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Fruit is meant to be a good part of a balanced diet, so even if you do end up spending a few bucks more on your favorite fruit, at least it's for a worthy cause.

But what if I told you there was a certain type of pineapple that is worth thousands of dollars?

In the 1700's, pineapples used to be a status symbol of wealth.

Of course, pineapples are now easily acquired, even by us average folks, and the symbol is gone.

At the Lost Gardens of Heligan in the United Kingdom, you will find pineapples grown in mud structures heated with rotting manure.

The odd strategies used here are reflective of older techniques in order to grow this tropical fruit in a colder climate.

However with the manpower over the course of the 2 years it takes to grow a pineapple, the cost to make each pineapple is $1,300.

But, one of the pineapples has been given away.

The second pineapple ever grown in the Lost Gardens was gifted to Queen Elizabeth II in honor of her 50th wedding anniversary.

If that's what it takes to get your hand on one of these Victorian-grown pineapples, I wouldn't hold your breath!

If one of these elusive pineapples were to go up for auction or sale, due to the rarity, ancient technique, time spent growing, and manual labor, these pineapples are worth $16,000!

On the plus side, at least the legacy of these pineapples will make us appreciate the lowly cost of our standard Dole pineapples at the grocery store!

London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, and is the largest urban area in Greater London.

This area is still called the City of London.

London is one of the world's most important cities for business, finance and politics.

The population of London is 8.63 million.

They may see the famous "Sights of London".

After the decline of the Roman Empire, few people remained in London.

However, it did not become the capital city of England until the 12th century.

The old City of London is only a square mile in size but has its own Lord Mayor.

Another famous old part of Greater London is Westminster, which was always a different city from the City of London.

In Westminster is Westminster Abbey (a cathedral), The Palace of Westminster (the Houses of Parliament, with Big Ben), and 10 Downing Street (where the Prime Minister lives).

Berlin is the capital city of Germany.

The city is in the eastern part of Germany.

It is about 70 km west of Poland.

Berlin has an area of 891 km2.

On the boulevard are the Humboldt University and the State Opera of Berlin.

The Governing Mayor of the city is Michael Müller (SPD).

Berlin is a world city of culture, politics, media and science.

There are a lot of technology companies in the city.

Berlin is an important city for the history of Germany.

The King of Prussia and the Emperor of Germany lived in Berlin.

The government of Germany was in Berlin for many years.

A tornado is a tube of violently spinning air that touches the ground.

Wind inside the tornado spins fast, but the actual 'circle' of wind around them is huge.

Nearly three quarters of the world's tornadoes happen in the United States.

They cause a lot of damage to anything in their path.

Tornadoes can happen in nearly any part of the world.

The middle part of the United States is nicknamed 'Tornado Alley' for the number of tornadoes there.

A tornado can have wind speeds of over 300 miles per hour (480 km/h).

Tennis is a racket sport that can be played individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles).

The object of the game is to maneuver the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return.

Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society and at all ages.

The modern game of tennis originated in Birmingham, England, in the late 19th century as lawn tennis.

During most of the 19th century, in fact, the term tennis referred to real tennis, not lawn tennis.

The rules of modern tennis have changed little since the 1890s.

Two exceptions are that from 1908 to 1961 the server had to keep one foot on the ground at all times, and the adoption of the tiebreak in the 1970s.

A recent addition to professional tennis has been the adoption of electronic review technology coupled with a point-challenge system, which allows a player to contest the line call of a point, a system known as Hawk-Eye.

Tennis is played by millions of recreational players and is also a popular worldwide spectator sport.

Walmart is an American chain of retail department, and grocery stores, known for being the largest company in the world by revenue.

Within five years of the first Walmart opening in Arkansas it expanded to 24 stores in the state and sales reaches $12.6 million.

By 1975 there were 125 stores with sales of $340 million.

This equalled more revenue than the combined revenues of Walt Disney Co, Macy's, Coca-Cola, Amazon, Target and Apple.

The net profit of Walmart in 2014 was $16 billion, which was equal to the gross revenue of the Gap, Banana Republic, and Old Navy around the world.

Of the 10 richest people in the United States, four of them are Waltons.

Each of these Walton family members are worth more than $30 billion EACH.

The world's richest woman is Christy Walton, the widow of Sam Walton's son.

The other three children of Sam Walton include Jim, Alice, and Rob Walton.

It is estimated that approximately 18% of the food stamps used in the United States are spent at Walmart.

Approximately 44% of the population in the United States shop at Walmart each year.

Approximately 90% or more of the stores go by other names such as Todo Dia, Trust-Mart, Hypermart, or Bodega Aurrera.

Guests of Walmart have included Miley Cyrus, Aerosmith, Justin Timberlake, and Taylor Swift.

The Walton family gives about 2% of its wealth to charity and other causes while Warren Buffet gives 78% of his net worth and Bill Gates gives 48% of his net worth.

A central processing unit (CPU) is an important part of every computer.

The CPU sends signals to control the other parts of the computer, almost like how a brain controls a body.

The CPU is an electronic machine that works on a list of computer things to do, called instructions.

It reads the list of instructions and runs (executes) each one in order.

A list of instructions that a CPU can run is a computer program.

The clock rate, or speed of a CPU's internal parts, is measured in hertz (Hz).

Most of their CPUs are used in embedded systems for more specialized things, like in mobile phones, cars, game consoles, or in the military.

The size of data that a CPU handles best is often called the word size of the CPU.

The result of all of this hard work was Airbnb, a revolutionary online marketplace for renting rooms and apartments.

This breakthrough in online lodging has become a massive success, bringing in hundreds of millions of dollars annually and operating in a staggering 192 countries worldwide.

In celebration of this momentous achievement and their more than ten years in business, here are 20 Fun Facts about Airbnb, that you probably didn't know.

With no immediate options available to them to cover their costs, the three of them got creative and decided to rent out an airbed in their apartment to budget-conscious tourists or those simply in need of a safe place to lay their heads.

They were a roaring success, shifting thousands of units, and securing that much-needed start-up capital.

In only eleven years, they have conquered the four corners of the globe, reaching a staggering 192 countries worldwide.

Older folk are flocking to the online marketplace, in record numbers, opting for a home-away-from-home experience, instead of the one size fits all, assembly line hotels, which often feel impersonal and lacking in charm.

And if that sounds impressive, one of them managed to make fifteen and a half million in just twelve months.

Making Airbnb one of the best businesses for homeowners to get into to not only make some extra cash but possibly change their lives forever.

How many of these are millionaires, we just don't know!

There are some fantastic unique places available to rent on Airbnb if you're in an adventurous kind of mood.

While logic may dictate that the majority of people are looking for big, spacious rentals, that isn't always the case.

These properties don't come cheap and are often sold out year-round, so move fast if you have the option to land yourself one of these dream-come-true properties, even if it's just for the night.

Giving fans the chance to experience a piece of history for themselves;

Airbnb has one of the strongest customer ratings in the industry, with more than 96% of guests being happy with the site, service, and their stay.

These are the kind of number's hotels, and B&B's can only dream of achieving and is a testament to their hard work, attention to detail, and most importantly, their customer service skills.

Our planetary system is located in an outer spiral arm of the Milky Way galaxy.

Our solar system is made up of a star, eight planets and countless smaller bodies such as dwarf planets, asteroids and comets.

There are three general kinds of galaxies: elliptical, spiral and irregular.

Our solar system orbits the center of the Milky Way Galaxy at about 515,000 mph (828,000 kph).

We're in one of the galaxy's four spiral arms.

Beyond the orbit of Neptune (the furthermost planet), it takes a long time to leave the Solar System.

Our solar system is a region of space.

But it contains many worlds with many kinds of atmospheres.

The planets of our solar system hold more than 150 moons in their orbits.

So far, we only know of life on Earth, but we're looking for more everywhere we can.

