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Did You Know?At one point the Nazis plotted to assassinate Winston Churchill with an exploding bar of chocolate.Eating 10 Kilo grams of chocolate could kill a human."pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis" is the longest word of English. It has total 45 letters. English used to have 29 alphabets instead of the current 26. The first cheesecake was created on the Greek Island of Samos as far back as 2000 B.C. The largest Cheesecake ever made weighed 4,703 pounds. Philadelphia Kraft Foods Mexico made the cake on January 25, 2009 in Mexico. The sweetest compound known is called lugduname. It's over 20,000 times sweeter than sugar. Lemons have more sugar than strawberries. Scientists can turn peanut butter into diamonds. Bananas are berries, but strawberries aren't. Ostrich meat is the leanest of all the red meat. The Great Wall of China is not one long wall, but in fact several structures joined together. The longest section of the wall is approximately 2,145 miles. There is a popular myth that the Great Wall of China from the Moon. Burj Khalifa has more than 24,000 windows, which covers a total area of about 120,000 square meters. It takes 36 window cleaners three to four months to clean all the windows. There are more than 17,000 doors in Burj Khalifa. Cows can sleep standing up, but they can only dream lying down. Crows never forget a face. If you announce your goals to others, you are less likely to make them happen because you lose motivation, studies confirmed. The brain can remember only 3 to 4 things at once. You lose 80% of body heat from your head. Your right lung can take in more air than your left lung. Chichen Itza has a platform dedicated to the planet Venus located north of El Castillo. It is said that Chichen Itza was an important pilgrimage place for the Maya people. The Pyramid of Khafre, Pyramid of Menkaure and the Great Pyramid of Khufu are precisely aligned with the Constellation of Orion. Machu Picchu was built with a technique called "ashlar". Stones are cut to fit together without mortar. And to your surprise, not even a needle can fit in between two stones. It was built with polished dry-stone walls. Taj Mahal was built by Emperor Shah Jahan in the memory of his wife Mumtaz Mahal (Arjumand Bano Begum) who died giving birth to their 14th child. She was his third wife. Their union lasted for 19 years and led to the birth of 14 children. Mobile phones are most commonly used to check the time. Neutral colors like greys, tans and whites have a neutral effect on your mood. This may be the reason why most of your houses are painted white or in shades of white. A day in Mercury lasts approximately as long as 59 days on Earth.The largest moon in the Solar System is the Jupiter's moon called Ganymede. Human beings spend roughly around 6 years of their lifetime dreaming. Babies don't dream of themselves until the age of 3. Chess was invented in India. Yoga originated in India. Carbon emissions play a big part in global warming. Mangroves offer considerable carbon storage and thus help to keep the planet cool. The first person to report about "Bermuda Triangle" was Christopher Columbus. The average bee will make only 1/12th of a teaspoon of honey in its lifetime. Andrew Waugh, a British Surveyor had tried to name this mountain but when he failed to get any good name, he just gave this mountain the name of the Surveyor General - George Everest. Orange trees were first grown in China. If a snake bites itself, it can die of its own venom. The average weight of a Durian fruit is 1 kg and depending on its size its calorie content varies between 800 to 1500. NASA has discovered water on the moon, but it is in the form ice. There are 31,536,000 seconds in a year. For more. Read the book.