The document provides a wide range of facts about history, geography, science, and other topics. Some key points include: - Paleontology is the study of life history from the fossil record. Some important historical structures and their dates are the Egyptian pyramids from 2700-2500 BC, the Great Wall of China completed in 204 BC, and Rome founded in 753 BC. - Christianity emerged in the second half of the 1st century AD. Islam was founded in the 7th century AD starting in 611 AD. The Muslim rule of Spain lasted from 711-1492 AD. - Scientific facts include that the earth is about 4.54 billion years old, the normal human body temperature is 98

1. DO U KNOW THAT
* Paleontology is the science of history of life.
* The three pyramids of eqypt were built from 2700 to 2500 B.C.,these are tombs of khufu,khafra and menkaura.
* The great Wall of China was completed in 204 B.C.it is 1500 miles long.Its average height is 25 feet and about
12 feet wide at the top.
* The city Rome was founded in 753 B.C. by Romolus.
* Christianity emerged as the distinct sect in the second half of the first century A.D.
* The light of islam dawned in the 7th century A.D. when in 611 A.D. The Holy Prophet of Islam Muhammad
(P.B.U.H) announced the revelation from the one true Allah.
* The muslim rule of Spain lasted from 711 to 1492 A.D.
* The earth is calculated to b 4540 million years old.
* The statue of liberty (NEWYORK) was installed in 1886.It is 151 feet one inch high from the base to torch.
* The world is divided into 24 time zones, each 15` longitude wide. England is the starting point and is called the
prime meridian.
* Ostrich is the largest bird in the world.
* Saudi Arabia is the largest exporter of oil in the world.
* The world famous golden gate bridge is located in San Francisco (USA).
* Russia invaded Afghanistan on Dec 27,1979.
* Hongkong was returned to china on July 1,1997.
* The normal temperature of human body is 98.6 F.
* A billion contain 1000 million. It has 9 zeroes. similarly a trillion has 12 zeroes,a quadrillion 15 zeroes,a quintillion
18 zeroes and a decillion 33 zeroes.
* One inch is equal to 2.5400 cms and one mile is equal to 1.6093 kms.
* About half of the world population speaks indo-european languages.
* Air is composed of nitrogen (78.08%), oxygen (20.95%),argon (0.94%) and carbon dioxide (0.03%).
* The original inhabitants of USA are known as Red Indians.
* Out of the 193 sovereign independent nations of the world 147 are republics and other 46 are under personal
rules (14 kings,1 emperor,3 queens,7 hereditary sheikhs,1 grand duke,2 sultans,1 constitutional monarch etc).
* Gwadar became a part of pakistan on september 9,1958.
* All India Muslim League was formulated on December 30,1906 and first president was Sir Agha Khan.
* Hygrometer is instrument used for measuring humidity of air.
* Heliscope is used for viewing the sun.
* Asian development bank was established in 1966 with headquarter located at Manila(Philipine)
* China has the largest population, Russia has largest land area and Vatican city has smallest population and
land area in the world
* Afghanistan got independence on 19th Aug 1919.
* Lord Clive was the first and Lord Mountbatten was the last British ruler of India.
* Air conditioner invented by "Willis H. Carrier"U.S. in 1902.

2. * Camera(photographic) has been invented by "Joseph N. Niepce "France in 1822.
* Largest continent of the world is "Asia" and smallest is "Australia".
* Largest ocean of the world is "Pacific Ocean"and smallest ocean is "Indian Ocean".
* The Sahara is the largest desert of the world.
* Kazakhstan is the largest muslim cty in land area in the world. Maldives the smallest muslim country in land
area
* Indonesia is the most populous muslim country and Maldives is less populous muslim country.
* Seoul (South Korea) is the most populous city of the world.
* The lake Baikal of Russia has the maximum depth of 5315 feet.
* The largest tides of the world occur in Bay of Fundy (Canada).
* The earth is the densest planet of universe .It has density of 5.515 time that of water.
* Kilauea situated in Hawaii (US) is the most active volcano of the world
* Nauru, an island located in western Pacific Ocean, is the smallest republic of the world.
* La Paz,capital city of Bolivia (South America), is sit at an altitude of 3631 metres (12087 feet) from the sea level.
* The Panch Pokhri lake situated in the Himalaya mountains is the highest lake in the world.
* The Himalaya mountain range (Asia) is the greatest mountain range in the world.
* Mount Everest is the highest mountain peak which is located on Nepal-Tibet border in the Himalayas.
* Petronas tower-I is the tallest building in the world which is located in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia).
* USA is the largest nuclear electric power producing country in the world.
* The Atacama desert in Chile is driest place of the world and Masynram in Assam (India) is the wettest place.
* Canada has the longest coastline which is 151,489 miles in the length and Monaco`s coastline is only 3.5 miles.
* The present palace of sultan of Brunei consisting of 1788 rooms is the largest palace.
* Grand central terminal of New York is the largest railway station.it covers an area of 48 acres.
* The Seikan railway tunnel in Japan is the longest railway tunnel in the world,
* The Yellow Stone National Park (USA) is the largest national park. It has an area of 3350 sq miles.
* The California university (USA) is the biggest university of the world..
* King Khalid International Airport,Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) is the largest airport in the world.
* The port of New York and New Jersey (USA) is the largest seaport in the world.
* Mandarain (chinese) is the most spoken language of the world.
* The nobel prize is the largest prize.Each prize carries an amount of one million dollars.
* Shah Faisal Mosque located in Islamabad (Pak) is the largest mosque
* The Asian Development Bank established in 1966 with headquarter located at Manila (Philipines).
* Eqypt , Iraq , Jordan , Lebanon , Saudi Arab , Syria and Yemen are the founder nations of the Arab League.
* 1st
world war was began in 1914 and 2nd
world war started in 1939 when Germany attacked on Poland.
* Columbus discovered America on 1492 A.D.
* The Royal Majesty ship Queen Elizabeth (UK) is the largest Pessenger ship in the world.
* The Cambodian language is a language which has a total number of 74 alphabets.
* The Sumerian civilization is considered to be the oldest civilization of the world.
* Jericho, situated in the Jordan valley is the oldest town of the world.
* The highest rainfall for one month was recorded at Indian town of Cherapoonje. 366,14 inches rain fell there

