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Chichen Itza is an archaeological site in Yucatan and one of the most visited locations in Mexico. It is considered to be the most important ancient city of the Mayan Culture. Many archaeologists believe that this powerful economic city was built around 600 AD. In 2007, Chichen Itza was named one of the New Seven Wonders of the World after a worldwide vote. It was designated as the UNESCO World Heritage site in 1988.

Loch Ness is a deep, large and freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands. Its depth is around 788 feet (240 metres) and a length of about 23 miles (36 km). Due to its great depth, Loch Ness is the largest lake by volume in the UK at 7.5 cubic kilometres. The colour of Loch Ness water is so dark due to the high content of peat particles. It is believed Loch Ness has formed approximately 10,000 years ago, towards the end of the last Ice Age.

Apple, delicious and crunchy, is one of the kings of fruits packed with valuable nutrients. This sweet, edible fruit originated in the past 4000 years ago and more than 8,000 varieties of apples still exist. It is grown in temperate environments around the globe. Apples are the most consume fruits primarily due to its sweet taste & rich nutrients.

A Zorse is an offspring of a male Zebra (stallion) with a female horse (mare). This hybrid animal can reach up to 64 inches in height & 450 kg in weight. Zorse also has an excellent sense of hearing & smell. A Zorse can survive up to 30 years with proper care. Their unique pattern of stripes can be used for fast identification, every zorse has unique strips just like human fingerprints.

Ashoka (304 BC - 232 BC), also referred to as Ashoka the Great, was the last major emperor in the Mauryan dynasty of India. He ruled almost the entire Indian subcontinent from c. 268 to 232 BCE. Ashoka became a model of kingship in the Buddhist tradition. He was the third ruler of the Indian Mauryan Empire & he built one of the world's largest empires at its time.

The Plain of Jars in the Xieng Khouang plain of Laos is one of the most enigmatic sights on Earth. It has all the ingredients to stir the imagination, shrouded in mystery and myth. It consists of thousands of stone jars scattered around the upland valleys and was declared as a World Heritage site by UNESCO in 2019.

'The Solitary Reaper' is one of William Wordsworth's best-known post-Lyrical Ballads lyrics, originally published in 1807. This poem is composed of thirty-two lines and four stanzas. 'The Solitary Reaper' centers around a solitary girl singing in a field. In the second stanza of this poem, the speaker compares the girl's singing to that of a nightingale and a cuckoo bird.

Arrangement in Grey and Black No.1, also known as Whistler's Mother, is one of the famous oils on canvas created by the American painter James McNeill Whistler in 1871. In 1891, it became the first American painting ever bought by the French state. The subject of this painting is Whistler's beloved mother, Anna McNeill Whistler.

Devils Tower was the United States' 1st designated national monument, established on September 24, 1906, by President Theodore Roosevelt in northeastern Wyoming. Devils Tower rises 1,267 feet above the Belle Fourche River & stands 867 feet from summit to base. Devils Tower is a unique geologic wonder, in modern-day it is a national park and climbers' challenge.

Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (24 May 1686 - 16 September 1736), was a famous Dutch physicist, inventor and scientific instrument maker. He is well known for his invention of the mercury-in-glass thermometer (1714) & the alcohol thermometer (1709). The Fahrenheit scale, which he developed is still the most widely used temperature scale in the USA.

The Japanese spider crab or Macrocheira is the largest known species of marine crab that lives in the waters around Japan. The Japanese spider crab has the largest leg span of 13 feet and an average weight of around 40 pounds. The Japanese spider crab is the largest known spices of the crabs and can live more than 100 years.

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (27 January 1832 - 14 January 1898), better known as Lewis Carroll, was an English mathematician, photographer, logician and novelist. He is a world-famous English writer in children fiction and his one of the most notable work is “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland” which was published in 1865.

Marco Polo (15 September 1254 - 8 January 1324), was an Italian merchant and adventurer, who traveled along the Silk Road from Europe to Asia in 1271–95, remaining in China for 17 of those years. He recorded his travels in the book “Livres des merveilles du monde” (Book of the world’s marvels), published around the year 1300.