Here are the next set of ten amazing facts which readers can read and enjoy during the day.

1) Karnataka  State in India has a long coast line which stretches more than 200 kilometers.

2) This coastal strip  also known as the Karavali Coast is bounded by the Arabian Sea and the hills of the Western Ghats.

3) Of these Mangalore Coast has been a…[Read more]

The Laocoon Sculpture. Laocoon, according to Greek legend, was a priest who tried to warn the Trojans of  a Greek wooden horse. An angry Apollo who heard what was told got annoyed and destroyed him and his two sons with serpents. This legend was a popular one in ancient times and in 38 BC Agesander, a Rhodian sculptor produced a wonderful group…[Read more]

Regarded as the most famous woman in history Cleopatra(C68 – 30BC) was the daughter of Ptolemy V although, like her father, not Egyptian. In 51 BC she became joint ruler of Egypt with her young brother but they quarrelled.

She was forced to leave and go into Syria. At this time Julius Caesar arrived in Alexandria and Cleopatra, using her…[Read more]

The Battle of Pharsalia made Caesar lord of Rome. He then had to deal with Africa which was in revolt. A short campaign ended in the victory being announced in the Senate as “Veni, Vidi, Vici meaning I came, I saw, I conquered. He then returned to Rome and took supreme command. The Republic  was at an end and now the head of the army controlled…[Read more]

Toxic hepatitis is caused by a wide variety of chemicals, either swallowed, inhaled, absorbed through the skin, or perhaps taken by injection. It is the liver’s function  to detoxify and destroy any poisons circulating in the blood stream. If large amounts of a certain chemical are taken into the system, the liver itself may be injured so that it…[Read more]