Showing posts with label Geography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Geography. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 11, 2018
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Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Happiest Countries in the world by 2013
Among North American Countries, Canada ranks in 6th
place while Mexico 16th and U.S 17th!
Source: Gates, Sara. "World Happiness Report 2013 Ranks Happiest Countries Around Globe." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 09 Sept. 2013. Web. 15 Oct. 2013.
Sunday, August 25, 2013
How Many Spoken Languages In The World?
So far, yes, the reason I started my sentence with “So far” because languages is something that develop over long long years; there are might be other languages in some cultures or tribes that are being used already but we couldn’t get a chance to find out.
- As of now, approximately 6900 – 7000 different spoken languages in the world! Surprisingly, less than 100000 people use 90% of these languages.
- In Asia, there are 2200 languages found in Asia, 260 in Europe
- Papua New Guinea for instance, boasts no less than 832 different languages!
What are the world’s most spoken languages?
- Well, the most widely spoken languages by number of native speakers and as a second language are: Mandarin Chinese, English, Spanish, Hindi, Arabic, Bengali, Russian, Portuguese, Japanese, German and French.
Source: "Languages Of The World-Interesting Facts About Languages." BBC News. BBC, n.d. Web. 25 Aug. 2013. <http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/guide/languages.shtml>.
Sunday, July 7, 2013
The LONGEST Name of The Place in The World
Taumalawhakalangihanga
koauauotamateaturipukaka
pikimaungahoronukupokaiw
henuakitanatahu
koauauotamateaturipukaka
pikimaungahoronukupokaiw
henuakitanatahu
Source:
Rāwiri Taonui. 'Tapa whenua – naming places - Traditions and place names from Polynesia', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 14-Nov-12 URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/18650/the-longest-place-name-in-the-world
Monday, June 10, 2013
Do All States Observe Daylight Saving? Lets Find out!
Daylight Saving for Hawaii and Arizona?
★ Many of you may wonder if all U.S States observe Daylight Saving, well, the fact of the matter is only 2 of 50 States don't observe it.
★ Hawaii and Arizona don't observe Day Light Saving! And some other U.S territories Puerto Rico, U.S Virgin Island, and American Samoa do not observe Daylight Saving Time as well.
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This Gorilla was taught sign language and 1000 words!!
In the 1970s, a group of scientists taught sign language to a gorilla named Koko. In addition to learning sign language, Koko also showed ...

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Unfortunately, there's no exact count of the number of words in the English language because languages are flexible and expanding.