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January 22, 2017 at 5:29 pm

Here are the next set of ten amazing facts which you will be interested to know.

1) The Philippine Peso is the official currency of the Philippines. It is subdivided into 100 Centavos.

2) Ink contains ferrous sulphate, mineral organic acid and other dyes(Synthesis dyes).

3) National Highways are the main roads which are constructed and maintained by the Central Government and the organization which takes care of construction and maintainence  is the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI).

4) Darwin formulated his theory of organic evolution along with another English biologist, Alfred Russel Wallace(1823-19130) in the year of 1858.

5) It was in 1835 that Lord Macaulay mandated the adoption of English as the medium of instruction in British India.

6) The sources of biomass energy are wood, gobar gas and coal as all these products are from plants and trees.

7) The decision to form Telangana the 29th  state of India was taken by the 15th Lok Sabha( The Lower House).

8) Ivory Coast is located in West Africa in the African Continent.

9) ‘Mudra Rakshasa’ is a historical play in Sanskrit by Vishakhadatta that narrates the ascent of the King Chandragupta Maurya to power in India.

10) The Bhitarkanica Mangroves Forest of Odisha, by the Bay of Bengal, is India’s second largest mangrove forest. The Pichavaram Mangroves in Tamil Nadu are India’s largest mangrove forest and the second largest in the world.

January 22, 2017 at 5:34 pm

The good thing which I find when I read 10 Amazing Facts To Know is that it provides a lot of useful information which I have never known in ten simple sentences. It is like going of a micro world tour exploring different places and events, observing different phenomena of nature, inventions, facts of history, language, theater, art, industry, acronyms, places of tourist interest and much much more. It is always a refreshing change to read a new edition as each time the information is new and unique. Looking forward to the next ten facts eagerly.

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