Universal Knowledge

IF there is irritation in the nose, we sneeze. It is a reflex action designed to expel any foreign body trying to enter the nose. But why we close our eyes when we sne…

IT is the activity of solving Rubik's Cube puzzle as quickly as possible. Competitions are held all over the world with gamers devising newer and faster ways of cr…

THE term deja vu is French and means, literally, "already seen."Those who have experienced the feeling describe it as an overwhelming sense of familiarity wi…

YES. It is possible to slice a piece of metal with a device called waterjet, which uses a jet of water at high velocity and pressure.         In industries such as m…

DIMPLES, particularly on the cheeks, are considered a mark of beauty. Though dimples look lovely, they are in fact a manifestation of a genetic birth defect resulting…

POPEYE'S favourite snack spinach, which gave the cartoon character super strenght, also has the ability to convert sunlight into a clean, efficient alternative fuel…

HE IS known as much for his style of detection as for his he constantly smokes. His name is today synonymous with a detective.         Yes, we are talking about Sher…

THE giant selenite crystals(gypsum) found here are the largest natural crystal ever found. Some of the translucent gypsum beams in the …

Is there something that scares you?  May be you are scared of being alone in the dark, or of heights. It could be a spider that makes you afraid, o…

H ow you have spent your childhood, you may have definitely played a toy car, have you had a collection of your childhood toy cars or you have just like a …

T HE answer lies is this basic idea - the more you avoid something you are scared of, the fewer opportunity you have to learn that it is actually not as scary as you …