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Speed of light from Earth to Moon – Visual Explanation

January 3rd, 2012 No comments

Moon is the natural satellite of the Earth. Distance between the Earth and the Moon varies from 356,400 km to 406,700 km.

Here is a visual explanation to depict the distance of the Moon from the Earth.

The yellow bar represents a beam of light travelling from Earth to Moon in 1.26 seconds.

Speed_of_light_from_Earth_to_Moon

Image Credit : Cantus

What is Capitalism?

December 23rd, 2011 1 comment

This is one of the best illustrations to understand what Capitalism is all about.

Capitalism - Illustration

12 Easy ways to prepare Yummy Coffee

November 8th, 2011 17 comments

If you are a coffee lover, here are some easy ways to prepare different types of coffee you can find it in Costa or Starbucks.

Image Credit : cosmocatalano

Unusual border line between Netherlands and Belgium

November 3rd, 2011 1 comment

Do you believe that it is a border line between two countries? Just a line beside a cafe.

Baarle-Nassau Frontière Café

This is an unusual border line runs between Netherlands and Belgium in a small town called Baarle-Nassau.

Baarle-Hertog consists of 26 separate sections of territory surrounded by Baarle-Nassau, but some parts of Baarle-Hertog Baarle-owned areas also Nassau.

Order Dutch Coffee with Gouda cheese from Netherlands and have it with Belgium chocolate! :)

Image credit – Wikimedia

Little known facts about Power Button

November 1st, 2011 No comments

Have you ever noticed the Power Button (On/Off Switch) in your computers, and electronic devices?

You would find below symbol which are normally known as Power Button (On/Off Switch). Power_Button Technically, this symbol was used to denote Standby and not for Power. This was wrongly used by all leading manufacturers.

In order to resolve this ambiguity, IEEE made some corrections to the symbols and introduced a new symbol called Crescent in 2004.

According to IEEE,IEEE_1621 - Correction

Bonus: Microsoft still using the old Power Symbol for shut-down in Windows 7. :) FAIL

PowerButton-windows-7

Surprising fact – Three countries in the world to join Metric System

June 21st, 2011 No comments

Metric system

Are you aware of the fact that there are only three countries in the world that are yet to adopt/follow SI Metric System as their primary or sole system of measurement.

The International System of Units is the modern form of the metric system and is generally a system of units of measurement devised around seven base units and the convenience of the number ten. (Wiki)

It is the world’s most widely used system of measurement, both in everyday commerce and in science.

Myanmar (Burma), Liberia, and the United States of America are the three countries not following SI system.

I am surprised to see why USA is yet to adopt the international standard!!!

Image Credit : WikiMedia

Driving regulations across the world

February 2nd, 2011 No comments

Driving on the road can be either Left-hand traffic or Right-hand traffic. Some interesting statistics for you…

  • 66.1% of world’s people live in right-hand traffic countries
  • 33.9% of world’s people live in left-hand traffic countries
  • 72% of world’s road distance carries traffic on right
  • 28% of world’s road distance carries traffic on left

Red colour depicts the countries with right-hand traffic and Blue colour shows the countries with left-hand traffic

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