What does the name ‘Spain’ mean?
It is believed that the name 'Spain', of the beautiful European country and the land of the famous La Tomatina festival,...
Month: September 2016
Reading time with Peter Henlein
Peter Henlein, a 16th-century locksmith and clockmaker from Nuremberg, Germany, is considered to be the architect of the first ‘watch’....
Verkhoyansk: The city with the highest temperature range
Verkhoyansk, a Siberian town in Sakha Republic, Russia, is one of the coldest inhabited places on earth. This town holds...
All the vowels in alphabetical order
Abstemious means ‘sparse use’ or ‘moderate intake of food and drink’; facetious means being ‘flippant’. Apart from their interesting meanings,...
Indian Standard Time (IST)
This day in the year 1947 saw the establishment of Indian Standard Time (IST) as the official time for the...