The Great Wall of China is one of the greatest sights in the world.

It has a stunning array of scenery from the beaches of Qinhuangdao to a desert corridor between tall mountain ranges.

The First Emperor of Qin was not the first to build the Great Wall.

And "Pad Thai" which is known as the country's famous stir-fried noodles with any kind of meat such as pork, beef, chicken, or shrimp.

They also have popular desserts such as "Khao Niao Mamuang" or mango sticky rice made with a bed of sticky rice at the bottom with a fresh mango cut into slices on top and finished off with a drizzle of sweet coconut milk;

The Thai version of spaghetti and meatballs is called "Pad See Eiw".

Being one of the hottest places in the world, there are a lot of stalls that sell many ice cream desserts like "Itim Kati" or coconut ice cream.

This dessert is made out of coconut milk with a soft texture, a blend between creamy and icy.

It's easy to get sucked into mindless scrolling when you're on Instagram, especially if you follow a lot of accounts that post photos and videos of adorable animals.

But take a moment to stop swiping through those cute dog photos, and check out these insane 30 facts about Instagram - some of these stats may surprise you!

The name Instagram comes from a mashing of "instant camera" and "telegram.".

The photo is a picture of a dog.

A study has discovered that 8% of all Instagram accounts are fake.

Google makes any homework, research or general collation of information a thousand times easier than a trip to the library.

In the early days of Google, it could process 30-50 pages per second, today it processes millions of pages per second.

As of 2009, at their Mountain View headquarters, Google rented 200 goats to mow their lawns as a low-carbon alternative from California Grazing.

The first of many Google Doodles was an out-of-office message in 1998, the doodle was a man standing behind an O, the second in Goo.

Google's headquarters feature a range of random items and decorations, including Google colored phone boxes, a T-rex nicknamed Stan, and adult-sized ball pits.

Whenever I need a new gadget or appliance Samsung comes to mind, from phones to TVs this Korean electrical superpower are market leaders in every area of electronics particularly in the cell phone industry.

Over the last few decades they've been at the forefront of technological development and innovation with mind-blowing TVs and unprecedented smartphones.

Samsung are very focused on creating as much appliances as possible in house, around 90% of Samsung equipment is made in Samsung factories.

Samsung are always at the forefront of technology.

In 2016 Samsung shipped 306 million units worldwide that's an increase of 283.1 million units compared to 2010.

Set high upon the crest of a mountain ridge above Peru's Sacred Valley lies the fabled 15th Century Inca citadel Machu Picchu.

A site that bestows wonder upon all who make the journey to its soaring heights, this marvel of Inca architecture is one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of the 20th Century.

Despite it being the most preserved archaeological site of the Inca Empire, there are no records of the purposes of Machu Picchu, due to the Inca language being only spoken, not written.

As a result of this lack of knowledge there have been many wild theories when it comes to Machu Picchu, which is a large reason why it draws so much intrigue.

The Machu Picchu archaeological site lies in a saddle between the peaks of Machu Picchu (the mountain) and Huayna Picchu.

Laptops combine all the input/output components and capabilities of a desktop computer.

They were mostly sold to NASA and the Military of the United States.

Grid's computer was one fifth the weight of any other computer used at that time.

In 1995, Microsoft made the first of their Windows operating systems and streamlined the design of future laptops.

The Gavilan sc was the ancestor of the modern laptop.

Seoul is the biggest city of the Republic of Korea (South Korea), and its capital.

Seoul is in the middle of the Korean Peninsula.

The city is bordered by eight mountains, as well as the more level lands of the Han River plain and western areas.

Seoul is situated in the northwest part of South Korea on the Han River.

Seoul is noted for its population density, which is almost twice that of New york and eight times greater than Rome.

Adidas sued Payless ShoeSource in 2008 for releasing a pair of sneakers featuring 4 stripes instead of 3.

They eventually settled for the sum of $305 million.

Adidas is the parent company of Taylor Made, Rockport and Reebok.

Jesse Owens wore a pair of Adidas when he won the gold in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Munich.

Interestingly enough, the games were to serve as a display of Aryan superiority for Hitler's fascistic regime.

An "entanglement of kittens" is another name, as it's often hard to tell where one kitten ends and another begins when they're playing!

Finally, they can also be called a "kindle of kittens", although this usage is less common.

There's also a clear link between cat ownership and a lowered risk of strokes or heart problems, as a cat's purr lowers blood pressure.

It's common knowledge that cats are fans of milk, but many of them are actually lactose intolerant.

Their brains are smaller, weighing just 0.9% of their total weight while ours weigh 2%.

No matter the size of the group though, you will always find them playing around, wrestling, chasing their tails and having an otterly great time.

The father is usually chased away soon after a litter is born though, and the mother takes care of them until they're about a year old.

Historically otters have been used by humans to aid in the process of fishing all over the world.

Sea otters also hold onto kelp that grows from the floor of the sea for the same purpose.

River otters are much more likely to take another animal's home instead of building their own.

Well, sort of!

Their teeth take up tons of room.

Its brain only weighs around 22 ounces, making it just half the weight of a human brain.

There's way more types of horses than you would have thought!

Horses have their own form of measurement.

Justin Bieber, Barack Obama and Taylor Swift all boast millions of followers and are up there with the top 5 most popular Twitter accounts.

But Katy Perry is the one who claims the crown as of 2019.

Katy Perry joined Twitter in 2009, and as of 2019, has 107 million followers.

However, many people have noted that a large percentage of celebrity followers are often fake accounts, and Justin Bieber's following is only thought to be 50% real accounts.

In addition to the issue of real and fake accounts, many users on Twitter who follow celebrities are not very active or have ceased to use Twitter completely.

After Bingham returned to Machu Picchu in 1912 and started excavating the site, he made the suggestion that it was used as a sanctuary for Virgins of the Sun, of the Inca religion.

At the time of the Spanish invasion there were several thousand of these virgins, otherwise known as Chosen Ones, who were kept in temple like convents.

Bingham made this suggestion as more than 75% of the first few dozen skeletons unearthed were primarily identified as female.

This theory has long been debunked, with the majority of skeletons actually being male, rather than female.

There are many myths and legends of Machu Picchu being used as a site for human sacrifice, yet very little scientific evidence backs this fact up.

These plates as they are called move in all sorts of directions and at different speeds too.

A seismograph is a machine that is used to measure the strength and the length of an earthquake.

They aren't tidal waves but are actually caused from the forces of the moon and the sun and other planets in our solar system which affects tides.

A Richter scale measures the strength of an earthquake.

Each one-point increase on the scale indicates ten times the amount of shaking and 33 times the amount of energy.

Copacabana and Ipanema are two of the most famous beaches in the world, and are widely regarded as two of the best beaches in the world too.

Enjoy a spot of samba dancing with your partner, or if you're a seeker of thrills, go hang gliding at Pedra da Gávea.

For an amazing piece of architecture, Sagrada Familia is a must-see and is situated right in the center of the city.

Have you heard of "The red rose city" or Petra, Jordan?

It has this name because Petra was carved into the red-rose limestone of Wadi Musa .

A Swedish abbreviation, "Trevita", or "three whites", tops our list of the most expensive production cars.

This amazing coating, called Koenigsegg Proprietary Diamond Weave, not only makes up most of the price it also sparkles when the sunlight hits and has been compared to millions of tiny diamonds.

Only 2 of these vehicles were ever made due to the time needed to produce them.

When it comes to cars, like all forms of transport, there are always people searching for the next level whether that's technological, raw speed or pure indulgence (like diamond-encrusted headlights?!).

These vehicles here will of course be forever out of reach for the average Joe like me and you.

Amsterdam's heritage is that of a small fishing village located behind a dyke (or dam) on the River Amstel.

As the village grew into a town and then a city, the network of canals running through it was further formed and shaped to help transport and trade - both with the outside world and within the city.

