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Element : zinc
Symbol : zn
Atomic no. : 30
Melting Point (deg c) : 419.5
Boiling Point (deg c) : 907
Discoverer : prehistoric

Element : zirconium
Symbol : zr
Atomic no. : 40
Melting Point (deg c) : 1855
Boiling Point (deg c) : 4409
Discoverer : klaproth (1789)

No 10, downing street
Famous for : official residence of the british prime minister.

Abadan(iran)
Famous for : famous for oil refinery.

Alaska (u.s.a.)
Famous for : in 1958 it was declared as 49th state of u.s.a. it is near canada.

Alexandria
Famous for : city and sea-port of egypt, founded by alexander the great. handles about 80% of the country's exports.

Angkor wat
Famous for : ruined temple in cambodia. signposts of ancient oriental civilisation.

Aswam dam
Famous for : a dam in egypt across the river nile.

Baku
Famous for : oilfields of azerbaijan.

Bastille
Famous for : it was a jail in paris. destroyed during the french revolution.

Beding (australia)
Famous for : famous for gold mines.

Bethlehem
Famous for : a town palestine, the birth place of christ.

Bikini atoll
Famous for : in pacific ocean, where first hydrogen bomb was tested by u.s.a.

Bikini
Famous for : an atoll of the marshall islands. atomb bomb was dropped here experimentally in 1948.

Bratislava
Famous for : a town in czechoslovakia on czech-russian border.

Buckingham palace
Famous for : london residence of the british monarch.

Chushul
Famous for : in ladakh, highest airfield in the world. chinese troops attacked it in 1962.

Corsica
Famous for : an island where napoleon was born.

Detroit (u.s.a)
Famous for : the biggest car manufacturing town in the world.

Elephanta caves (india)
Famous for : situated in an island 15 miles from bombay. famous for the statues of siva and parvati.

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