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FACTS about NEWSPAPERS……

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FACTS about NEWSPAPERS

1. More than 24 billion newspapers are published every year !!!!

2. In China, early government-produced news sheets, called TIPAO, circulated among court officials during the late Han dynasty (second and third centuries AD).

3. The first modern newspapers were products of western European countries like Germany (publishing Relation in 1605), France (Gazette in 1631), Belgium (Nieuwe Tijdingen in 1616) and England (the London Gazette, founded in 1665.

4. If all our newspaper was recycled, we could save about 250,000,000 trees each year !!!

5. To produce each week’s Sunday newspapers, 500,000 trees must be cut down.

6. In India, The Times of India is the largest English newspaper, with 2.14 million copies daily

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World’s Important Days/Dates ….. Did you know…

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Date The Day
February 2 World Wetland Day
February 4 World Cancer Day, International Tacky Email Formatting Day
February 12 Darwin Day, World Day of the Sick
February 14 Valentine’s Day
February 20 World Day of Social Justice
February 21 International Mother Language Day
February 20 World Day of Social Justice
February 21 International Mother Language Day
February 22 World Scout Day
February 23 World Peace and Understanding Day
March 4 World Day of the Fight Against Sexual Exploitation
March 8 International Womens Day,International Literacy Day
March 9 World Kidney Day
March 13 World Rotaract Day
March 15 World Disabled Day,World Consumer Rights Day
March 20 International Day of the Francophonie, World Day of Theatre for Children & Young People
March 21 World Sleep Day, World Forestry Day,International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
March 22 World Water Day
March 23 World Meteorological Day
March 24 World TB Day
March 27 World Drama Day
April 2 World Autism Awareness Day
April 4 International Day for Mine Awareness & Assistance in Mine Action
April 7 World Health Day
April 12 World Aviation & Cosmonautics Day
April 17 World Haemophilia Day
April 18 World Heritage Day
April 21 World Creativity & Innovation Day
April 22 Earth Day
April 23 World Book and Copyright Day
April 24 World Lab Animals Day
April 25 World Malaria Day
April 28 International Worker’ Memorial Day
April 29 World Dance Day
May 1 International Labour Day
May 3 Press Freedom Day,International Sun Day,World Asthma Day
May 4 Coal Miners Day
May 5 World Athletics Day
May 8 World Red Cross Day
May 9 World Thalassaemia Day
May 11 World Mother Day
May 12 International Nurses Day
May 13 International Criminal Court Day
May 14 Bone & Joint Day
May 15 International Day of the Family
May 17 World Telecommunication Day
May 18 World Hyper Tension Day, World Museum Day
May 19 World Hepatitis Day
May 20 World Metrology Day
May 21 World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue & Development
May 22 International Day for Biological Diversity
May 24 Commonwealth Day
May 28 Anti-Narcotics Day, Engineers Day
May 31 World Anti Tobacco Day
June 1 International Children’s Day
June 4 International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
June 5 World Environment Day
June 8 World Brain Tumors Day, World Ocean Day
June 12 World Day Against Child Labor
June 14 World Blood Donor Day
June 17 World Father’s Day
June 16 International Integration Day
June 17 World Combat Day to Desertification and Drought
June 18 International Picnic Day
June 20 World Refugee Day
June 21 World Music Day
June 23 International Olympic Day, Public Service Day
June 26 International day against Drug abuse & Illicit Trafficking
July 1 International Joke Day,Doctor’s Day
July 2 World Sports Journalists Day
July 4 International Cooperation Day
July 6 World Zoonoses Day
July 7 International day of Co-Operatives
July 11 World Population Day
July 28 World Nature Conservation Day
August 1 World Breast-feeding Week
August 5 Friendship Day (1st Sunday of Aug month)
August 6 Anti Nuclear Day, Hiroshima Day
August 9 Nagasaki Day, International Day of the World’s Indigenous People
August 12 International Youth Day
August 13 World Left-Hander’s Day
August 19 World Photography Day
August 20 World Mosquito Day
September 2 Coconut Day
September 8 World Literacy Day
September 10 World Anti-Suicide Day
September 11 World First Aid Day
September 15 International Day of Democracy
September 16 World Ozone Day
September 19 International Talk Like a Pirate Day
September 21 World Peace Day, World Alzheimer’s Day
September 22 World Rose Day – Welfare of Cancer Patients, Car Free Day
September 24 World Heart Day, World Clean-up Day
September 26 Day of the Deaf, European Day of Languages
September 27 World Tourism Day
September 28 Right to Know Day, World Rabies Day
October 1 World Vegetarian Day, International day of the Elderly, World Hepatitis
October 2 World Animal Day, World Ostony Day, International Day of Non-Violence
October 3 World Habitat Day
October 4 World Animal Welfare Day
October 5 World and International Teacher’s Day
October 6 World Hospice & Palliative Care Day
October 8 World Humanitarian Action Day
October 9 World Postal Day
October 10 World Mental Health Day
October 12 World Sight Day,World Arthritis Day
October 13 International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
October 14 World Standards Day
October 15 Global Hand Washing Day, World White Cane Day(guiding the Blind), International Day of Rural Women
October 16 World Food Day, World Anaesthesiologists Day
October 17 World Trauma Day
October 20 World Osteoporosis Day
October 24 UN Day, World development information Day, World Polio Day
October 30 World Thrift Day Continue reading “World’s Important Days/Dates ….. Did you know…”
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Countries and their Capitals

