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1626 Peter Minuit arrives in New Netherlands and later buys Manhattan from the Native Americans for items worth approximately $24. He then names the island New Amsterdam. 1627 Plymouth Colony and New Amsterdam begin trading. A shipload of approximately 1500 kidnapped children is sent from England to the Virginia colony to increase the number of settlers in the colony. 1628 …

US card stacker Bryan Berg, 35, made it into the Guinness World Records and then recently broke his own record by building the largest house of free-standing playing cards. The architect successfully created a replica of the Venetian Macau with 2,18,792 cards. These cards are stacked without glue or tape. His method has been tested to support 660 lbs per …

My sweet doll is with whom I play With whom I dance, With whom I stay, When she wears A purple frock She looks like Goldie Lock And I dream that my Doll will come alive never to depart. ∼ Supreet Taneja

Several animals can move by jet propulsion, and they are all mollusks belonging to the class Cephalopod. This group of mollusks include the octopuses, squid and cuttlefishes. Cephalopods draw in water from the sea by means of slits in the body wall. The water is then drawn over the gills so that the animals can breathe. When the water is …

Surprisingly, only one species of cat lives in a well-ordered and organized group, and that species is the lion. Groups of lions are called prides, and they usually consist of one or two males together with several lionesses and their cubs. The organization of lions is seen to good effects during a hunt. They co-operate closely to drive herds of …

Everyone has heard of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table, of Lancelot and Guinevere, and the quest for the Holy Grail. Many stories have been told about the court of Camelot ever since the Middle ages, when such romantic tales were popular. But stories is all these legends are it is very doubtful whether Arthur, the romantic …

Whilst shopping in Athens, Arthur Evans saw some small stones on which was an unusual style of writing. Learning that these stones came from Crete he went to the island and, in 1893, began digging. In time he unearthed a great city that had been ruled by the legendary King Minos. Evans had, in fact, discovered the remains of a …

The first zoo was formed in China in the 12th century B.C. But it was not called a zoo. Wen, the ancient Chinese king who started it, wanted to collect different types of animals from all over his empire. He kept them in what he called a ‘garden of intelligence’, near his palace. Some of the largest zoos are in …

Is Your Car Number and Brand in Sync with Your Rashi? — Car brands can make you or even kill you. It is important that you have the right number, colour and brand of car or you may get into a variety of problems. Your car may bring you in problems in a variety of ways. Remember how Sanjay Dutt’s …