Unseen things

  1) They did not ride camels
 The camel was not used regularly in Egypt until the very end of the dynastic age. Instead, the Egyptians used donkeys as beasts of burden, and boats as a highly convenient means of transport.    The River Nile flowed through the centre of their fertile land, creating a natural highway (and sewer!). The current helped those who needed to row from south to north, while the wind made life easy for those who wished to sail in the opposite direction. The river was linked to settlements, quarries and building sites by canals. Huge wooden barges were used to transport grain and heavy stone blocks; light papyrus boats ferried people about their daily business. And every day, high above the river, the sun god Ra was believed to sail across the sky in his solar boat.   2) Not everyone was mummified
 The mummy – an eviscerated, dried and bandaged corpse – has become a defining Egyptian artefact. Yet mummification wa...

For all the iPhones, virtual reality headsets,  deep space rocket engines  and self-driving cars that are a part of our modern world, many a crazy contraption was invented along the way. It’s entirely possible the ideas presented below are not the weirdest inventions ever simply because the truly weird ones probably never got close to the light of day or their creators were somehow destroyed in the process. Still, these are some of the strangest fruits of human ingenuity we know. 1. MOUSETRAP PISTOL  - this 1882 invention by James A. Williams of Texas, takes a very serious approach to mice infestations. The product never took off as people were wary of keeping .50-caliber-loaded revolvers patrolling their kitchen floors. 2. TOMATAN  - a wearable robot that feeds you tomatoes. Invented by the Japanese juice vendor Kagome, the robot that sits in a harness behind your head pulls out tomatoes and puts them directly in your mouth as you run. It even has a timer. ...

"India is, the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great grandmother of tradition. Our most valuable and most instructive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only." These are not our words. These are the words of the great Mark Twain. And here are 25 Indians facts to support his statement: 1. A floating post office India has the largest postal network in the world with over 1, 55,015 post offices. A single post office on an average serves a population of 7,175 people. The floating post office in Dal Lake, Srinagar, was inaugurated in August 2011. Source: trendingpost 2. Kumbh Mela gathering visible from space The 2011 Kumbh Mela was the largest gathering of people with over 75 million pilgrims. The gathering was so huge that the crowd was visible from space. Source: Wordpress 3. The wettest inhabited place in the world Mawsynram, a village on the Khasi Hills, Megha...

15 Surprising Facts About Istanbul As much for its tourist haunts and delightful way of life, did you know that Istanbul has some quirky facts to its own history? From tulips to the population to Agatha Christie, there are quite a few facts that will surprise anyone who is not knowledgeable about the large city. Here are 15 surprising facts about Istanbul 1. Istanbul is the only city in the world that straddles two continents: Asia and Europe. 2. Istanbul, while being the ancient capital of many empires, from Rome to the Ottoman era, it is not the modern capital of Turkey as Ankara is. 3. Istanbul, which used to be known as Constantinople thanks to the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great, is built on seven hills to match the seven hills of Rome. 4. Under the Ottoman Empire, the city was renowned for having more than 1,400 public toilets 5. While not the capital, Istanbul is Turkey’s largest city with more than 13 million people – 99 per cent of which are Muslim. 6. ...