DID YOU KNOW?
DID YOU KNOW?
Read through these facts put together by our team. Get ready to learn more about the world.
1. The skin of a Kiwi fruit is edible and loaded with vitamin C and fiber. We usually only eat the green part of the kiwifruit while ignoring the skin because it looks hairy, but if we scrub it gently, the texture will improve and we will be provided with fibre and vitamins C and E (which have antioxidant properties).
2. The Queen of Italy, Margherita of Savoy, was the very first person to order a pizza (that was recorded). It happened after she fell ill from spoiled food, which left her starving and craving quality dishes, so she and King Umberto decided to order an authentic Italian pizza and have it delivered to them.
3. The Mona Lisa painting by Leonardo Da Vinci is one of the world’s smallest paintings. People who travel from far away to see the beautiful artwork usually expect a huge portrait and end up quite surprised by the 30-inch-tall painting. This is usually due to viewing it online before seeing it in person.
4. The most widespread natural disaster besides wildfires is flooding. In the United States, 90 percent of the disasters usually include some type of flooding, as reported by the President. Flooding is caused by heavy rains, snowmelt, mudflows, and flash floods caused by snow and frozen ground melting.
5. The Vikings’ history was never written down, but what can be found was documented by their enemies. The Vikings were the very first people to discover America, before Christopher Columbus. In the year 1000 AD, Viking chief Lief Eriksson of Greenland discovered the new land, which we now call Canada.
6. Humans really are made of stardust. We have 97 percent of the same types of atoms as the galaxy, according to a recent survey of 150 000 stars. The elements of life are most prevalent in the galaxy’s center. Stars on the outer part of the galaxy have fewer elements required for life’s building blocks.
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