Fact About Australia

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 1- Formed 13 May 1952.

 2- Headquarters Canberra, Australian Capital  Territory, Australia.

 3- Annual budget $162.5m AUD (2007).

 4- Minister responsible The Hon. Stephen   Smith MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs.

 5- Agency executive Nick Warner, Director- General.

 6- Australian Secret Intelligence Service is the  Australian government intelligence agency  . . .

responsible for collecting foreign intelligence, undertaking counter-intelligence activities and cooperation with other intelligence agencies overseas. For more than twenty years, the existence of the agency was a secret even from its own government. Its primary responsibility is gathering intelligence from mainly Asian and Pacific interests using agents stationed in a wide variety of areas. Its main purpose, as with most agencies, is to protect the country’s political and economic interests while ensuring safety for the people of Australia against national threats.

Interesting Fact about Diamond

Hope Diamond

1- The word "Diamond" comes from the Greek word "Adamas" and this means "unconquerable and indestructible".

2- There are many diamond mine in Africa.
3- Diamonds were formed 3.3 billion years ago.
4- Blu Hope Diamond is one of the most famous diamond in the world.
5- The diamond is the hardest natural substance found on the earth.
6- The Koh-I-Noor is the biggest diamond of world.
7- It create from only pure carbon.
8- In their purest state, diamonds are brilliant and entirely colourless.
9- Australia is producing most diamonds in volume.
10- Diamond is a most valuable materials of world, which are used to make ornament.

11- Diamonds are found in a variety of colors. Blue and pink diamonds are among the rarest, and yellow and    brown as among the most common.
12- Most natural diamonds are formed at high-pressure & high-temperature conditions existing at depths of 140 to 190 kilometers in the Earth mantle.
13- Every year to raise up 26000 kg diamond, which value are 9 billion dollar. and about one lac kg are synthesized annually.
14- Over 75% of the mined diamonds go to industry each year, with such applications from windows to phonograph needles and just 25% are of gem quality.
15- Diamonds can also be produced synthetically in a high-pressure high-temperature process in laboratory. 
16- Excellent optical and mechanical properties, combined with efficient marketing, make diamond the most  popular gemstone.

Unbelievable Clip

This is real clip which is filmed by some Tourist when they was recording a film on woodpecker. And what happened during this film you can see below?

World Biggest Motor Bike

Have you ever seen a motorcycle having ten feet (3 meters) height, thirty feet (9 meters) long and weight as much as a school bus??????

World Biggest Motor Bike

On January 30, 2008 An Australian stunt driver name Ray Baumann designed a 13 ton/28 660 pound two-wheeler bike by spending 3 years on its developing.
This “Monster Motorbike” is powered by a Detroit Diesel truck engine, mated to a 6-speed Allison automatic and it’s so big that a full grown man doesn't even stand up to one of the Monster Motorbike’s wheels. The frame appears to be an upside-down ladder design, with wheels and tires from Caterpillar.
Below are some pictures of this Monster Motorbike are as under:

A Fast Car Made of Wood

Joe Harmon, a graduate student form North Carolina state (USA) took a very ambitious project for building a high-performance, mid-engine super car from wood. The wood is used whenever possible, Including the chassis, Body and large percentage of the suspension components and wheels. The weight of car is approximately 2500lbs and having a power goal of over 600 horsepower and it can reach up-to 0-60 mph . Here are some photos of this car.

Strange Monkey

This Strange Monkey is recently found in a village of China. This monkey is totally different from other monkey's e.g
It have no hairs, having big eyes and small body. Now scientists find out what species of monkeys, it applies.

Strange Monkey

Strange Monkey

Strange Monkey

Unbelievable Birth Story of a Baby

James Elgin Gil

This is unbelievable birth story of a baby names James Elgin Gil. Who was born after just 4.5 months  of pregnancy of his mother. At the time of birth his weight was juct 482 grams but luckily he was healthy and alive at. . .

