conceded most runs in an innings with 105 runs in 12 over against England in 1983.

Lance Klusener, South Africa holds the record of highest average (124.00) and highest strike rate (121.17).

Best economy rate by a bowler Andy Roberts of West Indies

3.24.

Zaheer Khan of India with 27.1 holds the record fo best strike rate.

Fastest fifty records hold by New Zealand Brendon McCullum against Canada, in 20 balls

Highest score in an innings by Gary Kirsten of South Africa against UAE. He scores 188.

Scotland concedes most extras in an innings (59) against Pakistan, 1999.

Headingley Cricket Ground, Leeds hosted highest number of matches with 12.

David Shepherd of England attends as umpire in 46 matches which is a record.

FIFA World Cup FootBall

Uruguay is the first nation to win World Cup, 1930. Lucien Laurent of France scored the first goal in World Cup history. Most goals in a tournament by one team by Hungary, with 27 goals in 1954 World Cup Match. Most goals scored in a tournament is 171 goals in 1998 World Cup Match. With 67 win, Brazil win most matches in World Cup. With 24 losses, Mexico lost most matches in World Cup.

Brazil wins World Cup for 5 times (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002), most by any team. Germany and Brazil finishes most times in top two places in FIFA World Cup, 7 each. Brazil has the record of Most World Cup appearances, 19 times. They have played every tournament till now from beginning. Most matches played by Lothar Matthus , Germany with 25 matches. Most matches played by Germany, 99 matches. Italy has most draws with 21 matches. Most goals scored by Brazil 210. Most goals conceded by Germany with 117 till now in World Cup. Brazil, In 2002 World Cup win 7 matches, most by any team in a single World Cup tournament. In 1954 World Cup Hungary scored 27 goals, most goal scored by a team in a single World Cup tournament. Norman Whiteside, Northern Ireland is the youngest player to appeared in World Cup at the age of 17 years and 41 days. Roger Milla from Cameroon is the oldest player to play in World Cup at the age of 42 years and 39 days. Most consecutive wins by Brazil with 11 win from 2002 to 2006. Most consecutive losses by Mexico with 9 matches 1930 to 1958. Most tournaments played by Antonio Carbajal, Mexico and Lothar Matthus, Germany. Both have played 5 World Cup tournaments. Ronaldo, Brazil (19982006) scored most goals in World Cup with 15 goals. Just Fontaine, France scored 13 goals in 1958 World Cup, most goals scored in a tournament. Cafu from Brazil played most matches won, 16. Diego Maradona, Argentina( 19861994), has the record of Most appearances as captain with 16 matches. Peter Shilton from England is the oldest captain in World Cup at the age of 40 years and 292 days. Most goals scored in a match by Oleg Salenko(Russia vs. Cameroon, 1994) with 5 goals. Most goals scored in one Final by Geoff Hurst (England vs. West Germany, 1966) with 3 goals.

Most hat-tricks by Sndor Kocsis (Hungary), Just Fontaine (France), Gerd Mller (West Germany) and Gabriel Batistuta (Argentina) each 2 times. Youngest hat-trick scorer is Pele, Brazil at 17 years and 244 days. Fastest goal in a Fifa World Cup by Hakan kr (Turkey vs. Korea Republic, 2002) in 10.89 seconds. Most goals scored in a final; by one team is Brazil in 1958 World Cup Match with 5 goals. Most times hosted by Mexico, Italy, France, Germany 1974 and Brazil each 2 times. Most Attendance in World Cup final match is 114,600, Argentina v West Germany, 1986, Mexico World Cup 1986.

Year 1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010

Host Uruguay Italy France Brazil Switzerland Sweden Chile England Mexico West Germany Argentina Spain Mexico Italy United States France S Korea & Japan Germany South Africa

Winners Uruguay Italy Italy Uruguay West Germany Brazil Brazil England Brazil West Germany Argentina Italy Argentina West Germany Brazil France Brazil Italy Spain

Runners-up Argentina Czechoslovakia Hungary Brazil Hungary Sweden Czechoslovakia West Germany Italy Netherlands Netherlands West Germany West Germany Argentina Italy Brazil Germany France Netherlands

Important Intenational Lines......

Durand Line: Between Pakistan and Afghanistan, demarcated by Sir Mortimer Durand in 1896. Hindenberg Line: The line to which the Germans retreated in 1917 during the First World War, defines the boundary between Germany and Poland. Line of Control: It divides Kashmir between India and Pakistan. Maginot Line: Boundary between France and Germany.

Mannerheim Line: Drawn by General Mannerheim; fortification on the Russia and Finland border. McMahon Line: by Sir The boundary between India and China as demarcated Henry McMahon in 1914.

