Interesting Facts about Earth that you should know

Top Interesting Facts about Earth that you should know 

The Earth is not a sphere. Pole-to-pole diameter of earth is around 27 miles (42 km) less than the diameter at earth's Equator. 

70% of the earth surface is covered by water.

Water on Earth is 97% salted and only 3% is fresh. Off that 3%, 2% of water is in ice form found in ice sheets and glaciers and only 1% of the water is fresh which can be found in river, lakes and undergrounds.

Number of Days in a year is not 365 on earth. Actually number of days in a year are 365.2564 days. Extra .2564 days create an extra day in leap year which is the only reason that we have extra one day in the month of February every year that is divisible by 4 like 1998, 2004 etc. 

Earth is the third planet from the sun and the only known planet to support the life.

99% of earth's gold lies in its core. 

The temperature of the earth's core is hot as the surface of the sun. 5500 C/9900 F

Earth is the only planet in the solar system who has plate tectonics. Without plate tectonics, earth would be over heated like Venus.

Mostly, Earth is the composition of iron, oxygen and silicon which together comprise around 77% of earth's Mass. 

The estimated Weight of the earth is calculated around 5,980,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons. 

The Hottest temperature ever recorded on the surface of earth is 57.8 degree Celsius or 136 degree Fahrenheit in El Azizia, Libya.

The coolest temperature point ever recorded on the surface of the earth was -89.2 degree Celsius or -128.6 degree Fahrenheit at Antarctica's vostok station.  

90% of all volcanic activities are occurred in the oceans.

Asia continent is having 60% of the world 's population while covering 30% of the land area of the earth. 

  

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7 old (Ancient) Wonders of the World

These are the old seven ancient wonders of the world that come into consideration. The detail of all those wonders with their pictures are given below. 

1. Great Pyramid of Giza: 

The Great pyramid of Giza is the world's largest and oldest Pyramid in Giza, Egypt. Its 756 feet long on each side and 450 feet high. The Ancient name of the Great Pyramid of Giza was Khufu's Horizon. It took 20 years to build the whole pyramid. It is estimated that around 2,300,000 stone blocks were used in the construction of Great Pyramid that weight 2-30 tons each. There were three burial chambers inside the pyramid including bedrock underground chamber, the Queen's Chamber and the Kings Chamber located from bottom to top respectively. It is the only pyramid that have built like that its four faces are slightly concave and no other pyramid has face like this one. The estimated weight of Pyramid is around 5,955,000 tons. 

2. The Garden of Babylon:

The garden of Babylon was built around 600 B.C and located about 50 km south, on the east bank of Euphrates River, of Baghdad, Iraq. Nebuchadnezzar II built the Hanging Gardens for his wife, Queen Amytis. Its height is around 24 m (80 foot) and it made up with Mud bricks waterproofed with lead. 

3. The Temple of Artemis:

The Temple of Artemis, also know as Artemesium, was constructed in the mid of 6th B.C and were located at Ephesus, now modern Turkey. This temple was built to honor the Greek Goddess Artemis. Temple were used as a house of worship and as a marketplace at different times. The temple were destroyed three times and then rebuilt and each time it become more larger and beautiful than previous. After the third time when temple were rebuilt, it was 60 feet high, 450 feet long and 225 feet wide. It had approximately 127 columns. It is consider that it is the first temple ever that were constructed with marble.

4. The Statue of Zeus:

The Statue of Zeus is constructed in the honor of greatest Greek God and the father of The Olympic games. The statue is 40 feet high. The statue was made up with wooden frame and covered in ivory and gold panels. The statue of Zeus were destroyed by fire in the 5th century.

5. The Mausoleum Tomb:

The Mausoleum was the tomb of Mausolus king, at the Ancient City of Halicarnassus. It is 140 feet high. In the front of the tomb, a staircase was built  that lead to the door of the mausoleum tomb. The stone lions were standing at the edge of the staircase.  Different artists contributed in the architects of tomb that was the combination of Greek, Egyptian and Lycian culture. Most part of the mausoleum was made up with white marble and surrounded by courtyard. 

