Liechtenstein & Uzbekistan, the only double landlocked countries in the world.
A country is "double-landlocked" when it is surrounded only by landlocked countries
2020
Osmotic shock or osmotic stress is physiologic dysfunction caused by a sudden change in the solute concentration around a cell, which causes a rapid change in the movement of water across its cell membrane.
Ernesto Miranda's supreme court case led to the Miranda rights.
Miranda himself was later killed in a bar fight. His killer got away with it... because he chose to remain silent.
2020
The Meadows is in Nottingham, England close to the River Trent and West Bridgford and is home to the Nottingham War Memorial Gardens.
I'm intrigued and will visit soon.
2020
The one and only British grown Chocolate.
a factory in York tried growing cacao in the inhospitable British weather, but harvested only enough for one small bar
2020
the Berlin Wall came down by mistake.
When a reporter asked when it would be opened, the party official mistakenly said "Immediately, without delay" causing a run on the wall
2020
Simonetta Di Pippo is the current Director of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs.
She is the designated person to act as an ambassador to extraterrestrials.
A large percentage of asteroids are pulled in by Jupiterβs gravity.
Many of the asteroids that are potentially harmful to Earth, the long period comets, tend to be sucked into Jupiterβs gravity field
2016
in 2014, six sealed glass vials of smallpox dated 1954 were discovered in a storage room.
two of the vials had virus which proved to be viable in culture. They were destroyed 7 months later.
2020
Internet trolls are likely to be sadists.
Studies found that the link between sadism and Internet trolling is so strong that trolls could be described as βprototypical everyday sadi
2014
The 2014 Winter Olympics were an international winter multi-sport event that was held in Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia.
They were held from February 7th to the 23rd of 2014
2020
Pirates wore earrings because they believed it improved their eyesight.
they believed that the precious metals in an earring possessed magical healing powers.
2011
When Led Zeppelin bought a Private Jet.
Drummer John Bonham once flew the band from New York to LA even though he didnβt have a pilotβs license.
2017
Scottish scientists were awarded Β£250,000 in funding to breed sheep who fart less.
They will attempt to create more animals who have the least impact on the environment
2019
Facebookβs founder Mark Zuckerberg has green-red color blindness. That's why Facebookβs main color is blue β he sees it in its full richness. 2020
Philosopher Gabriella Blum believes that international law should differentiate combatants based on function and not status.
This means that combatatnts will be defined by the role they play in the war, and not by them belonging to army or being civilians.
2010