Oder Niesse Line:Boundary between Germany and Poland. Radcliffe Line: Drawn by Sir Cyril Radcliffe in 1947 as demarcation between India and Pakistan. Seigfrid Line: Line of fortification drawn by Germany on its border with France. 17th Parallel: Boundary between North Vietnam and South Vietnam before two were united. 24th Parallel: Line which Pakistan claims for demarcation between India and Pakistan. This, however, is not recognized by India 26th Parallel south :It is a circle of latitude which crosses through Africa, Australia and South America. 30th Parallel north way between the :It is a line of latitude that stands one-third of the equator and the North Pole.

33rd Parallel north :It is a circle of latitude which cuts through the southern United States, parts of North Africa, parts of the Middle East, and China. 35th Parallel north: Boundary between the State of North Carolina and the State of Georgia and the boundary between the State of Tennessee arid the State of Georgia, the State of Albama, and the State of Mississippi. 36th Parallel: Forms the southermost boundary of the State of Missouri with the State of Arkansas. 36o30' Parallel north: Forms the boundary between the Tenessee and the Commonwealth of Kentucky between the Tennessee River and the Mississippi River, the boundary between Missouri and Arkansas west of the White River, and the northermost boundary between the Texas and the Oklahoma. 37th Parallel north: It formed the southern boundary of the historic and extralegal Territory of Jefferson. 38th Parallel :Is the parallel of latitude which separates North Korea and South Korea. 39th Parallel north: Is an imaginary circle of latitude that is 39 degrees north of Earth's equatorial plane. 40th Parallel north British Colony of :Formed the original northern boundary of the Maryland.

41st Parallel north :Forms the northern boundary of the State of Colorado with Nebraska and Wyoming and the southern boundary of the State of Wyoming with Colorado and Utah. 42nd Parallel north :Forms most of the New York - Pennsylvania Border. 43rd Parallel north Nebraska and the :Forms most of the boundary between the State of State of South Dakota and also formed

the northern border of the Territory of Jefferson.

historic and extralegal

Parallel 44o north :It is an imaginary circle of latitude that is 44 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. 45th Parallel north: It is often the halfway point between the Equator and the North Pole. The 45th parallel: It makes up most of the boundary between Montana and Wyoming. 49th Parallel :It is the boundary between USA and Canada.

Animal World...... Biggest Eyes Bird: Biggest Bird: Deadliest Animal: malaria, kill more Fastest animal in Land: (70 and 75 Ostriches North African ostrich Female Anopheles mosquitoes, which carry than a million people each year. Cheetahs can run between 112 and 120 km/hr mph)

Fastest animal in Water: Sailfish can swim up to 68 miles per hour. Fastest animal in Air: Peregrine falcons, they can fly 70 miles/hour and dive toward the earth at more than 200 miles per hour. Fastest Bird in Land: up to 40 miles per Fastest Swimming Bird: Ostriches is the fastest bird on land, running hour Gentoo Penguin can swim 40 km per hour

Fastest Mammal in water: Dall Porpoises can swim up to 35 miles per

hour. Heaviest Flying Bird: The Dalmatian Pelican Heaviest cephalopod: Highest jumper: Longest arms: Longest Gestation: period of 19 to 22 Longest Lifespan: Loudest Animal: 188 decibels Colossal squid Kangaroo, can jump up to 10ft The Gibbon Asian elephants are born after a gestation months. Tortoise, more than 150 years Blue whales' low-frequency pulses are as loud as

Loudest Animal in Land: Howler monkeys, whose howl can be heard 4.8km away. Longest Migration: Antarctica each Arctic Terns migrate between Greenland and year travelling about 71,000

kilometers. Longest jumper: Largest Animal: Snow Leopard, can jump up to 15m Blue whales are the largest animals of all time.

Largest Animal in land: African elephants are the heaviest and second tallest land animals. Largest Invertebrate: Colossal Squid, reaching lengths of 10m, are the largest invertebrates. Largest Carnivores: The Southern elephant seal.

Largest Reptile: The Saltwater Crocodile. An adult male saltwater crocodiles weight is 409 to 1,000 kilograms (900 2,200 lb) and length is normally 4.1 to 5.5 meters (1318 ft). Largest Snake: The Green Anaconda

Most Venomous Animal: A single box jellyfish has enough venom to kill 60 adult humans Smallest Mammal: weigh about two Smallest Bird: Adult bumblebee bats, which live in Thailand, grams. Male bee hummingbirds weigh 0.056 ounces

and are 2.75 Strongest Animal: own weight. Tallest Land Animal:

inches in length. The rhinoceros beetle can lift 850 times its Giraffe. It stands 56 m (1620 ft) tall

London Olympic Medal Table......