6. Colossus of Rhodes:

It is also called the Statue of Liberty. The statue is 120 feet high from foot to crown. It is made up with bronze plates attached to iron framework. Over this, they used brass plates to create the skin and outer structure of Helios. It stood on 50 foot high with white marble pedestal. It is built in harbor. It took 12 years to built the whole statue. 

7. Lighthouse of Alexandria

It is located at Alexandria, Egypt. It is also known as Pharos of Alexandria. The lowest level of lighthouse was 100 feet square and 240 feet high. The second level had eight sides and 115 feet high and the third level was 60 feet high. On the top of this was a statue that was built in the honor of Poseidon, the God of the sea. 

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7 New Wonders of the World

These selection has been made by the New7Wonders Foundation who engage the people for research around the glob and people vote to winners by internet and phone.The Foundation says that the pool attracted almost hundred million votes. 

1. Christ the Redeemer Statue

Christ the Redeemer is a statue of Jesus Christ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This is 38 meters tall and weighs 635 tonnes. It is located at the peak of 700 meters Corcovado mountain and considered as one of the "new seven wonders of the world". The statue actually was constructed in France because at that time, workers were not able to build such a huge masterpiece. The head alone is made up of 50 individual parts. 

2. Great Wall of China

The Great Wall of China is the world's longest human-made structure and it is more greater than anyone thought. According to the latest survey conducted by China's State Administration of Cultural Heritage, the length of the Great Wall of China is around 21,196.18 km (13,170.69 miles). The width of the Great Wall of China varies from 2.7-3.7 meters at the top and 4.6-9.1 at the base. It is approximately 2232 years old and approximately 500,000 people participate in the construction of the wall. It is reported that more than 1 million people were died during the construction of the wall. 

3. The Colosseum, Rome, Italy

The Roman Colosseum is the world's largest amphitheater with the capacity of more than 50,000 spectators (viewers). It is 150 feet high, each layer contained 80 main arches. It took 10 years to construct. It was used for gladiator contest and public spectacles. It has been estimated that around 500,000 people and million wild animals were died in the Colosseum games. There were 80 entrances in all, 4 for imperial family and 76 for ordinary spectators. It is designed like that so the the venue could fill and evacuated in 5 minutes. 

4. Petra, Jordan

Petra is famous due to its stone structures such as a 138 foot tall temple carved with classical facades into rose-colored rock and also known as Rose Red City. The Arabian name of Petra is Al-Batra.. Petra is more famous for its 800 individual structures including tombs, baths, temples, arched gateways, buildings and colonnaded streets. It can held 4,000 people. It is estimated to 2,000 years old that represent the culture and architecture of Arab at that time. 

5. Machu Picchu, Peru

Machu Picchu is a pre-columbian Inca site that is located 2,438 meters above the sea level. The structure of Machu Picchu is very unique and constructed by using a technique called "Ashlar". The stones are cut to fit together so that not even a single needle can fit between the stones. Most of the stones that were used to build the city weighed more than 50 pounds and it is believed that no wheels were used to move these stones up to the mountain. They construct around 600 terraces in order to prevent the city from sliding out of the mountain, built Hundreds of workers pushed those heavy rocks up the vertical mountain side. 

6. Chichén Itzá, Mexico

Chichén Itzá is the most famous temple city of the Mayas. It is the center of Maya civilization from 750 A.D to 1200 A.D. It covers approximately 5 square kilometers. The city heart lies the Temple of Kukulkan which is at 24 meter height. It has four sides that contains 365 steps, 52 panels and 18 terraces. 

