8th February 2016
Indian Railways is one of the largest and the busiest railway networks in the world, which employs both long distance and suburban railway trains. It operates a total of about 8,702 trains transporting about 15 million passengers daily across 25 states. It has over 1.6 million people in its services.
8th February 2016
Windmills convert wind energy into mechanical energy that could be used for generating electricity or do mechanical work. The windmills are giant structures that have fans which are designed in a similar fashion as the fans of aircrafts. The blades of the fans are such that they enable rotation in an anticlockwise direction. So most windmills of the world turn in an anticlockwise direction.
8th February 2016
Venetian blinds are made of horizontal flat strips of vinyl joined together by corded pulleys that can either gather all the strips at the top or sides of the window, or simply let them loose to cover the window. The ancient Egyptians use strips of reed to create such blinds. The Chinese used bamboo strips for the same purpose. ‘Venetian’ blinds derive the name from Venice, where the Italian traders brought them from Persia.
8th February 2016
The blockbuster Indian movie Sholay was inspired by two movies Seven Samurai and The Magnificent Seven. The Magnificent Seven was directed by John Sturges. The Hollywood film revolves around the seven men who are brought in from different parts of the world to save a village from the clutches of a bandit group. This film, in turn, was inspired by Seven Samurai directed by Akira Kurosawa.
8th February 2016
Penguins are aquatic birds that are found mostly in Antarctica. They are adapted to live in water and their wings have got modified into flippers. They can swim but cannot fly. On land, they balance themselves upright using their tail and the flippers.
8th February 2016
In every circle, the circumference bears a constant ratio to its diameter. This constant is a transcendental number, denoted by the Greek alphabet π (Pi). Pi is approximately equal to 22/7 or 3.14159. Pi Day is observed on July 22 (or 22/7 in day/month date format). Pi Day is also observed on March 14 (3.14 in the month, date format) to commemorate the mathematical constant.
