One pf the shortest alphabets in the world is the Hawaiian alphabet. In Hawaiian it is called “piapa”. It is a variety of the Roman alphabet created in the 19th century and used to write the Hawaiian language.The language was an oral tradition, nut only until the 19th century, when U.S missionaries came to Hawaii. They created a written form oh the Hawaiian alphabet, because the the language... 

The Tower of Pisa is the bell tower of the Cathedral. Its construction began in the august of 1173 and continued for about two hundred years. In the past it was widely believed that the inclination of the Tower was part of the project ever since its beginning, but now we know that it is not so. When the workers were constructing the third floor of the tower in Pisa, it was already evident, that this... 

The Great Wall of China is a series of stone and earthen fortifications in China, built, rebuilt, and maintained between the 6th century BC and the 16th century. The Great Wall stretches over approximately 6,400 km (4,000 miles). Wall was guarded by more than one million men. The majestic Great Wall was built with wisdom, dedication, blood, sweat and tears. It has been estimated that somewhere in the... 

It is most likely that scissors were invented in 1500 BC in ancient Egypt. The earliest known scissors appeared in the Middle East 3,000 or 4,000 years ago. These were of the ‘spring scissor’ type comprising two bronze blades connected at the handles by a thin, curved strip of bronze. This strip served to bring the blades together when squeezed and to pull them apart when released. Scissors... 

Van Gogh and his friend Gauguin (also a famous painter) were sharing a small room in Arles, France. The evening before the ear cutting incident they were at a Cafe drinking absinthe, a known epileptogenic drink that is now illegal. For no apparent reason Van Gogh picked up his absinthe and threw it at Gauguin. The next day he couldn’t remember having done it. Gauguin told him he was going to...