This maze of canals actually splits Amsterdam up into what is technically 90 small "islands"!

The city's extensive network of canals and bridges provides it with some of its breathtaking sites.

For example, when you're standing on the corner of Reguliersgracht and Herengracht you can see 15 bridges at the same time!

The video to reach the most views in the first day of being uploaded is the Star Wars: The Force Awakens Official Teaser #2.

Justin Bieber is one of the first YouTube success stories.

He posted covers on YouTube which were discovered by Usher which paved the road to his astounding level of fame.

Every day, over 150 years of YouTube are watched on Facebook.

In Thailand, YouTube was blocked for 5 months in 2007 due to a 44 second video that showed pictures of the king being defaced.

In 2002, NASA had some issues with the discontinuation of replacement parts they needed.

So they turned to eBay in hope of finding some second hand parts for their machinery.

The sometimes blinding and glaring yellow background was the original design for the interface of eBay and it was used up until the site changed to white.

Due to a high volume of complaints after they changed to white, eBay respected their customers choice, so they changed it back to the bright yellow.

Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich was the lucky winner of this bid.

More than two-thirds of the world's cocoa is grown in Africa, and Côte d'Ivoire alone produces 33% of the world's supply.

The famous chocolate river from the original Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory film was made with 15,000 gallons of water mixed with chocolate and cream.

The International Cocoa Organization say the average Brit, Swiss, or German eat 24lbs (11kg) of chocolate a year.

In 1930, Ruth Wakefield mixed Nestle chocolate pieces into her cookie dough after running out of baker's chocolate whilst making chocolate cookies.

Instead she created chocolate chip cookies, and later sold the idea to Nestle for a lifetime supply of chocolate.

Driverless cars really do belong in what I imagine as the world of the future, alongside robot butlers and a Windows Operating System that doesn't crash.

Now, this does excite me, who doesn't love the idea of jumping in your car and sitting back as it travels you across the country to wherever you're heading, but how far away are we actually from the dream?

Below you will see a timeline of these achievements.

As with all futuristic ideas, the time at which those in the past thought the technology would exist was way off, like Back To The Future's predictions of hoverboards in 2015, Norman Bel Geddes in the 1930s thought the 1960s would be the era for the automated car, this was sadly not the case.

The 1950s saw some further testing and advancements in this field but the 1980s were the next significant era in reaching the dream of a driverless car.

When you say "Scotland," you might think of bagpipes, kilts, and tartans.

Due to the amount of rain it gets (about half of the year - sometimes more!), Scotland also boasts magnificent landscapes and countless lakes along with its rich history.

The world's shortest commercial flight is in Scotland, which connects two of their islands.

The flight can be finished in 47 seconds, and it spans a distance of just 1.7 miles.

Scotland is the birthplace of golf - it has been played there since the 15th century and has evolved into what is now modern golf.

M&M's are colorful little sugar-coated chocolate pieces that have stolen the hearts of generations in over 100 countries.

The story of M&M's began way back in 1941, right in the middle of the Second World War.

Patented by Forrest Mars (yes, he was the son of the founder of Mars chocolate) and later co-owned by Bruce Murrie, the name of the chocolate product was derived from these two men.

However, Mars and Murrie were far from being the best of friends.

Rumor has it that Forrest Mars only really teamed up with Bruce Murrie because his father owned Hershey's, the company which provided the majority of chocolate rations during the war.

There is a variety of merchants who accept bitcoins as payment for items, both online stores, and physical stores.

In New York, Samsung has a building called 837, known as a digital playground it's dedicated to showing off Samsung kit, from a huge theater display made of ninety-six 55" screens to a VR Tunnel and family-focused Playroom using Galaxy View.

As of 2013, Samsung had over 460% more employees than Apple with Samsung employing over 370,000 and Apple merely 80,000.

Between 2009 and 2013, the company has $4.8 billion invested in reducing 85 million tonnes of greenhouse gases.

In January 2017, Lee Jae-yong Samsung's Chief, was questioned as part of South Korea's largest political corruption scandal according to the BBC over accusations of questionable donations.

In February 2017 Samsung managed to secure another world first after their QLED TV managed to be the first TV ever to be capable of reaching 100 percent color volume meaning a truer picture and more defined image.

432 people own half of the land in Scotland, however, there are outdoor access laws that allow privately owned land to be freely walked on and used as long as you leave no trace behind.

Scotland wanted to build a replica of the Parthenon, bigger and cheaper to be their National Monument.

Construction started in 1826, but due to the lack of funds, was left unfinished in 1829.

Haggis is typically made with the heart, liver, and lungs of sheep, and boiled with seasoning in the animal's stomach.

Scottish people are more likely to have blue eyes than anyone else in the rest of the United Kingdom.

It is believed by many that the white of the candy cane represents the purity of Jesus.

The traditional flavor for candy canes is peppermint, however, it is also made in a variety of other flavors and colors.

Test your own knowledge of sugar here with these fun sugar facts.

Sugar is found in the fibers of all plants, as a by-product of the process of photosynthesis.

Carbohydrates are necessary for human and animal survival as the building blocks of cells.

Contrary to what many people believe, there are only 15 calories in a teaspoon of sugar, which can be burned off in 15 minutes simply by socializing with other people.

Consuming too many calories is what causes a person to gain weight, regardless of where the calories are found.

Australia is a fascinating country - home to many amazing wildlife and views, with famous buildings and landmarks which plenty of travelers long to see.

Way back in the history of Australia, indigenous people were settled on the land for around 50,000 years before the British arrived.

There are no Bills of Rights in this country, making it the only Western country to omit this from its governmental system.

There are so many different types of species in Australia that only 25% of them have been discovered and are known to humans.

This leaves 75% which are totally undiscovered as of yet.

He linked the northern walls of the states he conquered.

Families were separated, and many workers died and were interred as part of the Great Wall itself.

It means robot acts instead of a person, doing things it is designed for.

In fiction, however, robots usually look like people, and seem to have a life of their own.

George Devol made the first of these, the Unimate, in 1954, with one arm and one hand.

The next year, it started work in a factory in New Jersey, lifting and stacking pieces of metal that were too hot for people to touch.

Some robots find and get rid of bombs.

It is produced by bacterial fermentation of milk.

The fermentation of lactose by these bacteria produces lactic acid, which acts on milk protein to give yogurt its texture and characteristic tart flavor.

These are the "good bacteria" responsible for all of yogurt's health benefits.

Yogurt is highly nutritious and is an excellent source of protein, calcium and potassium.

The most recent etymology of the word yogurt certainly comes from the Turkish language (meaning to knead or mix with a utensil).

The financial world can be a confusing place full of strange terms, unusual forms of currency, and endless trading options.

Unfortunately for those who are not so tech-savvy, the integration of the internet into our daily lives has allowed the financial world to evolve.

These cryptocurrencies, digital currencies with encryptions to maintain security and validity, feature a real value and can be exchanged for USD, GBP, or any other type of physical currency through online options.

The most popular type of virtual currency is known as Bitcoin and has steadily begun to rise in popularity and strength over the years.

The general concept of currency and money is that a bank controls it, that there are rises and falls in its value based on the global market, and that you can physically hold it.

A storm is any disturbed state of a body especially affecting its surface, and strongly implying a wind force.

Storms are created when a center of low pressure develops with the system of high pressure surrounding it.

This combination of opposing forces can create winds and result in the formation of storm clouds such as cumulonimbus.

Small localized areas of low pressure can form from hot air rising off hot ground, resulting in smaller disturbances such as dust devils and whirlwinds.

Tokyo, officially Tokyo Metropolis, is the capital of Japan.

Tokyo forms part of the Kantō region on the southeastern side of Japan's main island, Honshu, and includes the Izu and Ogasawara Islands.

Tokyo covers an area of 2,188 square kilometers (845 square miles).

