DID YOU KNOW.....?

*... that the first person to speak foreign language in Nigeria is Oba Esigie of Benin in 1503.

*... that the oldest hospital in Nigeria is Sacred heart hospital, Lantoro, Abeokuta in 1895.

*... that the tower of London is where Queen Elizabeth 1 imprisoned her explorer boyfriend Sir Walter Raleigh while having fun with one of the ladies-in –waiting.

*... that Sir Paul Mac Anthony is the only member of THE BEATLES knighted by the Queen.

*... that the longest river is Mississippi about 7,227km (4,160 miles) in USA.

*...that the fastest fish is sword fish, it run 110km per hour.

*... that there are 253 countries in the world; 191 sovereign countries and 62 non sovereign countries.

*... that the first man to sail round the world is Ferdinand Magellan (Portuguese)

*... that Stille Nacht (Silent night) was written by Pastor Joseph Franz Xaver, Austria in 1818.

*... that Trafalgar square is a statue of Admiral Horatio Nelson, British most famous naval war hero. He lost an arm, an eye, an ear and a leg in various battles.

*... that there are 9 orders of celestial hierarchy (angelic being); Seraphim, Cherubim, Thrones, Domination, Principalities, Powers, Virtues, Archangels, Angels.

*...that in 1949, Siam changes its name to Thailand which means land of the free.

*...that human heart beats 36.8million times in a year according to physician.

*... that it would take a person 40 thousand steps to climb mountain Everest.

*... that 4 thousand babies were born into the world each seconds, according to physician.

*... that the map makers are called CANTHOGRAPHERS.

*... that US amateur Astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovers the planet Pluto in 1930.

*... that the first man to walk around the world is George Matthew Shilling, USA from 1897-1904.

*... that the sun is about 93million miles from earth, moon is 240 thousand miles from earth.

*...that the driest region in the world is Atacama Desert in Chile, South America.

*... that Pan American highway is the longest road in the world  of about 30 thousand kilometres ( 19 thousand mi) from North-West Alaska to Southern Chile.

*... that Pacific Ocean covers about 46% of the world water surface and about one-third of the total surface area.

*... that Howard carter discover the tomb of king Tut, pharaoh of Egypt.

*... that the world oldest city, Jericho on the west bank of the river Jordan dates back to 7,800 BC.

*... that there are seven wonders of ancient world. They are; The great pyramid of Egypt, The temple of Artemis at Ephesus,The Mausoleum (great tomb) at Halicarnassus, The hangling garden of Babylon, The status of Zeus at Olympia, The Pharos (Lighthouse ) at Alexandria, and The colossus ( A huge statue of the sun god) at Rhodes.

*... that Napoleon was defeated at the battle of waterloo in Belgium, 1815, hence the saying “you met your waterloo”.

*... that Champagne was invented by Dom Perignon, a Benedictine Monk in 1682.

*... that Executive Mansion was renamed “The White House”  by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1901.

*... that boys Brigade was founded by Sir William A. Smith in 1883 and Boys scout was founded by Robert Buden Powell in 1908.

*... that the first democratically elected woman President is Virgdis Finnbogadottib in Iceland.

*... that William Tucker was the first black child born in America in January 3, 1624.

*... Christopher Columbus discovers the new world and names it West Indies in 1492. He sailed from Spain and discovers Puerto Rico in 1493.America was named after Italian explorer (Amerigo Vespucucci) who followed him there in 1497.

*... that Vasco da Gama discovers the sea route to India.