Interesting Facts

The United States doesn't have an embassy, or any other diplomatic outpost, in Somalia, putting American citizens who travel here entirely out of reach of assistance from the U.S. Inter-clan fighting and attacks on relief workers and journalists are frequent, and especially in the Mogadishu area, territorial demarcations are arbitrary and change often. Vessels near the coast of Somalia risk being seized and held for ransom by pirates. The Indian Ocean along the Horn of Africa and Kenyan border is extremely unsafe. Inland, the Kenyan border has been the site of extreme violence, including grenade attacks on hostels.

Boxing Day December26, was traditionally known as St. Stephen's Day, but is more commonly known as Boxing Day. This expression came about because money was collected in alms-boxes placed in churches during the festive season. This money was then distributed to the poor and needy after Christmas.

Holly The sharply pointed leaves were to symbolize the thorns in Christ's crown and the red berries drops of his blood. Holly became a nativity tradition.

Lump of Coal According to tradition, giving a lump of coal in the stockings of naughty children comes from Italy.

The Official Olympic Flag
Created by Pierre de Coubertin in 1914, the Olympic flag contains five interconnected rings on a white background. The five rings symbolize the five significant continents and are interconnected to symbolize the friendship to be gained from these international competitions. The rings, from left to right, are blue, yellow, black, green, and red. The colors were chosen because at least one of them appeared on the flag of every country in the world. The Olympic flag was first flown during the 1920 Olympic Games.

1. A zebra is white with black stripes.

2. All the planets in our solar system rotate anticlockwise, except Venus. It is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

3. Hummingbirds are the only animal that can also fly backwards.

4. Insects do not make noises with their voices. The noise of bees, mosquitoes and other buzzing insects is caused by rapidly moving their wings.

5. The cockroach is the fastest animal on 6 legs covering a meter a second.

6. The word “listen” contains the same letters as the word “silent”.

7. The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning it’s head are the rabbit and the parrot.