7. Taj Mahal, India

Taj Mahal was built by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in the loving memory of his beautiful wife Mumjat Mahal. Taj Mahal is the combination of Persian, Islamic and Indian architecture. 28 different types of precious and semi-precious stones were used in construction. Different types of Marble that were used in the construction of Taj Mahal brought from different countries including Arabia, Afghanistan, China and Sri Lanka. 99 names of ALLAH can be found as calligraphic inscriptions on the side of the actual tomb of Mumtaz Mahal. At the different time of the day, it appears to be in different color every time. Around 20,000 people contributed in construction and It took 22 years for completion. More than 1,000 elephants were employed for the transportation of the raw material. 

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Interesting Facts (General)

• Heart Disease is less common amongst religion people.

• The Oldest Web Domain is Symbolics.com. and it was registered on 15th March, 1985. 

• Women Speak around 20,000 words a day, while men speak only 7,000 words.

•  Temperature at the core of the sun is around 13600000 degree Celsius and the mass of the Sun is 333,000 times the mass of the earth  

• Dubai Police Fleet use Lamborghini, Ferrari and Bentley in order to catch speeders who outrun other cars.

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Facts about Brain

• Human Brain has an estimated storage capacity of 256 exabytes (or 256 billion GB). This is equivalent 1.2 billion average PC hard drives, enough CDs to make a stack which would reach beyond the moon or 15 libraries for every person on the planet. 

• While awake, your brain generates between 10 to 23 watts of Power. This is enough energy to power a light bulb

• The brain never Turns off or even rests through out the entire life. Brain is remain active when you are sleeping and it is very active especially when you are dreaming. 

• The human Brain consists nearly 60% fats

• There are around 100 billion neurons in the human brain and each neuron is connected to the other neuron around upto 40,000 individual connections between cells. So multiplying those 100 billion neurons to 40,000 connections is equivalent to the brain having more than connections in it than there are stars in the universe. 

• Estimated weight of a brain is around 3 pounds and it is only 2% of the total human's body  weight. 

• Information in a brain travels with the speed of 268 miles per hour unless you are drunk.

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Top Facts about Pakistan

Pakistan has bundles of natural and others gifts. There are lot's of things you don't know about Pakistan. Here is the some most interesting Facts about Pakistan. Let's have a look on them.

• 1st Islamic Country with Nuclear Power

Pakistan is the first Islamic country who attain the Nuclear Power in 28 May, 1998 and became the 7th Atomic Power of the world. 

• World's Largest Deep Sea Port

Pakistan is also having Largest Deep Sea port of the world known as Gwadar Port, located on Arabian Sea, Baluchistan. The Port is constructed by the mutual cooperation of Government of China and Government of Pakistan in order to support the trade. 

• World's Highest Mountain Ranges

The world's highest mountain ranges exist in Pakistan which include Himalayas and Hindukush ranges of mountain. Pakistan also have title of having 2nd largest peak of Mountain, K2.

• World's Largest Network of Ambulance

Edhi (non profit organization founded by Abdul Sattar Edhi) is having the largest network of ambulance around the glob and not only operating in Pakistan but also in China, Japan, Canada and UK.

• 70% of hand-sewn footballs are made in Pakistan

Sialkot, also known as city of sports, is a leading sport's equipment industry in the world. Around 70% of hand-sewn footballs are made in Pakistan that export around all over the world. Recently, one of the Sialkot sport company, Talon, receive an order to produce 6 Million Balls.  Pakistan has made the official  football named "Brazuca" for FIFA World Cup 2014. NASA tested football and declared it as a best football ever made in Pakistan. 

• Second Largest Salt mine 

Pakistan is having Second Largest Salt Mine around the globe, known as Khewra Salt Mine located near Pind Dadan Khan. It produce approximately 370,000 tons of salt annually. Around 250,000 tourist visit mine every year. The internal structure of the mine that is especially prepared for tourist is also amazing. Different shapes are made with the salt only including Mosque, Minar-e-pakistan, structure of Badshahi Mosque etc.

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