The city ranked sixth on the Global Financial Centres Index of 2019.

Tokyo is one of the most densely populated cities in the world.

Panna cotta is an Italian dessert, most popular in Northern Italy, and probably originated in the Piedmont region of the country.

Milk and cream, plus sugar and flavorings are cooked together for a brief period of time, and then added to a thickening agent (most often gelatin).

The relative simplicity of the panna cotta recipe makes it a terrific dessert choice for even novice cooks.

Adding sauces made of berries, summer fruits, or even tropical fruits can be delicious.

You could even serve panna cotta with a dollop of jam if you want to keep things simple, thus creating a dessert somewhat similar to castle pudding.

The Internet is the biggest worldwide communication network of computers.

The Internet has millions of smaller domestic, academic, business, and government networks, which together carry many different kinds of information.

The short form of internet is the 'net'.

Censorship and freedom of speech on the Internet can be controversial.

The Internet is used for many things, such as electronic mail, online chat, file transfer and other documents of the World Wide Web.

Sprite is the leading Lemon and Lime soft drink worldwide, a younger offshoot of the Coca-Cola branch, Sprite has existed for over 50 years to date.

Sprite was manufactured as Coca-Cola's response to the popularity of 7 Up.

Sprite described the flavor of their drink as lymon, a mixture of both lemon and lime, and this has since become one of their key marketing terms.

In the 1990's, Sprite launched the 'Jooky' ad campaign, which poked fun at other soft drinks and their lack of authenticity and bandwagon-driven style of advertising, foremost among the competitive soft drinks mocked was Pepsi.

In 2000, graffiti artist Temper was hired by Sprite to create a limited edition design in celebration of the millennium that appeared on 100 million cans distributed across Europe.

They are the largest living bird species, and have the biggest eggs of all living birds.

They are ratites, a useful grouping of medium to large flightless birds.

Ostriches have the biggest eyes of all land animals.

They can run with a speed of about 65 kilometers per hour/40 miles per hour.

They live in open grassland called savannas in the Sahel, and in parts of East Africa and south west Africa.

The two principal characteristics of a computer are: It responds to a specific instruction set in a well defined manner and it can execute a prerecorded list of instructions call a program.

Modern computers can do billions of calculations in a second.

It has to be that good if the big boys of the smartphone world are even using it, including Google, HTC, LG and Samsung to name a few.

Today we're here to look at 25 amazing facts about this undeniably successful and impressive piece of software.

In 2004, the Android OS was developed with the backing of Google by Android Inc.

All Android versions, with the exception of Android 1.0 & 1.1, are named after confectionary and desserts i.e.Jelly Bean, Ice Cream Sandwich and KitKat.

Android has over a billion activations on devices including tablets and of course smartphones.

Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America.

With an estimated population of over 129 million people, Mexico has 68 official languages.

They worshiped a mysterious, unnamed god that was part of Jaguar and part human.

They established many cities along the eastern coast of Mexico.

Modern Mexicans are a unique blend of many ancient civilizations, including the Olmec, Zapotec, Toltec, Maya, Aztec, Inca, African, French, and Spanish.

He was the 16th President of the United States.

Just five days after most of the Confederate forces had surrendered and the war was ending, John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln for being a tyrant.

Lincoln was the first president of the United States to be assassinated.

They had four children, but three of them died when they were very young.

Abraham Lincoln was sometimes called Abe Lincoln or "Honest Abe" after he ran miles to give a customer the right amount of change.

Football is a word which could mean one of several sports.

The best-known type of football is association football.

This is called "soccer" in North America, South Africa, and Australia to avoid confusion with other types of football that are commonly played there.

80% of the world's footballs are manufactured in Pakistan.

It is named football because the players of the game walk and often run (on their feet) while playing, as opposed to (for example) polo where the players ride horses.

Its orbital period around the Sun of 87.97 days is the shortest of all the planets in the Solar System.

Because Mercury was the fastest planet as it moved around the Sun, it is named after the Roman deity Mercury, the messenger of the gods.

Because Mercury is normally lost in the glare of the Sun (except during a solar eclipse), Mercury can only be seen in the morning or evening twilight.

Unlike many other planets which "self-heal" through natural geological processes, the surface of Mercury is covered in craters.

How has it become one of the biggest ways to sell items online?

Here are 10 exciting facts about eBay that will leave you wanting to discover some of the mysteries people list online.

At the age of 28, he was working on designing code for an online auction website originally called Auction Web.

He contacted the seller to check that they realized what they had bid on, and it turned out they were a collector of broken laser pens!

The UK also buys more items a month per capita than any other collective of countries in the world.

Spring rolls are popular Chinese snack items, which comprise of thin pastry wrap stuffed with vegetables, noodles and meat filling.

They may be large or small, eaten as snack food or as part of a meal, their fillings differing from region to region.

Spring rolls originated in China and the history of these rolls can be dated back to Eastern Jin dynasty.

In that period, thin cakes made of flour were very popular and were mostly accompanied with vegetables.

These cakes were specially made to mark the beginning of spring and eventually started being called "spring dish".

Archimedes was a mathematician, inventor, and astronomer who was one of the most celebrated mathematicians of all time.

Famously, he is said to have realised a principle of mathematics when he saw the displaced water after getting in the bath.

So excited at realising the importance of this he shouted "Eureka" and rushed out into the street unclothed.

We cannot be certain this entertaining anecdote is 100% true, but he was a genuinely great mathematician, who in many ways was centuries ahead of his contemporaries.

Archimedes was close to the ruler of Syracuse, King Hiero II who employed Archimedes in the defence of the city against the Roman invasion.

Cheese is made from the milk of cows, buffalo, goats, sheep, horses and camels.

Milk is boiled at a high temperature before the curds and liquid whey is separated, and rennet (an enzyme found in the stomach of mammals) is added.

The yellow to red coloring of cheese is done through the addition of annatto (tropical tree seeds).

There are many types of cheese such as hard cheese, soft cheese, cream cheese, and processed cheese, all which can be used in cooking.

There are many types of cheese: Brie, Cheddar, Cottage Cheese, Cream Cheese, Blue cheese, Edam, Emmenthal, Mozzarella, Parmesan, Ricotta.

The incredible temples and religion of Bali, coupled with the partying, surfing, and deep Bali history, continues to draw in tourists year after year.

Just about every traveler has heard of the Indonesian island, but how many facts about Bali do you actually know?

Typically when you think of an island, you'd expect something walkable or just a bicycle ride away.

The popular Indonesian island is actually massive and covers an area of 2,200 square miles.

Christian and Muslim religions do exist, but Hinduism covers around 84% of the population.

In English, Mars carries a name of the Roman god of war.

Mars is a terrestrial planet with a thin atmosphere, having surface features like those of the impact craters of the Moon, and valleys, deserts, and polar ice caps of Earth.

It is nearly 7,000 kilometers (km) wide, just over half the width of the Earth.

Its volume is about 15% of the Earth.

Since a lot of the Earth is covered by water, the total surface area of the Mars is nearly as large as all of the land on the Earth.

The earliest references to pancakes are in the poems of the 5th century BC poets Cratinus and Magnes.

The idea of eating pancakes on Shrove Tuesday is more than 1,000 years old.

In the United States, southerners eat the most pancakes, accounting for 32.5% of the pancake consumption.

In Sweden, you can order Blodplattar, which are pancakes made out of pork blood.

When most people hear the word computer, they think of a personal computer such as a desktop or laptop.

When you withdraw cash from an ATM, scan groceries at the store, or use a calculator, you're using a type of computer.

Desktop computers are designed to be placed on a desk, and they're typically made up of a few different parts, including the computer case, monitor, keyboard, and mouse.

The second type of computer you may be familiar with is a laptop computer, commonly called a laptop.

Instead of a keyboard and mouse, tablets use a touch sensitive screen for typing and navigation.

