A selection for the most inquisitive readers.
It is human nature to learn about the world, so all our lives we ask different questions. Whereas in the past a child would learn from their mum and dad why the sky is blue or why a person can't fly, the answer to any question can now be found on the internet. With the advent of the Net, we can finally find out the answers to the questions that were still a mystery when we were children!
Which planet has never wrapped around the sun?
Pluto's fate in the list of planets in the solar system is extremely sad. In 1930, the tiny celestial body was finally recognised as the ninth planet, but at the start of the twenty-first century, it was stripped of that status again. In the 70 years that Pluto was considered a planet, it never managed to complete a revolution around the star, so it has gone down in history as the only planet in the system that has never orbited the Sun. It takes 280 years for Pluto to complete a complete revolution.
The age of Egypt's pyramids is staggering.
The age of the pyramids at Giza is still uncertain, but the boldest guess is that they were built around 12,000 years ago. To understand how long ago this is, you should know that mammoths were still walking the Earth at the time.
The Golden Kernel
Geologists claim that the Earth's core contains huge amounts of gold. According to them, the amount of the precious metal at the centre of the planet is so high that it would be enough to completely cover the globe, and in a knee-deep layer.
A product with an infinite shelf life.
The purest honey produced by bees can never go bad. If there are no impurities in the sweet product, honey can remain edible even after hundreds of years.
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