Position
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Country
United States China Great Britain Russia South Korea Germany France Italy Hungary Australia Japan Kazakhstan Netherlands Ukraine New Zealand Cuba Iran Jamaica Czech Republic North Korea Spain Brazil South Africa Ethiopia Croatia Belarus Romania Kenya Denmark Azerbaijan Poland Turkey Switzerland Lithuania Norway Canada Sweden Colombia Georgia Mexico Ireland Slovenia Serbia Argentina Tunisia

Gold Silver Bronze Total

46 38 29 24 13 11 11 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 29 27 17 26 8 19 11 9 4 16 14 1 6 5 2 3 5 4 3 0 10 5 2 1 1 5 5 4 4 2 2 2 2 1 1 5 4 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 29 23 19 32 7 14 12 11 5 12 17 5 8 10 5 6 3 4 3 2 4 9 1 3 2 5 2 5 3 6 6 1 0 2 1 12 3 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 104 88 65 82 28 44 34 28 17 35 38 13 20 21 13 14 12 12 10 6 17 17 6 7 6 12 9 11 9 10 10 5 4 5 4 18 8 8 7 7 5 4 4 4 3

46 47 47 49 50 50 50 50 50 55 56 57 58 59 60 60 60 63 63 63 63 63 63 69 69 69 69 69 69 75 75 75 75 79 79 79 79 79 79 79

Dominican Republic Trinidad and Tobago Uzbekistan Latvia Algeria Grenada Bahamas Uganda Venezuela India Mongolia Thailand Egypt Slovakia Belgium Finland Armenia Malaysia Chinese Taipei Indonesia Estonia Puerto Rico Bulgaria Guatemala Montenegro Portugal Botswana Gabon Cyprus Qatar Greece Moldova Singapore Afghanistan Bahrain Hong Kong Kuwait Morocco Saudi Arabia Tajikistan

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Day we have celebrated as

January

New Year's Day 1st January Day of Silence- 3rd January NRI Day- 9th January

Laughing Day 10th January National Youth Day- 12th January Army day- 15th January National Voter's Day 25th January Indian Republic Day 26th January Martyr's Day- 30th January Street Children's Day 31st January

February

National Girl Day -2nd February World Cancer Day -4th February Valentine's Day 14th February National Science Day 28th February

Days of the VALENTINE WEEK Rose Day - February 7 Propose Day - February 8

Chocolate Day - February 9 Bagels and Lox Day - February 9 Pizza Pie Day - February 9 Teddy Day - February 10 Promise Day - February 11 Kiss Day - February 12 Hug Day - February 13 Valentine's Day February 14

March

International Women's Day 8th March

 No Smoking Day-13th March World Disable Day 15th March World Consumer Rights Day 15th March Saint Patrick's Day 17th March World Poetry Day 21st March World TB Day 24th March

April

Fools' Day- 1st April World Health Day- 7th April World Parkinson's Disease Day-11th April World Hemophilia Day-17th April World Heritage Day- 18th April Earth Day- 22nd April

May

May Day-1st May World Press Freedom Day-3rd May World Red Cross Day- 8th May National Technology Day- 11th May

 Mother's Day- Second Sunday International Nursing Day-12th May Telecommunication Day-17th May International Day for Biological Diversity-22nd May Commonwealth Day- 24th May World No-Tobacco Day-31st May

June

International Children's Day- 1st June World Environment Day-5th June Father's Day- 21st June World Music Day-21st June International Olympic Day-23rd June International Anti - Drugs Day, International Day against Drug Abuse and illicit trafficking-26th June

July

Doctor's Day-1st July Independence Day in U.S-4th July World Population Day-11th July Kargil Vijay Divas-26th July

August

International FriendshipDay-5th August Left Hander's Day-13th August Indian Independence Day 15th August

 World Photography Day-19th August World Mosquito Day-20th August Sanskrit Day-24th August Women's Equality Day-26th August National Sports Day-29th August

September

Teacher's Day-5th September World Literacy Day-8th September Hindi Day-14th September Engineers Day-15th September International Day of the Preservation of the Ozone Layer-16th September International Day of Peace-21st September World Alzheimer's Day-21st September World Heart Day-24th September World Tourism Day-27th September

October

Mahatma Gandhi Birthday/International nonviolence day-2nd October World Animal Welfare Day 4th October Indian Air force Day- 8th October National Post Day- 10th October World Food Day-16th October United Nation's Day 24th October

November

 Education Day (India) 11th November Children's Day (India) 14th November World Diabetes Day-14th November Citizens Day- 19th November Universal Childrens Day- 20th November

December

World AIDS Day 1st December World Handicapped Day- 3rd December Navy Day- 4th December Human Rights Day- 10th December Farmers Day (Kishan Divas) - 23rd December Christmas Eve 24th December Christmas Day 25th December Boxing Day-26th December

Invention and Inventors.....