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No. Country Capital
1 Afghanistan Kabul
2 Albania Tirane
3 Algeria Algiers
4 Andorra Andorra la Vella
5 Angola Luanda
6 Antigua and Barbuda Saint John’s
7 Argentina Buenos Aires
8 Armenia Yerevan
9 Australia Canberra
10 Austria Vienna
11 Azerbaijan Baku
12 The Bahamas Nassau
13 Bahrain Manama
14 Bangladesh Dhaka
15 Barbados Bridgetown
16 Belarus Minsk
17 Belgium Brussels
18 Belize Belmopan
19 Benin Porto-Novo
20 Bhutan Thimphu
21 Bolivia Sucre (constitutional); La Paz (administrative)
22 Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo
23 Botswana Gaborone
24 Brazil Brasilia
25 Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan
26 Bulgaria Sofia
27 Burkina Faso Ouagadougou
28 Burundi Bujumbura
29 Cambodia Phnom Penh
30 Cameroon Yaounde
31 Canada Ottawa
32 Cape Verde Praia
33 Central African Republic Bangui
34 Chad N’Djamena
35 Chile Santiago
36 China Beijing
37 Colombia Bogota
38 Comoros Moroni
39 Congo, Republic of the Brazzaville
40 Congo, Democratic Republic of the Kinshasa
41 Costa Rica San Jose
42 Cote d’Ivoire Yamoussoukro
43 Croatia Zagreb
44 Cuba Havana
45 Cyprus Nicosia
46 Czech Republic Prague
47 Denmark Copenhagen
48 Djibouti Djibouti
49 Dominica Roseau
50 Dominican Republic Santo Domingo
51 East Timor (Timor-Leste) Dili
52 Ecuador Quito
53 Egypt Cairo
54 El Salvador San Salvador
55 Equatorial Guinea Malabo
56 Eritrea Asmara
57 Estonia Tallinn
58 Ethiopia Addis Ababa
59 Fiji Suva
60 Finland Helsinki
61 France Paris
62 Gabon Libreville
63 The Gambia Banjul
64 Georgia Tbilisi
65 Germany Berlin
66 Ghana Accra
67 Greece Athens
68 Grenada Saint George’s
69 Guatemala Guatemala City
70 Guinea Conakry
71 Guinea-Bissau Bissau
72 Guyana Georgetown
73 Haiti Port-au-Prince
74 Honduras Tegucigalpa
75 Hungary Budapest
76 Iceland Reykjavik
77 India New Delhi
78 Indonesia Jakarta
79 Iran Tehran
80 Iraq Baghdad
81 Ireland Dublin
82 Israel Jerusalem*
83 Italy Rome
84 Jamaica Kingston
85 Japan Tokyo
86 Jordan Amman
87 Kazakhstan Astana
88 Kenya Nairobi
89 Kiribati Tarawa Atoll
90 Korea, North Pyongyang
91 Korea, South Seoul
92 Kosovo Pristina
93 Kuwait Kuwait City
94 Kyrgyzstan Bishkek
95 Laos Vientiane
96 Latvia Riga
97 Lebanon Beirut
98 Lesotho Maseru
99 Liberia Monrovia
100 Libya Tripoli
101 Liechtenstein Vaduz
102 Lithuania Vilnius
103 Luxembourg Luxembourg
104 Macedonia Skopje
105 Madagascar Antananarivo
106 Malawi Lilongwe
107 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur
108 Maldives Male
109 Mali Bamako
110 Malta Valletta
111 Marshall Islands Majuro
112 Mauritania Nouakchott
113 Mauritius Port Louis
114 Mexico Mexico City
115 Micronesia, FederatedStates of Palikir
116 Moldova Chisinau
117 Monaco Monaco
118 Mongolia Ulaanbaatar
119 Montenegro Podgorica
120 Morocco Rabat
121 Mozambique Maputo
122 Myanmar (Burma) Naypyidaw
123 Namibia Windhoek
124 Nauru Yaren (de facto)
125 Nepal Kathmandu
126 Netherlands (Holland) Amsterdam
127 New Zealand Wellington
128 Nicaragua Managua
129 Niger Niamey
130 Nigeria Abuja
131 Norway Oslo
132 Oman Muscat
133 Pakistan Islamabad
134 Palau Melekeok
135 Panama Panama City
136 Papua New Guinea Port Moresby
137 Paraguay Asuncion
138 Peru Lima
139 Philippines Manila
140 Poland Warsaw
141 Portugal Lisbon
142 Qatar Doha
143 Romania Bucharest
144 Russia Moscow
145 Rwanda Kigali
146 Saint Kitts and Nevis Basseterre
147 Saint Lucia Castries
148 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Kingstown
149 Samoa Apia
150 San Marino San Marino
151 Sao Tome and Principe Sao Tome
152 Saudi Arabia Riyadh
153 Senegal Dakar
154 Serbia Belgrade
155 Seychelles Victoria
156 Sierra Leone Freetown
157 Singapore Singapore
158 Slovakia Bratislava
159 Slovenia Ljubljana
160 Solomon Islands Honiara
161 Somalia Mogadishu
162 South Africa Pretoria (administrative); Cape Town (legislative); Bloemfontein (judiciary)
163 Spain Madrid
164 Sri Lanka Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (administrative); Colombo (trade)
165 Sudan Khartoum
166 Suriname Paramaribo
167 Swaziland Mbabane(Administrative) / Lobamba (Royal and Legislative)
168 Sweden Stockholm
169 Switzerland Bern
170 Syria Damascus
171 Taiwan Taipei
172 Tajikistan Dushanbe
173 Tanzania Dodoma (administrative); Dar es Salaam
174 Thailand Bangkok
175 Togo Lome
176 Tonga Nuku’alofa
177 Trinidad and Tobago Port-of-Spain
178 Tunisia Tunis
179 Turkey Ankara
180 Turkmenistan Ashgabat
181 Tuvalu Funafuti province
182 Uganda Kampala
183 Ukraine Kyiv
184 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi
185 United Kingdom London
186 United States of America Washington D.C.
187 Uruguay Montevideo
188 Uzbekistan Tashkent
189 Vanuatu Port-Vila
190 Vatican City (Holy See) Vatican City
191 Venezuela Caracas
192 Vietnam Hanoi
193 Yemen Sanaa
194 Zambia Lusaka
195 Zimbabwe Harare
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HOW LONG IT TAKES TO DECOMPOSE?

