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    Overview Water plays a very important part in our daily lives. We use it for drinking, bathing, cooking, washing and so many other uses everyday. More than 70% of the Earth surface is water but 98% of it is salt water. Only 2% of the water is drinking water. Water is the basis of all life including our body. In addition, benefits of drinking water can be seen as under: Water regulates the body temperature, is a means of transporting nutrients to various organs and tissues, transports oxygen to the cells and removes waste. It also protects the joints and organs and acts as a lubricant. Water is lost through respiration, perspiration and urination. Benefits Of Drinking Water Our body requires 2.6 litres of water everyday to maintain itself. The kidneys take in about 1.5 litres, skin about 0.650 litres, lungs about 0.350 litres and bowel movements about 0.130 litres. Also, our muscles contain 75%, blood 82%, lungs 90%, brain 76% and bones 25% water....

  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...

  Everybody loved fairytales during their childhood. Every boy and girl listened breathless, at a certain point in their lifetime the wonderful adventures of prince and princesses and all those magical adventures evolved around a beautiful castle. The magical things associated with the architectural masterpieces that ruled over the Medieval Era are of course based on the people’s imagination but the history has proved that every king and queen had a castle and that castle was a place of wonder and power worthy of the fascination and admiration it is looked upon with even today. Here are 10 of the most fascinating castles in the world one should visit at least once in a lifetime:   1 . Windsor Castle A place filled with rich royal history, the Windsor is one of the largest inhabited castles in the world, proud to show for 900 years of royalty dwelling within its walls. Large and spectacular, it is opened for visitation only in those p...

  The power of cash is something that we know to be ruling the world. The development of the society that encourages the power of cash to create the true influence as political development goes allows the money to set out standards for the quality of life, social status and places publicity. Being the richest country allows you the best quality of life, being the richest city ensures you the name of the place anybody would like to visit, being the richest person ensures you taxes but also the highest possibilities of life style. Let’s see who runs the charts in the above situations and which places and what people we should admire or envy.   Countries With The Highest Life Standards Who would not want to be their citizens? They might not be the places with the highest public income but they are the highest in quality and public and personal life is concerned so… yes…they can be called the land of our dreams.   ...