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I ntelligence is not the special privilege of human alone. The so-called 'lower' animals are equally skilled and hence are not really lower. We often assume that we are at the acme of the high pyramid of evolution. But contemporary studies are revealing unbelievable facts about the intelligence of various animals. Let's take a look at some of these findings. DOLPHINS Dolphins are extremely social animals. They can find their relatives separated miles away in the sea for unknown reasons but they have their own language to communicate. Compared to other animals, dolphins are believed more intelligent.   SHEEP Sheep make large groups and run away together from predators. Sheep can remember and identify animal faces and also human faces.  CHIMPANZEES Chimps are a lot like humans. They posses genomes that are 98 percent identical to people, and make and use tools. They are able to organize work in groups, express a range of emotions and may show a violent side. They've actua...

  MICHAEL FARADAY(1791-1867) Michael Faraday(1791-1867)was one of the greatest scientists of the 19th century. From his experiments came devices that led to the modern electric motor, generator and transformer. It was largely due to his efforts that electricity became highly useful for day to day life. EARLY YEARS  Faraday was the son of a poor blacksmith, born in the village of Newington in Surrey, England. He started work as an apprentice bookbinder. Although Faraday received little formal education, he was one of most influential scientists in history. HUMPHRY DAVY'S ASSITANTS He became an assistant to the great scientists Humphry Davy. Michael Faraday was said to be Davy's greatest discovery. BENZENE Faraday discovered the important chemical benzene. Faraday drew huge crowds to his brilliant and entertaining Christmas lectures on science at the Royal Institutions in London. FIRST PRIMITIVE ELECTRIC MOTOR In 1821 Faraday showed that the magnetism created by an electric curr...

  The Man behind the Mickey Mouse   Walter Elias "Walt" Disney (December 5, 1901-December 15, 1966) was an American film producer, director, animator, screenwriter and entertainer. Walt Disney failed in almost every front of his life, suffered from depression, but nothing could stop him from achieving his goal. He took his extreme struggle as a road to opportunity and finally reached his destination. He went bankrupt several times. He was rejected by over 300 investors before finally build the Disneyland. His never-give-up attitude rewarded him at last. If he had given up, there would have been no Disney Land today. Early Exposure Walt Disney was born in Chicago, Illinois. He always loved drawing and was selling his artwork from the age of seven years. During the World war I Walt Disney tried to join the army but then he was too young. So, he lied to the Red Cross about his age and they sent him overseas where he drove an ambulance, which he had covered in cartoon characters....

 BURF KHALIFA - FACTS TALLEST BUILDING IN THE WORLD   The Burj Khalifa is a skyscraper in Dubai with a total height of 829.8 meters (2722 ft) and a roof height (excluding antenna) of 828 meters ( 2717 ft).It has been the tallest building in the world since 2009. The building has 2,909 stairs from the ground floor to 160th floor. Apart from holding the world record for being the tallest building in the world ,the Burj Khalifa holds six other world records The Burj Khalifa is also the tallest freestanding structure in the world, has the highest number of stories in the world, has the tallest service elevator in the world and similar other records. It took 22 million man-hours to complete the Burj Khalifa. At the peak of construction, 12,000 workers worked on the building per day. It took more than 1,10,000 tons of concrete,55,000 tons of steel rebar to build it. The weight of the concrete used is equivalent to 1,00,000 elephants. The speed of the elevator in Burj Khalifa is 10 m...

  VANISHED GLACIER Marked with memorial Iceland has honored the passing of Langj ö kull , its first glacier lost to climate change. Scientists warn that some 400 others on the subarctic island risk the same fate. Langj ö kull was an amazing glacier. A jeep or snowmobiling tour was the best way to experience the sheer size and beauty of glacier. A bronze plaque was mounted on a bare rock on the former glacier in a ceremony. Iceland's Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir who attended the sad event said, " I hope this ceremony will be an inspiration not only to us here in Iceland but also for the rest of the world, because what we are seeing here is just one face of the climate crisis." Cymene Howe who created a 2018 documentary called 'Not Ok' on this subject said, "These bodies of ice are the largest freshwater reserves on the planet and frozen within them are histories of the atmosphere." "With this memorial they want to underscore that it is up to...