Interesting Fact About Left Handed People

If you are looking for interesting fact about left handed people? It's the right place to get more useful information about it. Feel free to add own comments to the topic. :-)

Facts About Left Handed People

1- More left handed people alive today, than have ever died.
2- Left handed men are more than left hand women.
3- The percentage of left handed people rise from 5% to 10% for period of last 100 years.
4- The average left-handed person lives 9 years LESS than a right-handed person.

Interesting Fact About Wolf Spider

If you are looking for interesting fact about Wolf Spider? It's the right place to get more useful information about it. Feel free to add own comments to the topic. :-)

Wolf Spider

1- Lycosa godeffroyi is the most common spider found easily in the gardens and homes. Lycosa Godeffroyi is also known as Wolf Spider Because they catch the pray the same way. They do not make a web for themselves and live on the ground.
2- As per other spiders the Wolf Spider have eight legs; Males have extra pair near the mouth to hold sperms.
3- They have eight pairs of eyes; four pairs of small eyes to help them see in the night, two pairs of big eyes to look in front and two pairs of medium sized eye placed on the top to see.

4- A disk is located at the back of their eyes that enables them to see at night.
5- They eat varieties of insects but are found of crickets, cockroaches, grasshoppers and houseflies
6- When it comes to hunting the wolf spiders either stalk their prey or attack them suddenly. They learn of their prey through their movement on the ground or the buzzing of their wings.
7- Female spider carries almost hundred of eggs in a sac and exposes them to sunlight also. When the eggs hatch the spider lings catch a hair on the mother's body and stay this way for a week and then disperse.
8- The wolf spiders do not attack unless provoked. Their bites are not dangerous but at times it causes swellings, irritations, nausea and headache.

Interesting Fact About Flamingos

1- Flamingos live an average of 20 to 30 years.
2- A flamingo can eat only when its head is upside down.
3- Nests are built up by mouthfuls of mud!

Fact About flamingos

4- Males and females look alike.
5- The Andean flamingo has yellow legs and feet.
6- All flamingos feed with their bills upside-down. They tip their head into the water and filter feed, using special adaptations in the top half of their bill, to gather the microorganisms that make up their diet.

7- The flamingo is unique in that the adults, both male and female, provide their young with a type of milk called crop milk.
8- There are four flamingo species in the Americas and two species in the Old World.
9- Flamingos often stand on one leg, the other tucked beneath the body 

Facts About Toucan

Facts About Toucan

Toucan is a brightly colored bird commonly found in the rain forests of the Central and South America. Toucans are birds with variety in color as well as the size. Bright in color having red, blue, yellow, orange etc. and the size varies from 14 to 30 inches. These birds have a distinguished feature by having a long bill that is approximately half the size of their body. This bill is not very sharp or strong but is made of a tough material and helps the bird in getting food from inside the holes of the trees and help them protect themselves. The birds live on trees in a group of six to seven birds. They have big claws that help them balance on the trees, the two claws are in the front and two at the back. There colorful wings help them ambush with the leaves and the fruits. 

Toucan

They are quite lazy birds and do not fly high or far away, they stay in the jungles and enjoy the fruits of the trees on which they live.

Toucans are forgivers as well as omnivores. Though they mainly eat fruits but also feed upon insects, rodents, reptiles, eggs and chicks of the other birds. Toucans are mostly hunted by the humans, big birds, jaguars and wild cats. There are almost 37 species of toucans. They generally stay alone or with a mate. The female gives 3 to 4 eggs at a time and both together incubate the eggs. The young ones have very small bill which takes few months to develop properly. They are very noisy and make loud sounds.

Toucan

When it comes to rest they roll themselves and sleep in the holes of the trees. The facts show that Toco Toucan with orange yellowish colored bill about 7.5 inches is the largest toucan and the smallest species is the Aracar Toucanet. Toucans are related to woodpeckers.

Interesting Facts About Banana

1- The name Banana has been derived from the Arabic word "banan" which means finger.
2- The banana is a fruit which can be found in more than five hundred varieties in different parts of the world.

