Some of the famous trains with some interesting information. The Ghan: This train runs between Adelaide and Darwin via Alice Springs. The original name of this service was the “Afghan Express”, but it has long been known by the shorter version. This route is nearly 2000 miles long and takes…

All over the globe people celebrate New Year with traditions that are special to their country. In Spain, families celebrate with a festive meal on Nochevieja (New Year’s Eve). Everyone is supposed to eat grapes: 12 each, one per month, before the bells stop striking midnight. The object is to…

History is often filled with interesting yet obscure tidbits. Here are just 10 of them. Witold Pilecki was famous for doing something very courageous and arguably reckless. He deliberately got himself sent to Auschwitz in order to gather information on the camp. He smuggled information out to allies detailing the…

One of the most iconic landmarks in France. Some interesting facts about this La Dame de Fer (The Iron Lady) The Eiffel Tower was designed and built for Paris World Exposition 1889, to mark the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution. …

The Equator is an imaginary line that cuts the world into half. Some interesting facts. At approximately 40,075 kms in length, the equator passes through three oceans and four continents. Prime Meridian is the name of the line that divides it into Eastern and Western Hemispheres. It starts at the…

The ship deemed to be ‘unsinkable’, which met with a premature and tragic end. It took 2 years and a work force of 15,000 to build RMS Titanic and her sister ships: RMS Britannic & RMS Olympic. She was built at the Hartland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Northern Ireland…

It is one of the most infamous locations in the world. Planes, ships and countless people have gone missing there. The Bermuda Triangle also known as the Devil’s Triangle. The mystery is an urban legend and often considered a paranormal place. …

1969: Apollo 11 lands on the surface of the moon. Armstrong and Aldrin walk on the moon 7 hours later. Michael Collins remains in Orbit in the Lunar Module. Apollo 11 launched at 9:32 am on 16th July, 1969 at Kennedy Space Center, with Commander Neil Armstrong, Command Module Pilot…

Some interesting facts from all over the globe. Lake Vostok: At the end of the 20th century, scientists using satellite images, discovered one of the biggest lakes of our planet, situated close to the South Pole under 4 kms of ice. Some 4 kms above the lake, at the surface…