China has crossed Japan in the list of top ten economies of the world this year. Now china is the second largest economy where as Japan is descended to third position. The economies of the world are under stress because of global financial crunch. Specially, USA is going down in the graph as its financial...
There are companies that make millions, there are companies that make billions but then there are companies that make lots of billions of dollars. Have you ever wondered what were the 10 richest companies in the world 2011? Here is the list of 10 giant money makers and the richest companies. The lowest one of...
CHERRAPUNJI, INDIA It’s ironic that the wettest place in the world manages to thirst for water each winter when no rain falls at all for months at a time. The type of weather phenomenon that brings so much rain to this part of the world is called the monsoons. Monsoons are seasonal winds that blow...
Mount Everest, on the border of Nepal and Tibet in the Himalayan mountains, is tallest mountain in the world at 29,035 feet (8,850 m) above sea level. It was named after Sir George Everest, a British mountain climber. The local name for Mount Everest is Chomolungma, meaning “Goddess Mother of the World.” If measured from...
Seawise Giant, later the Happy Giant, Jahre Viking, and Knock Nevis, was a ULCC supertanker and the longest ship ever built, and possessed the greatest deadweight tonnage ever recorded. Fully laden, her displacement was 657,019 tonnes (646,642 LT; 724,239 ST), the heaviest ship of any kind, and with a draft of 24.6 m (81 ft), she was...