Facts About banana

3- Worldwide, bananas are the fourth largest fruit crop.
4- The banana plant is the largest plant in the world which does not have a stem made of wood.
5- Unlike most other fruits that grow on trees, bananas grow on plants.
6-  A cluster of bananas will consist of at least ten to twenty bananas and such a bunch is 
usually known as a hand.
7- Every banana which belongs to a hand is known as a finger.

8- A lot of experts in the field of horticulture state that the banana was the only fruit 
which used to exist during ancient times.
9- A total value of bananas exported in Ecuador is $954.00 million (according to latest 
stats).
10- biggest banana exporter is United States with its firms Dole and Chiquita.
11- A large amount of vitamins like vitamins A, C and E can be found in bananas. Riboflavin, 
thiamine, niacin, frolic acid and many other minerals like iron, calcium, potassium, magnesium, phosphorus, copper, zinc and fluoride are some of the other nutrients which can be found in bananas. A lot of essential amino acids like tryptophan, lysine, leucine, threonine, arginine and glycine can be found in bananas.

Facts About Blue Hole

The Blue Hole is located just off of the coast of Belize, near the Ambergris Cave. The Blue Hole began as a limestone cave in our last Ice Age. After ages of erosion the cave collapsed leaving the scenic beauty we see today! The Blue Hole is almost perfectly circular reaching 300m (1000ft) across and 120m (400ft) deep. The blue cave is perfect spot for all divers because of its beauty and geological history.

Facts About Blue Hole

Fact About The Great Wall of China

Great Wall of China

The Great Wall of China was built over 2,000 years ago, by Qin Shi Huangdi, the first emperor of China during the Qin (Ch'in) Dynasty (221 B.C - 206 B.C.). In Chinese the wall is called "Wan-Li Qang-Qeng" which means 10,000-Li Long Wall (10,000 Li = about 5,000 km).
After subjugating and uniting China from seven Warring States, the emperor connected and extended four old fortification walls along the north of China that originated about 700 B.C. (over 2500 years ago). Armies were stationed along the wall as a first line of defense against the invading nomadic Hsiung Nu tribes north of China (the Huns). Signal fires from the Wall provided early warning of an attack.

The Great Wall is one of the largest building construction projects ever completed. It stretches across the mountains of northern China, winding north and northwest of Beijing. It is constructed of masonry, rocks and packed-earth. It was over 5,000 km (=10,000 Li) long. Its thickness ranged from about 4.5 to 9 meters (15 to 30 feet) and was up to 7.5 meters (25 feet) tall.
During the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), the Great Wall was enlarged to 6,400 kilometers (4,000 miles) and renovated over a 200 year period, with watch-towers and cannons added.
The Great Wall can be seen from Earth orbit, but, contrary to legend, is not visible from the moon, according to astronauts Neil Armstrong, Jim Lovell, and Jim Irwin.

Birds Commit Suicide

It is believed that in a small town in North Eastern part of India (Jatinga) birds commit suicide in a particular 1.5 km long and around 200 meters wide strip of field area.

birds commit suicide

These birds are not suicidal since their behavior may be attributed to heavy rains and floods and submergence of their natural habitat in the surrounding areas. Also the local villagers light torches which attract the birds migrating at night. They then clobber them to death with bamboo poles and eat them!

Interesting Fact About Bees

1- The honey bee has been around 30 millions of years. 

2- There are over 12000 species of bees.

Fact About Bees

3- Bees have two stomachs - one stomach for eating and the other special stomach is for storing nectar collected from flowers or water so that they can carry it back to their hive. 
4- Worker bees are the smallest bees in the colony.
5- Bees cannot recognize the color red.

 6- The honey bee's wings stroke incredibly fast, about 200 beats per second, thus making their famous, distinctive buzz. A honey bee can fly for up to six miles, and as fast as 15 miles per hour.
7- Honey bees communicate with one another by "dancing".  
8- Do you know that Queen bees lay nearly 1500 eggs a day and live for up to 2 years?
9- The queen is the only sexually developed female in the hive.
10- In the course of her lifetime, a worker bee will produce 1/12th of a teaspoon of honey.
11-  A colony of bees consists of 20,000-60,000 honeybees and one queen.
12- It is the only insect that produces food eaten by man. 