They're cute, they're furry and they're one of the most popular house pets in the Western world.

Have you ever wanted to overload yourself with an enormous amount of awesome facts about cats and kittens?

A 2019 survey of US households found there to be around 94.2 million pet cats, while there were only 89.7 million pet dogs.

There are even reports of cats falling from as high as 32 stories high and coming away with just a chipped tooth and a punctured lung.

There are many ways to refer to a group of cats.

Another of the most basic terms in the study of economics is Interdependence.

And unless you live on a farm, you are dependent on others for all kinds of food.

Farmers today usually specialize in one or a few kinds of food that they grow to sell to other people.

A farmer might grow several different kinds of fruits or a few different kinds of vegetables.

Some food grows better in certain areas of the world.

Otters are the dogs of the water world, so it's no small wonder that we humans have such affection for them.

They're actually part of the weasel family, but they're the only ones that swim!

Otters have the densest fur of the animal kingdom.

Otters spend a large amount of time in the water, yet they still have fur.

To ensure that they stay dry they must spend a significant portion of the day grooming themselves, coating their fur in saliva.

This means that even though it usually lives on the land, it spends a great amount of time in rivers and lakes where males lead groups of 5 to 30 females and young.

The process of surfacing and breathing is automatic, and even a hippo sleeping underwater will rise and breathe without waking.

They spend four to five hours grazing and can consume 68 kg of grass each night.

The hippopotamus is one of the most aggressive creatures in the world and is often regarded as one of the most dangerous animals in Africa.

Another way to think of them is that they are PDAs that can make voice calls like any other mobile phone.

Older phones also used computer technology, but lacked many of the parts of a computer that were too big to fit into a phone.

The majority of smartphones run on Apple ios or Google android but others use Windows Phone or Blackberry os .

Many smart phones introduced after 2010 use 4g technology including the later, even faster version of 4g known as Lte 5g is planned.

From a techy point of view, drones or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV's) are a wonderful idea.

A perfect example of technological advancement and the filtering down of military grade high-tech equipment to the masses.

Here we're going to look at 15 fun and interesting facts about the world of drones.

Amazon are seriously considering the use of drones in its daily delivery, the Prime Air service is said to be able to deliver packages within 30 minutes via UAV's.

In remote areas, such as Africa, drones are used for the shipment of live-saving medical equipment and medication where human transport would be too time consuming.

The name "Hoi an" was adopted in 1595 by Nguyen hoang, who saw the commercial potential of the port city.

This word is derived from Vietnamese Hội an phố (the town of Hội an), which was shortened to "Hoi-pho", and then to "Faifo".

It is a city located in Vietnam's central Quang Nam Province, on the north bank near the mouth of the Thu bon River.

Hoi an Ancient Town is recognized as a historic trading port with a mix of indigenous and foreign influences, dating back to the 15th century.

The inscribed property comprises 30 Ha and it has a buffer zone of 280 Ha.

A prime example of this is a bank.

Things that cost lots of money (like houses and cars) will generally not be bought entirely with cash.

A bank loan is one form of debt.

Another form of debt is a credit card account.

Banks like credit card accounts because people always end up paying more than the original price for an item and the banks get that extra money in the form of interest.

Angkor is the capital city of the Khmer Empire.

The city has the magnificent Angkor Wat, one of Cambodia's most popular tourist attractions.

It is one of the most important archaeological sites in South-East Asia.

It extends over approximately 400 square kilometers and consists of scores of temples, hydraulic structures (basins, dykes, reservoirs, canals) as well as communication routes.

Angkor includes the famous Temple of Angkor Wat and, at Angkor Thom, the Bayon Temple with its countless sculptural decorations.

Horses are beautiful creatures to look at, and thousands of fanatics enjoy riding them or showing them every year.

Baby horses can walk and run after just a few hours of being born.

It's only one bone less, but in total, there are 205 bones in the skeleton of a horse.

However, the oldest domestic horse on record was Old Billy, who died at the age of 62.

A group of horses will not go to sleep at the same time - at least one of them will stay awake to watch out for the others.

There are over 60 different species of eagle, most of them from Africa, Asia and Europe.

Despite the bald eagle being an emblem of the United States, just two species can be found on the continent.

The eagle is known to be one of the strongest birds able to carry the heaviest loads, with one being recorded carrying 15 lbs (6.8 kg).

With a height of 3.5 feet (1.1 meters) and a wing span of 7.5 feet (2.3 meters), the average male bald eagle is one of the largest birds around.

The bald eagle takes its name from the fact it has a white head while the rest of its body is brown.

Jupiter is the largest and biggest planet in the Solar System with a diameter of 142,984 km.

This is eleven times bigger than the diameter of Earth.

Jupiter is classified as a gas giant, both because it is so large and due to the fact that it is made up mostly of gas.

The volume of Jupiter is 1,317 times the volume of Earth, in other words, 1,317 Earth sized objects could fit inside it.

Of these, 55 are very small and less than five kilometres wide.

Supply and demand is a model of microeconomics.

There are two determining factors on such a market, the number of things made available, called supply, and the number of things consumers want, called demand.

This relationship will fix the price for a certain type of good.

This greater number of providers makes the supply go up, which forces the price down toward the cost of production and distribution.

Therefore, a user feels like he or she is really part of this other place.

It's actually a way of allowing a person to completely submerse themselves in a game, movie or scene and is pretty genius.

A user uses a headset which consists of a screen- to project the content, and speakers - to produce sounds.

Pokémon Go is an example of augmented reality.

Released in 1987, the Segascope was a basic pair of 3-d glasses produced for the Sega Master System.

As the principal founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates is one of the most influential and richest people on the planet.

Recent estimates of his wealth put it at US$84.2 billion (Jan.2017);

This is the equivalent of the combined Gdp of several African economies.

The family were wealthy but, remembering the challenges of the Great depression, they encouraged their children to work hard and take nothing for granted.

However, Gates was more interested in pursuing his own coding, and when he saw an opportunity to found his own company, he dropped out of Harvard without finishing his course.

Born in Germany in 1879, Albert Einstein is one of the most celebrated scientists of the Twentieth Century.

His theories on relativity laid the framework for a new branch of physics, and Einstein's E = mc2 on mass energy equivalence is one of the most famous formulas in the world.

In 1921, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his contributions to theoretical physics and the evolution of Quantum Theory.

Einstein is also well known as an original free thinker, speaking on a range of humanitarian and global issues.

After contributing to the theoretical development of nuclear physics and encouraging FD Roosevelt to start the Manhattan Project, he later spoke out against the use of nuclear weapons.

Fish that is deep-fried in a crispy batter served with fat golden chips (French fries) on the side is still one of Britain and Ireland's favorite meals.

The first mention of chips was in 1854 when a leading chef included "thin cut potatoes cooked in oil" in his recipe book, Shilling Cookery.

Around this time, fish warehouses sold fried fish and bread, with mention of this in Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist published in 1830.

And since fish and potatoes were two of only a few foods not rationed in WW II, the traditional dish maintained its status.

Fish and chip shops are now also around the world, including a few shops in New York City, and are especially popular in coastal regions of Spain.

Often referred to as the Chinese ravioli, wontons are a variety of thin-skinned dumplings with meat, seafood or vegetable filling enclosed in tender wheat dough wrappers.

Many sources suggest that the origins of wontons date back to the Han dynasty era.

They used to be prepared for the Chinese ancestor worship rituals as offerings to the spirits of the deceased.

From this practice emerged an entire world of new dishes known as bing.

Further to the south, people make their wontons with egg wrappers and fill them with a combination of pork and shrimp, while in Cantonese cuisine, wontons are often served as an appetizer, deep fried and smothered in sweet and sour sauce.

The upper crust may be a circular or a pastry lattice woven of crosswise strips.

