Word “news” did not emerge as a plural of “new”, more as an abbreviation for the world, North, East, West and South, indicating the arrival of news from around the world.
In India for Christmas, a small number of Christians are decorating banana trees.
Music affects the speed at which we eat. According to a study conducted in Dallas (US), if you eat listening to fast rhythms, you will finish your meal 11 minutes earlier.
Heroin was once used as a cough medicine.
Earth's rotation reaches a speed of half a kilometer per second.
In the year 1900, the number of human population was 1.5 million, of whom a quarter lived in Europe.
