12454. Famous

Auroville
Famous for : unesco sponsored world's first international town near pondichery in tamil nadu named after aurobindo ghose. it was inaugurated on february 28,1963.

12455. Famous

Abu simbal(usa)
Famous for : a monument executed by unsco in egypt, the famous temple at nybia(egypt) was facing submergence as result of the construction of aswan dam. unsco has reconstructed it and was inaugurated on 12th sept. 1968.

12456. Famous

Adam's bridge
Famous for : sand and rock bridge between sri lanka and india. legent has is that was constructed by lord rama when he was in invade lanka of ravana.

12457. Famous

Alice springs (australia)
Famous for : spring with medicinal properties.

12458. Famous

Big ben
Famous for : name given to the big clock of the british parliament building.

12459. Famous

Billing's gate
Famous for : london fish market. as a term, it means foul language.

12460. Famous

Dodoma
Famous for : this is going to be the new capital of tanzania in place of dar-es-salam.

12461. Famous

Eiffel tower
Famous for : 985 feet high tower in paris build by gustav effel in 1887-89 at a cost of 2,00,000.

12462. Famous

Elba
Famous for : an isolated island in the meduterranean sea, where napoleon was exiled in 1841.

12463. Famous

Ellora
Famous for : famous for rock-pruned kailash temple (aurangabad) in maharashtra. an exquisite piece of dravidian art. ellora cave temples, 34 in number, present a blend of caves representing buddhism and jainism constructed in 8th century a.d.

12464. Famous

Elysee palace
Famous for : official residence of the president of france. it was the venue of paris peace parleys on vietnam.

12465. Famous

Empire state building (u.s.a)
Famous for : world's one of the loftiest structures. it has 103 storeys and a height of 1200 feet.

12466. Famous

Escurial
Famous for : one of the longest palaces in spain.

12467. Food Facts

An average-sized person eats around 22,700 kilograms (50,000 pounds) of food over the course of their life.

12468. Food Facts

Bedouin wedding feasts sometimes include a roast camel, stuffed with a sheep, stuffed with chickens, stuffed with fish, stuffed with eggs.

12469. Food Facts

In the 1800s, it was common to mix ground bones into flour to make it go further.

12470. Food Facts

The British black pudding is a sausage made of congealed pigs' blood with lumps of fat embedded in it. It is often fried and eaten for breakfast.

12471. Food Facts

Soft ice-cream of the type sold in ice-cream vans is given its slithery smoothness by an extract of seaweed.

12472. Food Facts

Baby eels, called elvers, are eaten in parts of Europe, including east England. They are very thin, so lots are cooked, tangled together like spaghetti.

12473. Food Facts

Orangutan lips used to be a delicacy in Vietnam.

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