In India, after 160 years of the service, the telegram bid farewell on the 15th July, 2013. The origins of the telegram can be traced back to the smoke signals sent out and the light from the lighthouses for help during times of crisis. In 1793 a Frenchman named Claude Chappe devised a system using …
The markings on dice have a name too
The word ‘pip’ means a ‘spot’ or a ‘speck’. The markings on dice and dominoes are also called pips. The word also refers to the symbols on playing cards that give it a specific value, the small seeds of some fruit, the image of an object on a radar screen, each of the stars on the shoulder …