Most Magnificent Gift of Love

Taj Mahal

DID YOU KNOW THAT...

      Taj Mahal in India is the most magnificent gift of love? 

      It was built by Mughal emperor  Shah Jahan in memory of his third wife, Mumtaz Mahal. It took almost 22 years to build and required the labor of 20,000 workers from all over India and Central Asia.

Source: http://www.grammarmancomic.com/factslove.html

Engagement and Wedding Ring

Wedding Ring

 DID YOU KNOW WHY...
      engagement and wedding rings are often worn on the fourth finger of the left hand?

     It's because the ancient Greeks maintained that the fourth finger of the left hand contains the vena amoris, sometimes known as the 'vein of love', that runs straight to the heart.

Source: www.grammarmancomic.com

Smallest and Tallest Dog

Smallest Dog

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      Boo Boo is the smallest living dog on Earth?

      It is a long-haired female Chihuahua who proves that good things come in small packages. Boo Boo is just 4 inches tall and weighs in at a mere 2 pounds. She lives in Raceland, Ky., with her owner, Lana Elswick.

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      Giant George is the tallest living dog and tallest dog ever?

     He is 43-inch tall Great Dane from Tucson, Ariz. This gentle giant has a developed quite the fan base so his owner, David Nasser, keeps fans up to date with the dog's activities via his website and YouTube channel.  Giant George also has a book, "Giant George: Life with the World's Biggest Dog," which was published by Simon and Schuster.

Sources: 

Smallest Dog - http://www.mnn.com/family/pets/photos/15-pets-with-guinness-world-records/smallest-dog

Tallest Dog - http://www.mnn.com/family/pets/photos/15-pets-with-guinness-world-records/tallest-dog

World's Fastest Computer

Titan

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      Titan, a supercomputer, is the fastest computer in the world?

     The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory has just launched a new era of scientific supercomputing with Titan, a system capable of churning through more than 20,000 trillion calculations each second -- or 20

petaflops -- by employinga family of processors called graphic processing units first created for computer gaming. Titan will be 10 times more powerful than ORNL's last world-leading system, Jaguar, while overcoming power and space limitation inherent in the previous generation of high-performance computers. 

Source: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121029103506.htm?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fmost_popular+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Most+Popular+News%29

Doctrina Christiana

Doctrina Christiana

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      Doctrina Christiana is the first book published in the Philippines?

      It was published in 1593 by the Dominican press. Because of the monopoly of printing presses by religious orders prior to the 19th century, early written literature was predominantly religious in content and in purpose. Doctrina Christiana was written by Fray Juan de Plasencia, who was a Spanish Friar of the Franciscan order.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctrina_Christiana