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Astronaut Buzz Aldrin was the second man on the Moon. The 1st man on the moon was the Apollo 11 Commander Neil Armstrong, who created history on July 20, 1969. The Apollo 11 mission consisted of Command Module Pilot Michael Collins, Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin and Commander Neil Armstrong.

Neptune is the third largest planet in the Solar System, much smaller than the real giants, Jupiter and Saturn, and only a little bigger than Uranus.

In 1919, the pop-up toaster was invented. While General Electric built the first electric toaster for the home 1909, it was 10 years later when Minnesota mechanic Charles Strite created an easy-to-use toaster designed for restaurants.

Harry's lightning bolt scar was applied by make-up teams approximately 5,800 times by the end of the series. Daniel Radcliffe had the scar applied 2,000 times while the rest were applied to stunt doubles and stand-ins.

In May, 2020, researchers in Australia claim to have achieved internet speed of 44.2 Terabits per second, the fastest internet speed ever recorded. This unbelievable speed was achieved with the help of a single optical chip called micro-comb that replaces around 80 lasers found in some of the existing telecom hardware. The micro-comb is really tiny, about the size of a fingernail.  At this lightning speed, you can download over 1000 HD (High Definition) movies in less than a second.  Continue reading to know who is/are considered the father of internet? Who performed this test? The lightning speed was achieved by a team of researchers from the Swinburne, Monash and RMIT universities of Australia.  Where did the test took place? The device was planted and tested outside the laboratory with the help of using some existing infrastructure similar to that used by the National Broadband Network(NBN) of the country and is compatible with current NBN's infrastruct...

The Great Pyramid of Giza is the only Wonder of the Ancient Seven Wonders of the World to stand still.  The  7 Ancient Wonders of The World  were: the Great Pyramid at Giza, Egypt. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon. The Statue of Zeus at Olympia, Greece. The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus. The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus. The Colossus of Rhodes. The Lighthouse of Alexandria, Egypt.

Our home Earth has one moon. But not all have only one moon. Some of them have dozens of moons while some have none. Let's know the number of moons all the planets have starting from the one closest to the sun. Here we go- MERCURY  First planet from the sun is mercury, which is also the smallest planet in the solar system, don't have any moon because of it's closeness to the Sun. If it had any moon, it would have been most likely to crash into mercury or get into the orbit of the sun, and would eventually get sucked into it. VENUS  Next up is venus, the third smallest planet after mercury and mars, also don't have any moon. Unlike mercury, the reason why venus don't have any moon is still not known by us. Read more- What is Mesothelioma, Mesothelioma Compensation, Mesothelioma Survival Rates and Statute of Mesothelioma Claims? What is the fastest Internet speed ever recorded? What is SEO? Amygdala EARTH Our home earth, the third p...

Time zones of a country include that of dependent territories(except Antarctic claims). France has the most time zones with 12 time zones. On March 28,2010, Russia eliminated two time zones going from 11 to 9, but still has the most contiguous time zones.

According to Chinese traditions, the history of silk began in the 27th Century BCE. It's use was confined to China until the silk road at some point during the latter half of the first millennium BCE. China maintained it's virtual monopoly over silk for another thousand years.

William Hill Brown is generally believed to have written the first American novel, "The Power of Sympathy", published in Boston in 1791, which relates to a tragic love story.

The Bermuda Triangle, also known as the Devil's triangle, is a loosely defined region in the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean, where a number of aircrafts and ships are said to have disappeared in mysterious circumstances.

Popcorn is a special kind of corn. Of all the types of corn, popcorn is the only variety that pops. Inside each kernel of popcorn is a tiny droplet of water surrounded by a hard shell called a hull. As the popcorn is heated, the water turns into steam, which builds pressure inside the kernel.

Irrationality is cognition, thinking, talking or action without inclusion of rationality. It is more specifically described as an action or opinion given through inadequate use of reason, emotional distress and cognitive deficiency.

According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), the length of the international US-Canadian border, excluding Alaska, is approximately 3,987 miles, while the length the US-Mexican border is estimated at 1,933 miles. The length of the Alaska-Canada border alone is 1,538 miles.

Mrs. originated as a contraction of the honorific mistress, the feminine of Mister or Master, which was originally applied to both, married and unmarried women. The split into Mrs. for married women from Ms. and miss began in the 17th Century.

In 1930, the Galvin Corporation introduced one of the first commercial car radios, the Motorola model 5T71, which was sold for between $110 & $130 (2009: $1700) and could be installed in most popular automobiles.

Ostrich has the biggest eyes on the whole animal kingdom. It's eyes are even bigger than its brain. Ostriches don't hide their heads in the sand. They will lay their head on the ground if they sense any danger near them.

A rainbow is an optical and meteorological phenomenon that is caused by both reflection and refraction of light in water droplets resulting in a spectrum of light appearing in the sky. It takes the form of a multicoloured arc. Rainbows caused by sunlight always appear in the section of sky directly opposite the sun .

A nanosecond (ns) is an SI unit of time equal to one billionth of a second ( 1/1,000,000,000s). A nano-unit is 10 raised to the power -9. One nanosecond is to one second as one second is to 31.71 years. The prefix nano and time's unit second led to the formation of the word nanosecond whose symbol is given as ns. There are still two more units smaller than nanosecond, these are picosecond (1/1,000,000,000,000s) and femtosecond(1/1,000,000,000,000,000s). One thousand nanosecond will make up 1 Microsecond whereas a million nansecond is equivalent to 1 millisecond. The unit nanosecond is generally used in computers to calculate the processing time of RAM and in electrical components.

Left handedness is less common than right handedness. Left-handed people are more skillful with their left hands while doing a work. It has been suggested by studies that approximately 10% of the people in the world world. Changing of hand preferences between tasks is known as mixed handedness.

John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937) was the first American Billionaire, thanks to oil. His total wealth was 1.79% of the US economy.

Never ever store Onions in plastic bags. That will accelerate sprouting and spoilage because of the lack of air circulation. Potatoes and Onions must not be stored together. They give off gases that will accelerate spoilage of each other. 

The Law Library of Congress is the world's largest law library, with 2.9 million volumes, including one of the world's best rare law book collections and the most complete collection of foreign legal gazettes in the United States.

Rome is the city which has been known for more than 2000 years to be built on Seven Hills.

Sodium and salt are not the same thing. "Salt" is the term commonly used for Sodium Chloride (NaCl) which is a table salt. Sodium Chloride is just 40% sodium and 60% chloride. One teaspoon of table salt contains 2,325mg of sodium. 

In the early 1980s, American Airlines, strapped for cash, decided to start selling passes for unlimited first-class travel for life. At that time, the passes cost $250,000(around $600,000 in today's dollar) with a companion ticket available for an extra $150,000 and discounts for older people. By the way, there is an amazing blog titled Quiltville. You can get stupendous quilling ideas from this blog. If you want to visit it, then click here.