Many older recipes call for honey in place of the expensive sugar.

English apple pie recipes go back to the time of Chaucer.

America's first cookbook includes two recipes for apple pie, neither claiming the roots of the recipe.

By the turn of the 20th century, the pie had been established as a key part of American culture.

Bangkok is the capital and most populous city of Thailand.

Bangkok is one of the world's most popular cities, attracting more tourists each year than even Paris.

To the outside world, the capital of Thailand has long been known as Bangkok, but this is not what the Thai people call it.

In fact, it's roughly 8.2 million population is close to 13% of the entire population of Thailand.

Even if the city does seem horrendously busy and overcrowded, bear in mind that Bangkok is relatively small (population-wise) when compared to other major cities of the world.

Inside Saturn is probably a core of iron, nickel, silicon and oxygen compounds.

It is surrounded by a deep layer of metallic hydrogen, then a layer of liquid hydrogen and liquid helium and finally, an outer gaseous layer.

There is also a very large system of rings around Saturn.

These rings are made of ice with smaller amounts of rocks and dust.

Saturn's symbol is ♄ which is the symbol of Saturnus sickle.

The females in the pride tend to do the majority of the hunting.

Lionesses are caring mothers who will even take care of a neglected cub, allowing him/her to suckle and giving them a chance to survive.

A lion's roar is the loudest of any big cat and can be heard up to 8 km away.

Lions communicate through a range of behaviours and their expressive movements are very highly developed.

They also communicate through a variety of vocalisations including purrs, snarls, miaows and hissing.

Most of us use their website or app on a daily basis, whether it's for going from video to video until you end up watching conspiracy theories, or just to entertain ourselves with cute cat videos.

It is a video of its co-founder at the San Diego Zoo.

There are over one billion users on YouTube, which is nearly one-third of everyone on the Internet.

Every minute, over 100 hours of video is uploaded to YouTube.

Google of course, is the biggest search engine in the world.

Manila, capital and chief city of the Philippines.

The city is the centre of the country's economic, political, social, and cultural activity.

It is located on the island of Luzon and spreads along the eastern shore of Manila Bay at the mouth of the Pasig River.

The city's name, originally Maynilad, is derived from that of the nilad plant, the name was shortened first to Maynila and then to its present form.

The Manila city proper encompasses only a small proportion of that area.

Amsterdam is the capital and largest city in the European country of the Netherlands.

The city hosts two universities (the University of Amsterdam and the Free University Amsterdam) and an international airport "Schiphol Airport".

The city of Amsterdam is the world's most multi cultural city.

The old harbor of the city, Damrak, is now one of the busiest streets in the city.

The city was for the first time mentioned in 1275 by count Floris V, count of Holland and Zeeland who gave the people of Amsterdam some more freedom.

Giraffes have an even number of toes and are the tallest land animals.

Giraffes eat leaves from tall trees and sometimes fruit, which they can reach because of their long legs and long necks.

Females form groups of 4-32 animals.

After a pregnancy of 14-15 months, the female gives birth to usually a single baby (which is called "calf").

Disposable income is one of the standard terms of economics and finance.

The term disposable income comes from the idea that you have money left over to dispose of, or spend, as you wish.

If you don't have any money set aside as savings, you will have a difficult time paying your other bills because you will have to borrow some of what you've earmarked for food to pay hospital beds.

Previously, cheetahs were wide spread across African and Asian continents, but now they are confined mostly to dry open grasslands of Sub Saharan Africa, with the majority inhabiting natural reserves or parks.

Their diet is made up primarily of smaller antelopes including springbok, steenbok, Thomson's gazelle, impalas, and duiker.

Males however, live in small family groups of 2-3 brothers, known as coalitions.

The cheetah is the fastest land animal in the world, reaching speeds of up to 70 miles per hour.

Historically, cheetahs have been hunted for their fur, but today some of the biggest threats to their survival are loss of habitat, and competition for resources.

The origins of badminton can be traced back to the 1800s in India, where stationed members of the British military developed the sport.

Badminton is the fastest racquet sport in the world - shuttles can reach speeds of over 200 miles per hour!

The longest badminton match on record, between a Danish player named Peter Rasmussen and a Chinese player named Sun Jun, lasted for a total of 124 minutes.

Of all of the badminton competitions that the International Badminton Federation oversees, about 70 percent have winners who are from either Indonesia or China.

Shuttlecocks were traditionally made from feathers that are gathered from the left wing of a goose.

Opportunity cost is the value of the next best thing you give up whenever you make a decision.

It is "the loss of potential gain from other alternatives when one alternative is chosen".

The idea of an opportunity cost was first begun by John Stuart Mill.

And in the other words " Opportunity Cost " can be termed as cost of forgone alternatives or cost of shifting from one opportunity to the other.

Rome is the capital city of Italy.

It is also the capital and largest city in the region of Lazio, and the geographical region of Latium.

An estimate by the OECD put the number of people in the city area of Rome at 3.47 million.

Rome is well known for being the home of the Catholic Church, including its leader, the Pope.

He lives in the Vatican City, which is an enclave in the north west part of Rome.

Computer hardware is the physical parts or components of a computer, such as the monitor, keyboard, computer data storage, graphics card, sound card and motherboard.

A combination of hardware and software forms a usable computing system.

This describes a design architecture for an electronic digital computer with subdivisions of a processing unit.

They consist of an arithmetic logic unit and processor registers, a control unit containing an instruction register and program counter, a memory to store both data and instructions, external mass storage, and input and output mechanisms.

The meaning of the term has evolved to mean a stored-program computer in which an instruction fetch and a data operation cannot occur at the same time because they share a common bus.

Paris (nicknamed the "City of light") is the capital city of France, and the largest city in France.

If suburbs are counted, the population of the Paris area rises to 12 million people.

The Seine river runs through the oldest part of Paris, and divides it into two parts, known as the Left Bank and the Right Bank.

Paris is also the center of French economy, politics, traffic and culture.

The city has a multi cultural style, because 20% of the people there are from outside France.

The phrase "rule of thumb" derives from the fact that brewers would use their thumb to determine if the liquid was at ideal temperature to add yeast.

Although most religions condemn the excessive consumption of alcohol, the Mormon Church and Islam forbid all consumption.

During prohibition, wine growers sold grape juice warning buyers not to follow a detailed set of instructions to turn it into wine.

Vodka was originally used for medicinal purposes, however like the pharmaceuticals of today, it was eventually used for fun.

Oenophobia is the fear of wine.

Fog is a visible aerosol consisting of tiny water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the air at or near the Earth's surface.

Fog can be considered a type of low-lying cloud, usually resembling stratus.

It is heavily influenced by nearby bodies of water, topography, and wind conditions.

By definition, fog reduces visibility to less than 1 kilometre (0.62 mi), whereas mist causes lesser impairment of visibility.

Fog commonly produces precipitation in the form of drizzle or very light snow.

Twitter is one of the most popular social media platforms, with over 300 million active users logging in at least once a month.

Every single minute, an average of 350,000 new tweets are posted on Twitter.

This equates to more than 500 million tweets per day - that's a lot of words!

While it might seem like a large quantity, by comparison Facebook has an average of 3 million new posts per minute.

One of the original ideas for a name was "FriendStalker.".

Seafood is any form of sea life regarded as food by humans, prominently including fish, shellfish and crustaceans.

It may be humanity's most important food, furnishing about 15 percent of the world population's protein intake.

Over one billion people rely on seafood as their primary source of animal protein.

The harvesting of wild seafood is usually known as fishing or hunting, while the cultivation and farming of seafood is known as aquaculture or fish farming (in the case of fish).

The UK Food Standards Agency recommends that at least two portions of seafood should be consumed each week, one of which should be oil-rich.

The rate of spoilage will be decreased significantly when the foods are kept inside the fridge due to the low level of bacteria reproduction.

