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Since the death of boxing great Muhammad Ali on June 3rd, much has been said about him, his personality, and boxing career. Below are additional information according to biography.com about the self-titled World’s Greatest. 1. He was born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. on January 17, 1942 in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. 2. As a 12 year […]
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Alexandrite is one of those gemstones that everyone would love to own, but few people do because it’s rare and expensive. Read on to learn more about the facts of this gem, and why it is so valuable. Alexandrite is part of the chrysoberyl family along with chrysoberyl cat’s eye. Alexandrite appears blueish green in sunlight
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Pythagoras is remembered today for his famous theorem in geometry, the ‘Pythagoras Theorem’. Pythagoras was born in the island of Samos in around 569 BC. His father, Mnesarchus, was a merchant and his mother Pythais, was a native of Samos. Young Pythagoras spent most of his early years in Samos but travelled to many places
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He’s the founder of Microsoft, an inventor and the world’s most prolific philanthropist. He’s also the richest man on the planet, with a net worth north of $79 billion. What do you really know about Bill Gates? 1. Born William Henry Gates III, Bill’s nickname as a child was “Trey” 2. The private school he attended as
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Fact One Earth is the only planet in the Solar System to have water in its three states of matter: as a solid (ice), a liquid (sea, rain, etc.) and as a gas (clouds). Water is, of course, the most important liquid for life. Fact Two Earth is almost five billion years old, although life
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Mexico is a country between the U.S. and Central America beaches on its Pacific and Gulf of Mexico coastlines and a diverse landscape of mountains, deserts and jungles. Fast Facts about Mexico 1. The official name of Mexico is Estados Únidos Mexicanos (United Mexican States). 2. Mexico is the 11th most populated country in the
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Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician and philanthropist who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. It’s common knowledge that Nelson Mandela served 27 years in prison, helped usher in the end of Apartheid, and was elected the first black president of South Africa in 1994. Here’s a
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Sea turtles are classified thus: Kingdom> Animalia; Phylum> Chordata; Class> Reptilia; Subclass> Anapsida; Order> Testudines; Family> Cheloniidae or Dermochelyidae. There are seven recognised species of sea turtles, six of which are in the Family Cheloniidae, they are – the hawksbill, green, flatback, loggerhead, Kemp’s ridley and olive ridley turtles -, with only one – the
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Canada is a country, consisting of ten provinces and three territories, in the northern part of the continent of North America. It extends from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering 9.98 million square kilometres (3.85 million square miles) in total, making it the world’s second-largest country by total area and the
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Polar regions are found at the planet’s northern and southern extremes, they are the icy wastes of the continental ice caps and the frozen pack ice of the ocean. The only ‘plants’ here are specialised forms of cold-loving algae that grow on the surface of snow. Only animals that don’t rely on vegetation – such
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