3. during the month of july 1861.
* Sierra Leone has the lowest GDP per capita of 510 US dollars and Luxembourg has the highest GDP per capita
of 36,400 US dollars.
* The UNO originated during the second world war.Its charter was drawn up from 25th april to 26th june,1945 at
San Francisco which was signed by 51 countries.
* The Umayyad Dynasty (661-750 A.D) was the first muslim dynasty.
* Light is the fastest thing in the universe. It travels at a phenomenal speed of 187,000 miles per second.
* According to the Forbcs magazine, There were 311 individual billionaires in the world. Out of these, 108 belonged
to USA, 44 belonged to Germany and 34 were Japanese.
* Bill Gates (USA), founder and Chairman of Microsoft Corporation, is currently the richest person in the world
and Liliane Bettencourt (France) is the richest woman in the world.
* People’s Republic of China has the largest army of the world
* Brazil covers nearly half of south america
* The constitution of 1973 was enforced on 14th Aug, 1973.It is comprises of twelve parts consisting of 280 articles.
* Mian Nawaz Sharif inaugurated Lahore-Islamabad Motorway on 26 Nov 97, is 339 km long and 33 metre
wide.
* Mrs.Benazir bhutto reserved as Prime Minister twice from 2 Dec 88 to 6 Aug 90 and from 19th Oct 93 to 5 Nov 96.
* The miracle of a pregnant female camel was sent to the nation of samood.
* The soap was made by Hazrat Salih (AS) first of all.
* The nation of Hazrat Loot (AS) was destroyed by a rain of stones.
* In six days (Surah Yunus,Verse no three) Allah had created the earth and the heaven.
* 22 times along with namaz ,Zakat has been mentioned in the Holy Quran.
* Hajj made compulsory In the year 9 A.H.
* Hazrat Hamza (RA)was the first commander of Islamic Army.
* There are 114 surahs , 30 Paras and 6236 Ayats in the holy Quran.
* Seven stages are there in the Holy Quran.
Biological sciences
* For growth,viruses requires "Living Host".
* Plant development is influenced by Quality, Quantity and Duration of light.
* Lettuce,wheat and spinach are the long day plants and Sugarcane, Soyabean and tobacco are short day plants.
* ATP is a molecule containing high energy bonds.
* Edible part of tomato is whole fruit.
* The primary producers of organic matter in nature are Green plants.
* The total weight of a cell in a leaf or a petal,water constitutes about 90%.
* The primary plant body consist of 3 tissue systems.
* A tissue is a group of cells having similar structure and function.
* The edible portion of mango is Mesocarp.
* The rice grain is a seed.
* Ethylene is a hormone concerned with Ripening of fruits.

4. * Bamboo is Grass.
* Cork cells are impervious to water because of the presence of Suberin.
* The biotic relationship between insects and plants with reference to pollination is called Mutualism.
* Historically, Joseph Priertley , recognized in 1727 A.D. that sunlight and air are important for the growth of plants.
* Opium is obtained from seed capsule of opium poppy.
* Man is Homoiothermic.
* The gestation period of human being is Nine months.
* The most important function of perspiration is to regulate the body temperature.
* The main function of white blood cells in the body is to protect the body against diseases.
* The number of chromosomes in the human body is 46.
* One micron is equal to One-thousandth of a millimeter.