The temperature of refrigerator is only a few degrees above the water freezing point.

Freezer is always a part of refrigerator, which maintains the temperature below the freezing point.

Due to the presence of a fridge, it is a common item to have.

Before the invention of refrigerator, people had used icebox for more than a century.

Snow is a form of precipitation, other forms of precipitation are rain, hail and sleet.

Snowflakes form in a variety of different shapes.

Snowstorms organize and develop by feeding on sources of atmospheric moisture and cold air.

Snowflakes take on a variety of shapes, basic among these are platelets, needles, columns and rime.

Major snow-prone areas include the polar regions, the northernmost half of the Northern Hemisphere and mountainous regions worldwide with sufficient moisture and cold temperatures.

Ebooks, like printed books, are largely made up of text, but can also include images.

They are not necessarily copies of existing printed works.

For the wide collections, easy accessibility and reading and learning proficiency of eBooks, people are getting more attached to eBooks.

The aim for her was to reduce the loads of books that needed to carry by the students.

She wanted to reduce student's hassle of carrying so many books.

It's a meaty tale of Vietnamese's history, culture and philosophy.

In the doodle, a traditional bánh mì is put together, consisting of a baguette-like bread packed with meat, vegetables and herbs alongside a spread of mayonnaise or margarine and savoury soy sauce, topped fiery with chilli sauce or peppers.

Nevertheless, when World War I began a lot of French had to go back home for the war and the price of French food suddenly decreased.

The baguette was one of them, and when Vietnamese tried the baguette they remade it by adding rice flour to the ingredients, which is always available in this agricultural country, made it shorter and baked it in a different way.

The dish was and is a staple food of the working markets in Vietnam way before it became a fashionable, a cheap and hearty dish available to the masses.

There are just three different types of species in the peafowl family.

Two of these originate in Asia and the other is of African descent.

One of the main differences between peacocks and peahens is their size.

Although they vary in size, males are often as much as twice the size of their female counterparts.

A common feature of all peafowl are the bare patches of skin which can be found around their eyes.

Although many people get a chill through their spine at the very mention of the word pickles, Koreans have found a way to make fermented pickled vegetables interesting, tasty and titillating.

Although the popularity of kimchi is still rising in the West, it is an ancient dish, dating about two thousand years back, when it was first mentioned in written documents.

Seasons also play a role in the flavors of kimchi - refreshing cucumber kimchi is popular in spring and summer, while winter kimchis may contain radish and mustard leaves.

A staple of any Korean meal, the dish is so beloved that the locals even shout "kimchi!" when their picture is taken, in the same manner that Americans shout "cheese!".

Barcelona is the capital city of Catalonia, which is a region of Spain.

The city is between the rivers of Llobregat and Besòs, and south of the Pyrenees mountains.

Barcelona is seen as one of the most beautiful cities in the world, full of life and features on many bucket lists.

The landscape, culture and food all amalgamate into the unique atmosphere and feeling of Barcelona.

It is one of Barcelona's most celebrated festival days in which loved ones are given roses and books.

She is a model, actress, singer and arguably one of the most famous women of the twentieth century.

Monroe has become an iconic representative of fame and female beauty.

She is widely regarded as one of most influential figures in American culture.

As a child, Marilyn Monroe's mother, Gladys Pearl Baker, was institutionalised and then Norma Jeane, lived an orphanage and had eleven different sets of foster parents.The traumatic childhood made her shy and reserved.

He was struck by the beauty and photogenic nature of Monroe, and he used her in many of his photographs.

It now operates in the Southeast Asian countries of Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia and Japan.

The company makes money by taking a cut of the booking fees.

The idea of creating a taxi-booking mobile app for Southeast Asia similar to those being pioneered in the US first came from Anthony Tan.

He is the youngest of the three brothers of the family that operates Tan Chong Motors, the authorised distributor for Nissan cars in Malaysia.

When a friend visited him in Malaysia, Anthony heard his friend complaining about the horrible experience of riding taxis in the country.

The rabbits fall into the category of lagomorphs and not rodents.

The teeth of a rabbit are very strong and they never stop growing.

There are currently 45 known breeds of rabbits.

A rabbit can easily live up to 10 years, if properly taken care of.

The rabbits can make sounds that are very similar to that of a cat.

I love the place and I just can't get enough of it - the past three years me and my wife have gone together every year.

The city itself is full of timeless and beautiful architecture, stunning waterfronts, lush green parks, culture, museums, history, amazing food and a great night life.

So I couldn't turn down the chance to share some of the interesting things I know about my favorite city with you all, could I?

Lots and lots and lots of wooden poles.

Due to the thick layer of fen and clay present in the soil of the city, all the city's buildings were erected on wooden poles that are fixed into a sandy layer of the ground over 35 feet deep!

She was a leading French modernist designer, whose patterns of simplicity and style revolutionised women's clothing.

She was the only designer to be listed in the Time 100 most influential people of the Twentieth Century.

She made innovative use of jersey fabric - a manufactured cloth which proved useful during the shortages of the First World War.

She quickly gained a rising reputation for being on the forefront of fashion, and her initial success encouraged her to start another shop in Biarritz which prospered as a venue for the wealthy during the First World War.

She herself became a much revered style icon known for her simple yet sophisticated outfits paired with great accessories, such as several strands of pearls.

Green tea is traditionally made from the leaves of the Camellia Sinensis plant.

Nowadays, the leaves and other parts of the plant can be used in dietary supplements, various health products and even cosmetics.

China produces 80.8% of the world's green tea, so it is no surprise that they export the most too (83%).

Some measure out two grams of tea and add it to their cup, which contains 100 ml of hot water.

A low-quality tea should be steeped (or brewed) for a maximum of three minutes, whereas a high-quality tea should be steeped for a minimum of thirty seconds.

First of all, let's look at what stock is.

It's kind of like a loan, except that payback isn't guaranteed.

A bunch of people give a company money, and in return those people (called investors) get a certain amount of shares of stock.

The company sells these shares of stock at a certain price;

Many companies sell shares of stock, and they depend on the money they get for these shares of stock to pay their bills.

The tiger is the largest living member of the cat family, the Felidae.

No two tigers have the same pattern of stripes.

The Bengal tiger is the national animal of Bangladesh and India.

Located in the Quang Ninh province of Vietnam is Halong Bay.

The rich biodiversity of the bay, and its beauty and its history has captured the interest of many throughout the ages.

It is classified as both a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, and as one of the New 7 Wonders of Nature.

Research has shown that there were prehistoric humans in the area tens of thousands of years ago.

Many of the more than 1960 islands have secluded beaches, grottos and caves.

Ah chocolate, the first love of every man, woman and child, it's a solution (however temporary) to every problem from upset and anger to happiness and adoration.

Chocolate truly is one of the wonders of the world, in the past it has been that valued it's actually been used as currency.

Winston Churchill at one point was in danger of a Nazi assassination by an exploding bar of chocolate.

Aztecs used cacao seeds were a form of currency.

Montezuma II, an Aztec emperor, drank over 50 cups of chocolate per day.

Astronomers have known Venus for thousands of years.

Venus is sometimes called the sister planet of Earth as they are quite similar in size and gravity.

Venus' atmosphere (air) is mostly carbon dioxide with clouds of sulphuric acid.

Venus is a terrestrial planet so, like the Earth, its surface is made of rock.

This makes the surface of Venus the hottest of any planet's surface in the Solar System with an estimated average temperature of 480 °C (896.0 °F).

They are easily identified by the presence of a shell, from which their head and limbs protrude.

Its shell is lighter and more streamlined than that of a tortoise.

Their life span is shorter than that of the tortoise with an average of 20 to 40 years and a maximum of 86 years.

Their life span is longer than that of the turtle with an average of 80 to 150 years and a maximum of 188 years.

Turtles and tortoises are both kept as pets, but can be difficult to care for because of their long life span.