What Automatic calculator Adding machine Animation Aspirin Antiseptic Atom Bomb Barometer Ballpoint Pen Bifocal Lens Cement Cadmium Clarinet Cash register Cinema Dental Plate Diesel Engine Dynamite Electronic calculator Electric stove/cooker Electric Battery Electric Generator Electric Lamp Electromagnet Elevator Fountain Pen Gramophone Gyrocompass Hot air balloon Helicopter Jet Engine Light bulb Lightning Conductor Microwave oven Machine Gun Motor Scooter Microscope Pacemaker Pocket watch Pendulum clock Piano Parachute Revolver Small Pox Vaccine Steam engine Steam boat Saxophone Steam-powered airship Soft contact lenses Stethoscope Submarine Synthesizer Who Wilhelm Schickard Blaise Pascal Emile Reynaud Dr. Felix Hoffman Dr. Joseph Lister Julius Robert Oppenheimer Evangelista Torricelli Lszl Br Benjamin Franklin Joseph Aspdin Friedrich Stromeyer Johann Christoph Denner James Ritty Lumiere brothers Anthony A. Plantson Rudolf Diesel Alfred B. Nobel IBM William S. Hadaway Volta Michael Faraday Thomas Alva Edison William Sturgeon Elisha G. Otis Lewis Edson Waterman Thomas Edison Elmer A. Sperry Josef and Etienne Montgolfier Igor Sikorsky Hans Von Ohain Heinrich Goebel Benjamin Franklin Percy Spencer Richard Gaffing Greville Bradshaw Zacharis Janssen Dr. Paul Zoll Peter Henlein Christiaan Huygens Bartolomeo Cristofori Jean Pierre Blanchard Samuel Colt Edward Jenner Thomas Savery John Fitch Adolphe Sax Henri Giffard Otto Wichterle Ren Laennec David Bushnell Dr. Robert Arthur Moog When 1623 1642 1892 1899 1867 1945 1643 1938 1784 1824 1817 1690 1879 1894 1817 1895 1867 1954 1896 1800 1831 1879 1824 1852 1884 1878 1908 1783 1939 1936 1854 1752 1947 1861 1919 1590 1952 1510 1657 1700 1785 1835 1796 1698 1786 1846 1852 1961 1816 1776 1964 Country Germany France France Germany England U.S ITALY France U.S England Germany Germany USA France U.S Germany Sweden USA USA Italian UK U.S England U.S U.S U.S U.S France Russia Germany Germany U.S USA U.S England Netherlands USA Germany Netherlands Italy France U.S England UK USA Belgium France Czech France U.S U.S

Telegraph Telephone Time Recorder Typewriter Vaccination Vacuum Cleaner X-ray

Samuel Morse Scott Alexander Graham Bell Harlow Bundy Peter Mitterhofer Dr. Edward Jenner Ives McGaffey Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen

1844 1874 1890 1864 1796 1869 1895

USA Canada U.S Austria England U.S Germany

Misc.
A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off! Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete. If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die. The eye muscles are most active muscles in the whole body. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath There is a city called Rome on every continent. It's against the law to have a pet dog in Iceland! Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day! Horatio Nelson, one of England's most illustrious admirals was throughout his life, never able to find a cure for his seasickness. The eye can process 36,000 bits of information every hour. A normal lifespan will bring you almost 24 millions images of the world around you. Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over a million descendants. Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times. Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th." Coca-Cola would be green if coloring werent added to it. On average a hedgehog's heart beats 300 times a minute. More people are killed each year from bees than from snakes. The average lead pencil will draw a line 35 miles long or write approximately 50,000 English words. More people are allergic to cow's milk than an y other food. Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand. The placement of a donkey's eyes in its' heads enables it to see all four feet at all times!

