Madras Day

Chennai celebrates the 22nd of August as Madras day to celebrate the founding of the city of Madras in 1639 by the British. A small piece of land, where Fort St. George stands today. It was transacted by the British East India Company.

The Hubble Space Telescope

The Hubble Space Telescope, originally built in 1990 weighs 10,896 kilograms, is 43 feet long, and cost USD 2.1 billion.

The 9th July Avenue

The 9th July Avenue in Buenos Aires, Argentina is the widest in the world at 130 meters. It is modeled after The Champs-Élysées, Paris.

Supernova

A supernova is an exploding star, that violently ejects most of its mass in an even lasting only a few seconds.

Hubert Blaine Wolf....

What's the longest surname one ever had?
Ans: Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff is the man with the longest surname ever recorded in the world.

However, his full name was

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SMSing

Did you know? The number of text messages sent and received everyday all over the world exceed the human population on this planet.

The Rockiest Quake

Chile witnessed the biggest earthquake of the centure on May 22, 1960. Its magnitude was 9.5 on Richter scale.