A doughnut is a type of deep fried dessert food made out of dough or batter.

Doughnuts are often eaten in the morning, along with a cup of hot coffee.

One of these problems is that doughnuts contain a large amount of fat.

Also, doughnuts contain a large amount of sugar and white flour, which are turned into fat when they come inside our body.

Ring doughnuts are made by joining the ends of a long, thin piece of dough into a ring or by using a doughnut cutter.

Today it is a Special Administrative Region of China in the eastern Pearl River Delta by the South China Sea.

The name of the city is a Cantonese phrase that translates to fragrance harbor.

The people of mainland China moved to Hong Kong in 221 BC.

In 1941, the fear of the communist party led a huge number of immigrants to flee China and settle in Hong Kong.

Three quarters of the city's landmass is rural.

Here we're going to look at some of the world's most expensive foods, obviously, this doesn't list every type of food by any means but I've chosen some of the world's favorites and those that are most common.

Apparently, for the steak at least, it's due to the very small numbers of hanging aged Wagyu ribs and the very low-stress levels the cattle are put through both during slaughter, with a specially designed abattoir, and during rearing.

Wagyu beef itself must come from a specific breed of Japanese cattle with incredibly high in fat marbling, allowing the meat to in essence melt in your mouth.

There are, however budget versions offering Wagyu beef burgers at $4.40 for a pack of 2.

Civet coffee or Kopi Luwak is a type of coffee derived from coffee cherries that have already passed through the South Asian palm civet or Civet cat's digestion system and a quick search puts the price at about $75 per 9-ounce packs.

It was named after the Roman God of the Sea.

Neptune's atmosphere is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium.

It also contains small amounts of methane which makes the planet appear blue.

Neptune's blue color is much brighter compared to Uranus's, which has a similar amount of methane, so there might be another reason why Neptune is blue.

Neptune also has the strongest winds of any planet in the solar system, measured as high as 2,100 km/h or 1,300 mph.

Leonardo da Vinci (1452 - 1519) is one of the world's greatest thinkers, artists and philosophers.

Seeking after perfection, he created rare masterpieces of art such as 'The Mona Lisa' and The Last Supper'.

In addition to art, Da Vinci studied all aspects of life from anatomy to mathematics and astronomy;

His far reaching investigations and discoveries sought to show an underlying unity of the universe.

Da Vinci is considered to be a key person in the birth of the European Renaissance, which saw an emergence of new ideas, scientific discoveries and the creation of beautiful art.

Their body temperature changes to the temperature of its surroundings.

Because of this, snakes that live in colder climates must hibernate through the winter.

There are more than 2,900 species of snakes in the world.

Snakes cannot survive in places where the ground stays frozen year round so there are no snakes north of the Arctic Circle or in Antarctica.

Snakes shed their skin a number of times a year in a process that usually lasts a few days.

Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water.

Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic sports, with varied distance events in butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle, and individual medley.

A medley relay consists of four swimmers who will each swim a different stroke, ordered as backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle.

Swimming each stroke requires a set of specific techniques.

There are also regulations on what types of swimsuits, caps, jewelry and injury tape that are allowed at competitions.

The company generates revenue from subscriptions and fees associated with Bloomberg terminals as well as a variety of other services including Bloomberg News and Bloomberg Business, focused on venture capital, brokerage, and more.

The central component of the company-the Bloomberg terminal, which provides real-time market data and analytics - was already in place at the founding.

Over the years, Bloomberg has acquired a variety of competitors across different industries, including media (New York radio station WNEW and BusinessWeek magazine), data companies (New Energy Finance), and even government and legal entities (Bureau of National Affairs).

As a privately-held company, details of Bloomberg's financials can be difficult to come by.

Bloomberg has parlayed its tremendous brand recognition into a widely-diverse array of product offerings.

Computer software, also called software, is a set of instructions and its documentations that tells a computer what to do or how to perform a task.

The operating system (like Mac OS, Microsoft Windows, Android and various Linux distributions) is a layer of software that is used as a platform for running the applications, and controls all user interface tools including display and the keyboard.

Software is a set of instructions that the computer follows.

Before compact discs (CDs) or development of the Internet age, software was used on various computer data storage media tools like paper punch cards, magnetic discs or magnetic tapes.

The word firmware is sometimes used to describe a style of software that is made specifically for a particular type of computer or an electronic device and is usually stored on a Flash memory or ROM chip in the computer.

Earthquakes are a sudden and quick shock of the Earth's surface.

Earthquakes are actually a type of way that the Earth gets rid of some tension, just like you and I do, except we don't rock the world.

Wouldn't it be great if some brainy scientists created some sort of warning system that earthquakes were coming?

In many places such as California and Japan, where earthquakes are common, the government lets the people of the country know when an earthquake is about to strike by sending mobile phone alerts.

There are things called plates that run along the surface of the Earth.

Whether you're a student looking to take a gap year or a family hoping to visit somewhere new this year, there is a wealth of choice available to you.

Watch the Changing of the Guard ceremony outside Buckingham Palace, take a cruise down the River Thames and view the city on foot or from the top of an iconic red bus.

Find a friendly youth hostel or stay in one of the five-star hotels.

Fans of sports can visit the race track at Daytona Beach while getting some sea and sunshine at the same time.

Certainly not a country most people will visit during their lifetime, but for those in search of something different, it's a great choice.

Cars aren't cheap as we are all aware, but none of the vehicles you've, more than likely, ever bought even scrape anywhere the boundary of the cars we are here to discuss today.

The cars mentioned below are the stuff of legend, the dreams of every man, woman and child.

They send grown men into fits of screams as they hear the roar of a powerful V12 juggernaut zoom past them, or see it aggressively stood on a drive.

The Pagani Huayra BC gets its name from the Incan God of Wind, Huayra.

It's a lighter and more aggressive version of this already unbelievable V12 beast.

Cheesecake is a kind of rich sweet tart made with cream and fresh cheese (typically cream cheese or ricotta) on a biscuit base.

The first "cheese cake" was created on the Greek island of Samos.

The Ancient Greeks used the simple ingredients of flour, wheat, honey and cheese formed into a cake and baked.

It also became a custom for a Greek bride to bake and serve cheesecakes to her new husband's friends as a gesture of hospitality.

History has the first recorded mention of cheesecake as being served to the athletes during the first Olympic Games held in 776 BC.

After close to 70 years into the game, the brand is as relevant as ever with the addition of influential taste makers such as Kanye West and Pharrell Williams to their stable.

While it is still in direct competition its arch-rival Nike, Adidas has managed to garner much attention to the brand with new and improved designs from world renowned designer Jeremy Scott, and the introduction of new ground-breaking technology such as their Ultra Boost line of products.

As a matter of fact, anyone who dared go to the park wearing Nikes or Puma ran the risk of getting their shoes snatched and hung on the park's "tree of shame" where countless pairs of off brand sneakers could be found.

While the brand is often associated with Hip Hop, it is also known for its innovations in the world of basketball as well.

As a matter of fact, the Adidas Superstar was the first basketball shoe with a low top silhouette featuring an all leather upper portion.

The history of basketball is very large one, filled with rich events, legends and changes among the years.

We gathered a list of facts and figures about one of the most interesting sports in our list Basketball Facts.

The steel rim of the basket has a diameter of 18 inches and is 10 feet high.

Jeremy Lin held the record of the high points scored in their first 3 games.

A basketball team consists of five players.

McKinsey is one of such businesses: it is one of the best-known global management consultancy groups in the world.

Their claim to fame is helping their clients find and achieve most of their important goals while significantly improving on performance.

They are at the center of a network of 150 of the world's leading technology companies.

In order to bring new ideas, innovation, and capabilities to the table for customers, McKinsey has increased its network of partners to include 150 of the world's leading tech-product companies.

They think in terms of solutions.