Did You know That The Chinese Tallow Tree Is Used To Make Soap, Candles, And Medicine?

Chinese tallow, which is sometimes referred to as Florida aspen, chicken tree, gray popcorn tree, or candleberry tree.

This simple, deciduous leaves of this tree are alternate, broad in shape, and have smooth edges, heart-shaped and often resembling the bo tree.



The seed's white waxy aril of the Chinese Tallow tree is used in soap making, and the inner oil is toxic but has industrial applications. 

Click this link:  Chinese Tallow Tree  - to see the different Products made with the Chinese Tallow Tree..

Did You Know That Kao Neaw, A Thai Sticky Rice Dish, Is Often Served With Ripe Mangos And Coconut Milk As Kao Neaw Mamuan?

Kao Neaw is also referred to as Glutinous rice. It's also called sticky rice, sweet rice, or waxy rice.

This type of rice is grown mainly in Southeast and East Asia, Northeastern India, and Bhutan which has opaque grains, very low amylose content, and is especially sticky when cooked. It is widely consumed across Asia. If you didn't know...now you know!
Check out this video Kao Neaw With Coconut And served up with Mango.

Did you Know That Novodevichy Cemetery Is Moscow's Third-most Popular Tourist Destination?

And did you know that Raisa Gorbacheva was buried in Novodevichy Cemetery? Novodevichy Cemetery is a famous cemetery in Moscow and it lies next to the southern wall of the 16th-century Novodevichy Convent and is the city's third most popular tourist site.

10 Quick Facts About Lions

Nicknamed "the king of the jungle," Lions has forever been a symbol of strength, power ferocity, and for royalty and stateliness. Lions possesses both beauty and strength.

Did you know that a male lion weighs about 500 pounds and grows to eight feet in length.

Check-out Animal Facts video, where we take PRIDE in presenting these 10 Fun Facts about the king of the beasts, the ever noble Lion.

The Golden Lion Tamarin Has A Long, But Is It A Prehensile Tail?

Also known as the Golden Marmoset, the endangered Golden Lion Tamarin has a long, but it's not a prehensile tail. This simply means that the Golden Lion Tamarin is unable to grasp or hold objects with its tail.

This small New World monkey of the family Callitrichidae, and lives in the Atlantic coastal forests of Brazil.

Here's a short video of the Golden Lion Tamarins in the Atlantic Rainforest of Brazil running wild.

What Year Did Ero the Joker Was First Performed?

The Balkan comic opera Ero the Joker was first performed on November 2, 1935.

Ero s onoga svijeta or when translated - Ero the Joker is a comic opera in three acts by Jakov Gotovac, with a libretto by Milan Begović based on a folk tale.

Watch: The Trailer of Ero The Joker

How Fast Can The Tokyo Monorail in Japan Go?

The Tokyo Monorail, which travels at speeds of up to 80 kph, was constructed to coincide with the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Did you know...that the Tokyo Monorail is officially the Tokyo Monorail Haneda Airport Line? The rail lin connects Tokyo International Airport (Haneda) to Tokyo's Ōta, Shinagawa, and Minato wards.

Here's a short video of the Tokyo Monorail - Haneda Airport to Hamamatsucho Station in Tokyo.

Quick Fact About Jumping Plant Lice

Known as Psyllidae, the jumping plant lice or psyllids

Did you know that jumping plant lice and aphids are considered to be the "primitive" group within the Hemiptera order of true bugs?

Here's a short Video of Jumping Plant Lice in the Amazon Rainforest in Ecuador.