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HOW LONG IT TAKES TO DECOMPOSE?
Just think about the below list before you are throwing something to the soil.

Paper Towel – 2-4 weeks
Banana Peel – 3-4 weeks
Paper Bag – 1 month
Newspaper – 1.5 months
Apple Core – 2 months
Cardboard – 2 months
Cotton Glove – 3 months
Orange peels – 6 months
Plywood – 1-3 years
Wool Sock – 1-5 years
Milk Cartons – 5 years
Cigarette Butts – 10-12 years
Leather shoes – 25-40 years
Tinned Steel Can – 50 years
Foamed Plastic Cups – 50 years
Rubber-Boot Sole – 50-80 years
Plastic containers – 50-80 years
Aluminum Can – 200-500 years
Plastic Bottles – 450 years
Disposable Diapers – 550 years
Monofilament Fishing Line – 600 years
Plastic Bags – 200-1000 years

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“polio poster child.”

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The 32nd President of USA Franklin D. Roosevelt, a polio survivor, was unable to use his legs throughout his presidency. He was, very infrequently, photographed in a wheelchair – as he was here, with a “polio poster child.”

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LOOK at the camels first ….

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LOOK at the camels first and then read the message below. 🙂

This is a picture taken from directly above these camels in the desert at sunset. It is considered to be one of the best pictures of the year. When you look closely, you can see that the camels are the little white lines in the picture.
The black images you see are just the shadows!

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