Interesting Word And Phrase Facts

Language was invented to communicate with people and without language nothing is really possible. English is considered as the universal language which is common to all. Word are the group of letters that give some meaning and phrase refer to any group of words. These words and phrase are part of the English language. The evolution of some of these words and phrases has curious facts hidden in it. Now let's take a look at 20 interesting facts about the words and phrases.

Largest Stadiums in the World

A stadium is a place or venue for outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event. The size of the stadium does not only depend on the area it covers but also the number of spectators it can accommodate. So, here we have collected the top 12 largest stadium in the world. Take a look...  

1. Rungrado May Day Stadium

World's Most Dangerous and Controversial Zoo - Lujan Zoo in Argentina

This controversial zoo in Argentina allows tourists to have extremely close encounters with some of the most dangerous predators in the world.

World's Most Tattooed Woman - Julia Gnuse

Julia Gnuse - nicknamed the ' illustrated lady ' - has 95 per cent of her body covered in ink, ranging from jungle scenes and cartoons to her favorite actors.

Miss Gnuse, from California, got her first tattoo 20 years ago and when she was 35, she started getting tattoos on her legs after developing a skin condition called porphyria, which causes the skin to blister when exposed to sunlight and became addicted to body art after first getting tattoos on her legs.

World's Strongest Boy - Richard Sandrak

Richard Sandrak, also known as Little Hercules was born in April 15, 1992 and is a Ukrainian-born, American bodybuilder, martial artist and actor, renowned for his physique at an extremely young age. He is probably best known for his appearance in the documentary The World's Strongest Boy, which has been shown on several TV channels across the world, and for his dedication to bodybuilding

Travel photos by Eric Lafforgue

top 10 new species of 2012

 

A 'devil's worm', a sneezing monkey and an orchid that only blooms at night 

have been named in the latest top 10 list of new species. 

Chosen by scientists from 200 nominated animals and plants described for the 

first time last year, a venomous jellyfish, giant millipede, parasitic wasp and 

a blue tarantula also make the top 10.

1: Sneezing monkey

 

The sneezing monkey, or Rhinopithecus strykeri, is the first snub-nosed monkey to be found in the 

high mountains of Myanmar and is believed to be critically endangered. It is distinctive for its mostly 

black fur and white beard and for sneezing when it rains. The odd-looking monkey is known to avoid 

dripping rainwater in its turned up nose by sitting with its head between its legs. Gesundheit!