 The six official languages of the United Nations are: English, French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Spanish. Earth is the only planet not named after a god. It's against the law to burp, or sneeze in a church in Nebraska, USA. You're born with 300 bones, but by the time you become an adult, you only have 206. Some worms will eat themselves if they can't find any food! The skeleton of Jeremy Bentham is present at all important meetings of the University of London Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, every time you breathe! The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump! One quarter of the bones in your body, are in your feet! Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different! The first known transfusion of blood was performed as early as 1667, when Jean-Baptiste, transfused two pints of blood from a sheep to a young man Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails! Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin! Women blink nearly twice as much as men. Adolf Hitler was a vegetarian, and had only ONE testicle. Dolphins sleep with one eye open! It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds Slugs have 4 noses. Owls are the only birds that can see the color blue. A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue! The average person laughs 10 times a day! An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain The average person walks the equivalent of twice around the world in a lifetime! The most difficult item for a sewerage plant to process is pubic hair as it is insoluble. Most lipstick contains fish scales! It takes seven minutes for the average person to fall asleep!

 The bullet-proof vest, windscreen wipers, laser printers and fire escapes were all invented by women! In the 1880s, "pants" was considered a dirty word in England! It was the Chinese who invented sun glasses in the 13th century!

Company with Full Names

3M AT&T Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company American Telephone and Telegraph Company

Adidas Amoco AOL Amul BMW BBC BenQ BHP

Adolf (Adi) Dassler AMerican Oil COmpany America Online Anand Milk Union Limited Bayerische Motoren Werke British Broadcasting Corporation Bringing Enjoyment and Quality Broken Hill Proprietary

BSNL BP BPL BASFBASF BEML

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited British Petroleum British Physical Laboratories Baden Aniline and Soda Factory Bharat Earth Movers Limited

BHEL CEAT Capcom CDAC COLT ESPN HDFC HCL

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited Cavi Elettrici e Affini Torino Capsule Computers Centre for Development of Advanced Computing City Of London Telecom Entertainment and Sports Programming Network Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited Hindustan Computer Limited

HTC HP HMV HSBC H&M ICICI Bank IBM Infosys Intel IKEA

High Tech Computer Corporation Hewlett-Packard His Master's Voice Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Hennes & Mauritz Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India Bank International Business Machines Information Systems INTegrated ELectronics Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd

ING JVC JBL

International Netherlands Group Japan Victor Company James Bullough Lansing

KFC L&T LG LEGO MRF NEC

Kentucky Fried Chicken Larsen & Toubro Lucky and Goldstar leg godt Madras Rubber Factory Nippon Electric Company

Nikon Nissan P&G SAP TCL UPS Wipro

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"Forty" is the only number which has its letters in alphabetical order. "One" is the only number with its letters in reverse alphabetical order. Of all the words in the English language, the word ' set ' has the most definitions! On reversing the words they spell the same: Malayalam, Liril and Madam. Stewardesses is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand. No word in the English language rhymes with month. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt". "Underground" is the only word in the English language that begins and ends with the letters "und." Only 3 words in the English language end in "ceed": "proceed," "exceed," and "succeed." Of all the languages in the world, English has the largest vocabulary about 800,000 words.

 The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis. The only other word with the same amount of letters is pneumonoultra-microscopicsilicovolcanoconioses, its plural. "Widow" is the only female form in the English language that is shorter than its corresponding male term ("widower"). No language has more synonyms than English. The most common letters in English are R S T L N E. "Go." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language. The only word in English dictionary that sums up exactly 100 is attitude. The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." uses every letter in the alphabet. The longest one syllable word in the English language is screeched. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, and purple. "Underground" is the only word in the English language that begins and ends with the letters "und." "The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in English. "Four" is the only number whose number of letters in the name equals the number. The letter most in use in the English language is "E" and the letter "Q" is least used. There is only one word in the English language with thee consecutive pairs of double letter.... Bookkeeper There are only four words in the English language which end in"-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. There is a seven letter word in the English language that contains ten words without rearranging any of its letters, "therein": the, there, he, in, rein, her, here, here, ere, therein, herein. A sentence that contains all 26 letters of the alphabet is called a "pangram". A dot over the letter i is called a TITTLE. No words in the English language rhyme with orange, silver or purple. The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable." There is a seven letter word in the English language that contains ten words without rearranging any of its letters, "therein": the, there, he, in, rein, her, here, ere, therein, herein. There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: "abstemious" and "facetious." The word "queue" is the only word in the English language that is still pronounced the same way when the last four letters are removed. Only two English words in current use end in "-gry". They are "angry" and "hungry".

 The word "triskaidekaphobia" means "fear of Friday the 13th". It also means "superstition about the number thirteen" in general. More English words begin with the letter "s" than with any other letter. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple. "Rhythms" is the longest English word without the normal vowels, a, e, i, o, or u. There is a word in the English language with only one vowel, which occurs five times: "indivisibility." The shortest word in the English language with all its letters in alphabetical order is the word "almost." The letter most in use in the English language is "E" and the letter "Q" is least used. Out of all the eight letter words in the English language, only one has only one vowel in it: "strength"