Interesting Fact About Elephant

1- The elephant is the only animal with four knees.
2- Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.
3- Elephants typically reach puberty at thirteen or fourteen years of age.
4- Elephants flap their ears to keep cool.

Facts About Elephant

5- They may live seventy years or possibly more.
6- Elephants cry, play, have incredible memories, and laugh!
7- Elephants are sensitive fellow animals where if a baby complains, the entire family will rumble and go over to touch and caress it. 

 8- Elephants use their feet to listen, they can pick up sub-sonic rumblings made by other elephants, through vibrations in the ground.
9-  Elephants grieve at a loss of a stillborn baby, a family member, and in many cases other elephants.
10- Elephants don't drink with their trunks, but use them as "tools" to drink with. This is accomplished by filling the trunk with water and then using it as a hose to pour it into the elephant's mouth.
11- Elephants have greeting ceremonies when a friend that has been away for some time returns to the group. 
12- Elephants spend up to 16-18 hours per day eating.

Interesting Fact About Lion

Lion

1- Lions are the only social cats, living in groups called prides.
2- Lion is known as the king of beasts for his bravery and fighting skills!
3- The lion has the smallest heart of all beasts of prey.
4- The sense of smell of a lion is so sharp that it can not only tell if prey is nearby, but also ascertain how long ago it was in the area
5- After eating, a thirsty lion may drink for as long as 20 minutes.
6- Lions in the wild live for around 12 years.
7- Female lions do most of the hunting.  
8- Lion cubs are born with grayish spots that fade by the time they are 3 months old.
9- A lion's roar can be heard up to 5 miles away.
10- Lions spend most of their day resting as they hunt during the night hours until dawn.
11- The heaviest lion on record weighed an amazing 375 kg (826 lb)

Interesting Facts About Ostrich

Ostrich

1- The ostrich is a member of the ratite family of birds.
2-  The ostrich is the biggest known bird in the whole world.
3- This large bird can't fly though although it has big wings.
4- An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
5- Ostrich is the fastest two-legged runner in the whole world
6- It kicks forward. Seems strange?
7- It is said that the ostrich can even outrun a deer that is galloping in full speed! 
8- The female ostrich has an extraordinary ability to spot her own eggs even when they get mixed up with eggs of other females in their collective nest.

9- Ostriches skeletons and fossils have been found which date back over 120 million years; ostriches are a true dinosaur.
10- Ostriches cannot fly.
11- Ostriches can run up to 70km/hr(40 mph) and can outpace most pursuers, such as lions, leopards, and hyenas.
12- Ostrich's egg weigh is 3 1/2 pounds.
13- Ostriches stick their heads in the sand to look for water.

Interesting Facts About Cow

Facts About Cow

1- Cow is a member of the Bovidae family and is a part of the subfamily Bovinae.
2-  A cow has 206 bones.
3-  Cow is One of the most common animals in the world, found in almost all the countries.
4- Cows can drink up to 35 gallons of water a day.

5-  A cow usually spends 6-7 hours in day eating cud and around 8 hours on chewing it.
6- Did you know that most cows produce more milk when they listen to classical music?
7- A cow stands up and sits down about 14 times a day.
8- A cow produces around 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.
9-  Cows, like my granny, do not have upper teeth.
10- Cows do not bite grass; rather they curl their tongue around it.

Facts about GoldFish

Fact about GoldFish

1- Goldfish don’t have a stomach.
2- A group of goldfish is known as “troubling”.
3- Goldfish can recognize different human voices.
4- A goldfish has a memory span of 3 seconds.
5- It is said that the goldfish is the most popular pet in the world, even more popular than cats or dogs.
6- Goldfish Can't Close Their Eyes - This makes sleeping a little different for them. Instead of closing their eyes and falling into a deep sleep, they sleep with their eyes open usually at the bottom of the water.
7- Goldfish can live for about 10 years but there have been many specimens that have lived for as long as 25 years.The world's oldest recorded goldfish was 43 years old. Which is just amazing for almost any pet really, and he did very well considering he was won at a town fair. His name was Tish, and he died in 1999 in North Yorkshire, UK.
8- Goldfish come in different colors such as gold, pink and bronze. They possess the sub-colors such as calico and metallic.
9- Goldfish should never be kept in small bowls. They need a spacious environment with high oxygen levels.
10- Goldfish can recognize different human faces.
11- Goldfish are omnivorous. Their diet includes plankton, insects, detritus, larvae, worms, lettuce, plants, peas, tiny mammals, small birds, amphibians and reptiles.

