FUN FACTS 3

1. The ancient Egyptians were the first known beekeepers.
2. The Oscar statuette is a knight holding a crusader’s sword, standing on a reel of film. The reel features five spokes, signifying the five original branches of the Academy (actors, directors, producers, technicians and writers).
3. Many believe that Winston Churchill was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, but he was actually awarded the 1953 Nobel Prize in Literature. In fact, Churchill was nominated for both the Literature Prize and the Nobel Peace Prize.
4. According to WHO , globally, over 1 billion people lack access to safe drinking water supplies, while 2.6 billion lack adequate sanitation.
5. In the nineteenth century, the members of Middlesex Cricket Club played a pioneering role in developing modern field hockey as we know it today.
6. In 1638, Shah Jahan transferred his capital from Agra to Delhi and laid the foundations of Shahjahanabad, the seventh city of Delhi.
7. Traditionally, tea is known as kahwa in Kashmir .
8. Pluto’s unusual elliptical orbit brings it inside Neptune’s orbit for a twenty-year period out of every 248 Earth years. Pluto can never crash into Neptune though, because for every three laps Neptune takes around the sun, Pluto makes two.
9. The person who steers a ship, racing boat or any other boat, is called a coxswain.
10. Jammu and Kashmir is the only Indian state which is exempt from paying the service tax.
11. Kutiyattam, one of the oldest forms of theatre in India, originated in Kerala about 2,000 years ago.
12. Dubai was the first country in the world to clone a camel.