Interesting Facts About China

China is seen variously as an ancient civilization extending over a large area in East Asia, a nation and/or a multinational entity.

With nearly 4,000 years of continuous history, China is one of the world's oldest civilizations. Prior to the 19th century, it possessed one of the most advanced societies and economies in the world; but through successive dynasties it then missed the Industrial Revolution and began to decline. In the 19th and 20th century, imperialism, internal weakness and civil wars damaged the country and its economy, and led to the overthrow of imperial rule.


The modern word “China” most likely derives from the name of the Qin (pronounced “chin”) dynasty. First Emperor Qin Shi Huang (260-210 B.C.) of the Qin dynasty first unified China in 221 B.C., beginning an Imperial period which would last until A.D. 1912.

Interesting Facts About NASA

The NASA headquarters are located on 300 E Street SW, Washington DC, in the United States. NASA is an acronym which stands for National Aeronautics andSpace Administration and it became operational on 1 October, 1958. It replaced National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). NACA was dissolved on the day NASA came into being.

The NASA is a space exploration agency but it was founded with the aim to save American national pride. After coming out victorious from the Second World War the United States could not see itself at number two position when it came to space exploration and technology. The former Soviet Union was making rapid progress in the field. They had launched the world’s first artificial satellite – the Sputnik 1 . The NASA employed a lot of German scientists, who had been captured by the American troops during the Second World War. Werner von Braun, who had designed V-2 (Vergeltungswaffe 2) rockets for the Nazi Germany during the World War II, was assigned the job of developing new rockets for the United States. After some initial setbacks, the agency launched its first satellite, Explorer 1, on 31 January, 1958. What followed next was a race between the Americans and Soviets to show off their technological capabilities – this competition between the US and the former USSR is widely known as the ‘Space Race.’
Making a successful human landing on the Moon on 16 July, 1969 is a jewel in the crown in NASA’s history. The feat hasn’t yet been repeated by any other space agency yet. The Voyager space crafts sent by the agency are the farthest man-made objects from the planet.

The NASA employs over 17,000 employees and its budget for the year 2009 was more than $17 billion. The agency had to shelf its plans to develop new rockets to replace the aging fleet of Space Shuttles in 2009-10 because of budget constraints but NASA is still probably the most advanced in certain fields of space exploration.

Interesting Facts About Nokia

Nokia fans and mobile phone users will find some of these stuff new and interesting!

Nokia (Finish pronunciation) is a town on the banks of the Nokianvirta River with 31000 population. Fredrik Idestam, a mining engineer, founded Nokia in 1865 in this town.

Nokia created first electronic device in 1962, a pulse analyser designed for use in nuclear power plants.

In 1987, Nokia introduced one of the world’s first hand-held phones, the Mobira Cityman 900 for NMT-900 networks.

The world’s first commercial GSM call was made in 1991 in Helsinki over a Nokia-supplied network, by Prime Minister of Finland Harri Holkeri, using a Nokia phone.

Nokia released first touch screen mobile phone in 2004, Nokia 7710 was a huge success.

In 2007, Nokia announced that its Nokia 1100 mobile phone (launched in 2003) was best selling mobile phone of all times. Over 200 million Nokia 1100 were sold.

Nokia 1100 - What a Jerk!

Nokia released N82 in 2007, its first N-series phone with Xenon Flash.

In 2008, Nokia released E71. First QWERTY keyboard device to compete against Blakberry.

According to a Japanese ancestral superstition, the number 4 is considered unlucky in most parts of Southeast/East Asia. It doesn’t appear in any Nokia model either.

Nokia is sometimes called ‘aikon’ (Nokia backwards) by non-Nokia mobile phone users and by mobile software developers, because “aikon” is used in various SDK software packages, including Nokia’s own Symbian S60 SDK.

The ringtone Nokia Tune, Gran Vals, is the work of Spanish guitarist of the 19th century, Francisco Tarrega. Originally the ringtone was called Grande Valse.

Nokia has its own font known as AgfaMonotype Nokia Sans, which was invented by Eric Shpikermannom. The font was used in advertising and in the instructions for the phones before.

Nokia mobiles are sold in 150 countries and the company has employees in 120 countries.

Nokia marked their one billionth mobile phones sales with a Nokia 1100 sold in Nigeria.

Nokia is at number 8 in BusinessWeek’s best global brand of 2010 (first non-US company).

These are some of the interesting facts about Nokia, let use know if you have any other facts to share related to Nokia.

Interesting Facts About Great Wall of China

The Great Wall of China is a series of stone and earthen fortifications in northern China, built originally to protect the northern borders of the Chinese Empire against intrusions by various nomadic groups. Several walls have been built since the 5th century BC that are referred to collectively as the Great Wall, which has been rebuilt and maintained from the 5th century BC through the 16th century. One of the most famous is the wall built between 220–206 BC by the first Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang. Little of that wall remains; the majority of the existing wall was built during the Ming Dynasty.

While the Great Wall of China is not one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, it is typically included in the Seven Wonders of the Medieval World.

In 1987, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) placed the Great Wall on its list of the world’s great national and historical sites.
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