The Niger River in Africa is one of the world’s longest rivers traversing 4,168 km. It has an unusual geography having a boomerang shape with the northern part named the ‘Niger Bend’. The source is the Guinea Highlands and the river drains into the Atlantic Ocean. Interestingly, the source and the mouth of the river …
The world’s deepest river crosses the equator twice
The Congo River, formerly known as the Zaire River, is also the deepest river of the world. It has a length of 4,700 km and originates in the highlands of East Africa and ends at the Atlantic Ocean. During the course of its journey, it crosses the equator twice.
Disney’s Tomorrowland had these rocket scientists as design consultants
In the 1950s, Walt Disney Productions decided to have a theme park with four sections: Fantasyland, Frontierland, Adventureland and Tomorrowland. Since Tomorrowland was going to be futuristic, it would contain, in the words of Walt Disney, ‘a living blueprint of the future’. The Senior Producer Ward Kimball involved Heinz Haber, a specialist in the emerging …
Nikita Khrushchev’s visit to the USA
When the Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev planned to spend thirteen days in the United States in 1959, he made two special requests. One was to see the Disneyland, and the other was to meet the Hollywood actor John Wayne. Sadly, he was barred from visiting Disneyland on account of the cold war. However, he did …
91-year-old Ghulam Azam sentenced to 90 years of imprisonment
Ghulam Azam, the former Chief of Bangladesh’s Islamic party Jamaat-e-Islami, was sentenced to 90 years in jail for crimes against humanity during the country’s 1971 war of independence.
Founder of Kindergarten System
In 1837, Friedrich Froebel established the ‘Play and Activity Institute’ based on his tested method of activity based learning. He renamed the institute ‘Kindergarten’ in 1840. The word kindergarten means the garden for the children (kind or ‘child’ and garten or ‘Garden’), a place where they can observe nature and interact with it. It also means the garden of children, …