ZEESHAN AFZAL

  The Library of Congress is the largest library in the world, with more than 138 million items on approximately 650 miles of bookshelves . The collections include more than 32 million books and other print materials, 2.9 million recordings, 12.5 million photographs , 5.3 million maps, 5.5 million pieces of sheet music and 61 million manuscripts. The Library receives some 22,000 items each working day and adds approximately 10,000 items to the collections daily. Approximately half of the Library’s book and serial collections are in languages other than English. The collections contain materials in some 470 languages . The Library holds the largest rare-book collection in North America (more than 700,000 volumes), including the largest collection of 15th-century books in the Western Hemisphere. For some more fascinating facts about library of congress click here . With a staff of nearly 3,000 and an annual appropriation of more than $300 million, the library...

It has always been said that artists and creative people border on being eccentric, but when does creativity give way completely to eccentricity. Or should it be said when do creative people have the license to fulfill their eccentricity. Have a look at this weird looking house … castle…..haunted building….. whatever comes to the mind first. How comfortable would one be in a place like this? Or would one feel as if it is dream come true? It definitely is a-dream-come true for someone with weird taste. Ferdinand Cheval Palace a.k.a Ideal Palace (France) This is just one of the examples of weird buildings around the world. Some of these can be called a marvel of architecture, some might just have a jaw dropping reaction, with no words coming to mind and some might even appeal to the hidden eccentricities of the viewer. This house looks straight out of a fairy tale. Makes one think that a witch would fly out of one of the windows on a broom or an ogr...

  There are certain places on the earth that never cease to amaze us. Mystical and yet unreachable, those are places that asked a question about earth and human existing. In case you like to discover mysterious places , take look at the most significant and secret places on the globe. Easter Island is one of them. It is on the top of our list due to its isolated area and giant volcanic rock statues “moai”. No one really knows about the culture they are representing and even researchers still cannot figure out the matter of Easter Island. Despite its popularity the pyramid of Giza in Egypt is still not entirely discovered. It is the largest and the oldest pyramid and it stands for more than 3800 years. Stonehenge in Britain is still a mystery, when it comes to building and structure. It is valued as one of the most important prehistoric monuments in the world. Another wonder that has its secrets is the Cenote in Mayan Civilization . It is located d...