Fish would never have developed into land animals, including us, without plants to eat.

When they roll out the red carpet on Oscar night spare a thought for the organizers. The specially made carpet is a whopping 500 feet long and has to be rolled out at LA's prestigious Kodak Theatre days in advance, hoovered and covered with protective plastic, before being unveiled just hours before the ceremony.

The Rorschach test has been transferred between the shared file drawers of psychology throughout the years, praised by certain therapists and scorned by others. According to critics, the scoring system and parsing replies are as subjective to the psychologist as they are to the patient, and it is pseudoscience. A meta-analysis of available data conducted in 2000 revealed that "the vast majority of [Rorschach] indices are not empirically validated." Others see objective evidence in a more refined scoring system for answers originally used in the 1970s and regard the exam as useful in understanding how individuals communicate their impressions—while not diagnostic, it may be helpful.

Fog is composed of tiny water droplets suspended in a cloud on the ground that contains up to 0.5 ml of water per cubic metre. To illustrate, if you filled an Olympic-sized swimming pool with fog and then condensed it, you would be left with approximately 1.25 litres of water (or just over 2 pints).

That was Calcutta, after all! During the British Raj, India was a raging hub of all cultures, trade, flourishing cultures, and people. Calcutta, the then-capital of EIC India, is said to have been the second most important city in British colonies around the world after London. Here, major universities, economic industries, and other major institutions were built.

The Euphausiacea order include crustaceans like the krill, which resemble shrimp. They are an essential link in the food chain, acting as a bridge between phytoplankton at the bottom and animals at the top (animals like the blue whale).

Rose fossils dating back 35 million years have been discovered by archaeologists. Roses are the oldest plant species to be grown for decoration, according to the Guinness Book of World Records. The rose (genus Rosa, family Rosaceae) is the oldest plant species cultivated and used for decoration. According to documents dating back to AD 50, the flowers were grown in vast plantations and local hothouses to ensure a year-round supply of medicinal extracts, cooking ingredients, and ornamentation. Roses were used to decorating buildings, furniture, and people in ancient Rome, and petals were laid to create rose carpets and walkways.

Bihar became the first state in India to replace Urdu with Hindi as its single official state language in 1881, becoming the first state to do so.

In Switzerland, 530,000 individuals are classified as poor, with a monthly income of CHF2,219 ($2,275.40) for singles and CHF4,031 for families of two adults and two children. That equates to 6.6% of the population, down from 9.3% in 2007. The proportion of Swiss people living in extreme poverty (4.6%) is among the lowest in Europe (18.6% on average). In Switzerland, 9.7% of the population cannot afford a week's vacation abroad; the European average is 36.9%.

Brazil is the largest country in South America and the fifth largest in the world. Three time zones are covered by the nation! Brazil is also the most populous country in the Southern Hemisphere, outnumbering Australia.

The news of Pluto’s larger than expected size on Monday was particularly exciting to Pluto partisans because many believe the outsider was stripped of its planetary status because it was too small. However, Pluto was actually downgraded to dwarf planet because it’s simply not unique. Pluto is merely the brightest member of the Kuiper Belt, a mass of objects that orbit the sun beyond Neptune.
 

Interestingly, it is widely held that once a family begins Chhath Puja, they must continue to do it yearly and pass it on to future generations. The sole exception is if there is a serious illness or death in the family or among the Vrati.

The largest book market in the world, College Street is a bibliophile's paradise. People from all over the world swarm here like bees to browse the enormous selection of books available, which range from common textbooks to rare archives, brand-new volumes to antiques.

The oldest, second-largest, and third-largest cricket grounds in the world are all located at Eden Gardens. This venue held the first-ever Day/Night test match between India and Bangladesh on November 22, 2019. In 1977, Eden Gardens hosted a soccer match between New York Cosmos and Mohun Bagan. At that game, the legendary Pelé had represented Cosmos.

We often get attracted towards the smell of the earth when it rains but have you have thought that rain too can have smell? But it does! Petrichor is the word that describes the scent of the rain. The reason behind it is that some plants secrete oild during dry periods & when it rains these oil get released into the air. And the aromatic compounds combine to create the pleasant scent of rain.

Although Lionel Messi is one of the most brilliant football players in history, and despite winning the Under 20 World Cup and an Olympic Gold Medal with Argentina, he has yet to win a major international prize. He came close in 2014, 2015, and 2016, and will have another shot as a veteran in 2022. Lionel, go for it! You certainly deserve it!

On the first day of Navratri, it is customary in Northern India to sow barley seeds in earthen pots. These sprouts are used as lucky symbols on the day of Dussehra. The men tuck them behind their ears or in their caps.

Adultery is legal in South Korea, as it is in China and Japan, and has been since 2015, as the country believes it is more of a personal matter than a state matter.

Do you think anglerfish and other bioluminescent critters are cool? You, too, light in a similar process known as biophoton emission. Scientists have been able to record minuscule quantities of light emitted by chemical processes in our cells using ultra-sensitive cameras. The glow, however, cannot be seen with the naked eye since it is a thousand times dimmer than what humans can perceive.

Section 32 of the Salmon Act 1986 stipulates that it’s an offence to handle salmon under suspicious circumstances. This section creates an offence in England and Wales for any person who receives or disposes of any salmon in circumstances where they believe or could reasonably believe that the salmon has been illegally fished. The maximum penalty is two years imprisonment.

Quokkas love to approach the humans who visit Rottnest with their cheeky grins. As well as giving them the cute factor, a quokka's smile helps them cool down. 

There are numerous competing theories. One idea holds that because people are more likely to drink lots of water on a hot summer day, they absorb more nutrients during the summer. Another idea holds that because exposure to sunlight increases the production of vitamin D in your body, your nails grow more quickly as a result.

The snake plant is especially well-liked because it makes the perfect "thank you" gift for new parents. This is a great houseplant to give as a present to someone you know who just had a baby. It's fantastic for newlyweds as well. Get your own snake plant the next time you want to pamper yourself or give someone a housewarming gift.

A couple of modest clinical investigations indicated ashwagandha to be beneficial in lowering blood glucose and lipid levels (the most common type of fat in the blood). One study compared ashwagandha's blood sugar-lowering effects to those of type 2 diabetic medicines.

Fecal microbiota transplantation is a method of restoring beneficial bacteria in the colon. The only approved use for fecal transplantation is for someone infected with Clostridiodes difficile (or C. diff) that’s unresponsive to antibiotics. The procedure involves a colonoscopy and transplants feces from a healthy person into a sick person.

In the U.S., doctors completed the first fecal transplants for C. diff infections in 1958. But the practice dates back to 4th century China, where they used a fecal suspension called “yellow soup” to treat digestive problems.