12428. Famous

Lop nor
Famous for : palace in sinkiang (red china), site for atomic tests.

12429. Famous

Los angeles a part of california (u.s.a.)
Famous for : the famous film industry of hollywood is established here. it is famous as cinima city of the world.

12430. Famous

Lusaka
Famous for : venue of non-aligned nations summit in september 1970. capital of zambia.

12431. Famous

Manchester (u.k.)
Famous for : cotton manufacturing city. it is one of the world's biggest cloth manufacturing center.

12432. Famous

Marseilles
Famous for : city and seaport of southern france. famous for silk, wine, olive soap, margarine and candles.

12433. Famous

Mecca (saudi arabia)
Famous for : sacred place of the muslims because prophet mohammed was born here.

12434. Famous

Montreal
Famous for : longest city of canada. famous for iron and steel works and motor car factories.

12435. Famous

Nagasaki (japan)
Famous for : it is noted for its iron and steel industries. atom was dropped here during world war ii.

12436. Famous

New castle
Famous for : an important port on the tyne in england, famous for coal industry.

12437. Famous

New orleans (u.s.a.)
Famous for : it is the greatest cotton and wheat exporting center in the world.

12438. Famous

Osaka (japan)
Famous for : known as the manchester of japan. it is sometimes called the venice of japan.

12439. Famous

Pisa
Famous for : in italy, famous for leaning tower, one of the seven wonders of the world.

12440. Famous

Pentagon
Famous for : headquarters of american defence forces.

12441. Famous

Phnom-penh
Famous for : capital of cambodia.

12442. Famous

Plais des nations
Famous for : venue in geneva for holding international conferences.

12443. Famous

Potala
Famous for : dalai lama's palace at lhasa (tibet).

12444. Famous

Sinai
Famous for : peninsula of egypt between the gulfs of suez and aquba, at the head of red sea.

12445. Famous

Seychelles
Famous for : island in indian ocean, got freedom on june 28, 1976.

12446. Famous

Sodom
Famous for : in israel, the lowest point on earth.

12447. Famous

Vatican
Famous for : official residence of the pope of rome.

12448. Famous

Versaillers (france)
Famous for : famous for the treaty of versailles which ended world war i in 1918.

12449. Famous

Vienna
Famous for : capital of austria. the venue of strategic arms limitation talks (salt) between russia and u.s.a.

12450. Famous

Walling wall
Famous for : part of the western wall of the temple court in jerusalem. part of the wall, probably dates from the time of solomon, is regarded by both jews and moslems as one of special sanctity.

12451. Famous

Wall street
Famous for : in manhattan, new york, famous for american's stock exchange market.

12452. Famous

White house
Famous for : the official residence of the president of u.s.a. in washington d.c.

12453. Famous

Zurich (switzerland)
Famous for : famous for the manufacture of cotton and silk and for its lenses.

12454. Famous

Auroville
Famous for : unesco sponsored world's first international town near pondichery in tamil nadu named after aurobindo ghose. it was inaugurated on february 28,1963.

12455. Famous

Abu simbal(usa)
Famous for : a monument executed by unsco in egypt, the famous temple at nybia(egypt) was facing submergence as result of the construction of aswan dam. unsco has reconstructed it and was inaugurated on 12th sept. 1968.

12456. Famous

Adam's bridge
Famous for : sand and rock bridge between sri lanka and india. legent has is that was constructed by lord rama when he was in invade lanka of ravana.

12457. Famous

Alice springs (australia)
Famous for : spring with medicinal properties.

12458. Famous

Big ben
Famous for : name given to the big clock of the british parliament building.

12459. Famous

Billing's gate
Famous for : london fish market. as a term, it means foul language.

12460. Famous

Dodoma
Famous for : this is going to be the new capital of tanzania in place of dar-es-salam.

12461. Famous

Eiffel tower
Famous for : 985 feet high tower in paris build by gustav effel in 1887-89 at a cost of 2,00,000.

12462. Famous

Elba
Famous for : an isolated island in the meduterranean sea, where napoleon was exiled in 1841.

12463. Famous

Ellora
Famous for : famous for rock-pruned kailash temple (aurangabad) in maharashtra. an exquisite piece of dravidian art. ellora cave temples, 34 in number, present a blend of caves representing buddhism and jainism constructed in 8th century a.d.

12464. Famous

Elysee palace
Famous for : official residence of the president of france. it was the venue of paris peace parleys on vietnam.

12465. Famous

Empire state building (u.s.a)
Famous for : world's one of the loftiest structures. it has 103 storeys and a height of 1200 feet.

12466. Famous

Escurial
Famous for : one of the longest palaces in spain.

12467. Food Facts

An average-sized person eats around 22,700 kilograms (50,000 pounds) of food over the course of their life.

12468. Food Facts

Bedouin wedding feasts sometimes include a roast camel, stuffed with a sheep, stuffed with chickens, stuffed with fish, stuffed with eggs.

12469. Food Facts

In the 1800s, it was common to mix ground bones into flour to make it go further.

12470. Food Facts

The British black pudding is a sausage made of congealed pigs' blood with lumps of fat embedded in it. It is often fried and eaten for breakfast.

12471. Food Facts

Soft ice-cream of the type sold in ice-cream vans is given its slithery smoothness by an extract of seaweed.

12472. Food Facts

Baby eels, called elvers, are eaten in parts of Europe, including east England. They are very thin, so lots are cooked, tangled together like spaghetti.

12473. Food Facts

Orangutan lips used to be a delicacy in Vietnam.

12474. Food Facts

In Mexico, the alcoholic drink tequila is often served with a worm in the glass – the worm should be swallowed whole with the drink.

12475. Food Facts

Romany people in Europe, and poor peasants, used to cook wild hedgehogs by rolling them in mud and baking them in the embers of a fire. When the mud dries, the spines can be peeled off with the mud.

12476. Food Facts

Cow's tongue is often sold with the salivary glands – the parts that make spit – ready for boiling. The tongue can weigh up to 2.3 kilograms (5 pounds).

12477. Food Facts

In Europe, some people make blood pudding from the blood of a pig or cow mixed with rice, milk and sugar and then baked.

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From 1967-1976, the town of Tororo located in Uganda had thunder 251 out of the 365 days in a year for those years.      .. More >>