Interesting Facts about Snakes

Fact about Reptiles

1- There are over 3000 kinds of snake in the world.
2- Snakes have poor eyesight, and so have heat censors that can pick up vibrations.
3- One species of fer-DE-lance, a deadly viper, has been recorded swallowing prey that was 1.6 times its own body weight.
4- Snakes hear through their jaws.
5- Snakes rely on the heat of the sun to control their body temperature.  
6- Black Mamba is the world most poisonous snake.
7-Black Mamba could kill 100 people with a single bite.
8- Snakes can sleep for three years without eating.
9- Spitting cobras actually spray their venom from their fangs, with quick muscular contractions that can send their toxin up to three meters away. Worse still, they'll be aiming at your eyes when they do it.
10- The paradise tree-snake of South-east Asia can 'fly' through the air by flattening its body into an s-shaped ribbon.

Snake

11- Many snakes are only too happy to gobble each other up. Some, such as the ravenous California King-snake, like nothing more than to feast upon others of their own species.
12- The venom of a cobra could kill an elephant.
13- The swiftest snake on land is the Black Mamba, a notorious African monster that can reach speeds of up to 12 miles per hour. And they're amongst the most deadly too.
14- Baby snakes are often more dangerous than their parents. While adults carefully ration out their venom, a baby snake lacks such self-control and will unleash a much higher dose of venom in its bite.
15- A dead rattlesnake can still bite if you get too close. The snake's heat sensors remain active until rigor mortise is complete, a day or more later. Placing a warm object, such as your hand, near the snake's mouth will still cause it to have a go!

Interesting Facts about Frog

Fact about Frog

1- Frogs belong to the Order Anura, the largest of the three groups of amphibians.
2- Did you know that a group of frogs is called an ‘army’?
(A group of toads is called a ‘knot’.) 
3- Frogs don’t drink water they absorb it through their skin.
4- The biggest frog in the world unusually has a human name. Dubbed Keith Baxter, he lives under a slab in Yeovil, Somerset. 

5- Frog bones form a ring when the frog is hibernating, just like trees do. Scientists can use these rings to figure out the age of a frog. 
6- The frog's tongue grows from the front of its mouth, which makes it easier to catch flies.
7- The smallest frogs in the world are less than half-an-inch long.
8- The eyes and nose of a frog are on top of its head so it can breathe and see when most of its body is under the water.
9- A frog can change the color of its skin depending on its surroundings.
10- Frogs cannot live in the sea or any salt water.
11- How long can Frogs and Toads live? Depends on the type. Bullfrogs can live 30 years! African clawed can live 15 years.
12- Frogs take between 12 to 16 weeks to go from a tadpole to their full grown state.

Interesting Facts about HummingBirds

Fact about Hummingbird

Hummingbirds are birds that comprise the family Trochilidae. They are among the smallest of birds in the world. Most species are measured in  7.5–13 cm (3–5 in) range. However, the smallest extant bird species is a hummingbird, the 5-cm Bee Hummingbird.

They can rapidly flapping their wings 12–90 times per second in the air (depending on the species). These are only birds which can also fly backwards. Their English name derives from the characteristic hum made by their rapid wing beats. They can fly at speeds exceeding 15 m/s (54 km/h, 34 mi/h).

Interesting Facts about Flying Snake

Fact about Flying Snake

Chrysopelea, or more commonly known as the flying snake, is a genus that belongs to the family Colubridae. Flying snakes are thin and weightless though they are considered harmless because their toxicity is not dangerous to humans.
They are found in Southeast Asia, the Melanesian islands and India. They hunt during the day and eat lizards,  frogs,  birds and bats.