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Machu Picchu was built by the Inca Empire around 1450 in Peru. It is located 2430 metres (7970 feet) above the sea level on a point between the Huayna Picchu and Machu Picchu mountains in Peru. It has beautiful, polished dry-stone walls of granite stone. American explorer Hiram Bingham III re-discovered Machu Picchu in 1911. […]

The Great Pyramid of Giza is the oldest and largest of three pyramids in the Giza Necropolis located in modern Cairo, Egypt. It is also known as the Pyramid of Khufu. It is the oldest of all Seven Ancient Wonders of the World. For over 3800 years, it was the tallest man-made structure in the

Burj Khalifa is the world’s tallest building. It is located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Its design resembles the Hymenocallis flower. It stands at 828 metres (2,716.5 feet) tall. It’s three times as tall as the Eiffel Tower and nearly twice as tall as the Empire State Building. It has also been awarded the record

The biggest wall of the world is the Great Wall of China. The Chinese name of the Great Wall of China is ‘Changcheng’. It is the longest structure ever built by humans. It stretches around 6,300 kilometres (3915 miles) in length. The widest section of the wall is around 9 metres (30 feet). The highest

The Statue of Liberty is located on Liberty Island, in New York, USA. The statue honours the American Declaration of Independence. It was a gift from the people of France. The Statue of Liberty was designed by French sculptor Frederic Bartholdi. The female form represented by the sculpture is based on Libertas, the Roman goddess

The Eiffel Tower is located on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. The Eiffel Tower was built as the entrance arch for the World’s Fair in 1889. It is made of iron. The Eiffel Tower is named after Gustave Eiffel whose company was in-charge of the project. The Tower is 320 metres in height.

The Leaning Tower of Pisa is a bell tower in Pisa, Italy. The tower is 8 storeys high, 55.86  metres (183.27  feet) on the lower side and 56.67 metres (185.93 feet) on the higher side. It weighs about 14,500 tons. The Tower of Pisa is world-famous for its tilt. Seven bells are there in the bell-chamber at the

The Taj Mahal is located in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, in India. Its name means ‘crown of palaces’. It was built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his third wife, Mumtaz Mahal. The Taj Mahal is made of white marble and is 171 metres (561 feet) tall. The construction of the Taj Mahal took

The Vatican City is the smallest country in the world which is located in Italy. It measures just 0.2 square miles. It is situated on the western bank of the Tiber River. It is landlocked by Italy. It is the home of the Pope, who is the head of the Roman Catholic Church. Vatican City

The smallest city in the world is Hum. It is actually a tiny town which is located in the central part of Istria, Croatia, 7 kilometres from Roh, on a hill above the Mirna Valley. It is a rare example of urban development within city walls. It has a population of only 23 people. Hum

Tokyo is the largest city in the world, hosting over 36 million people spread over 3 prefectures (districts). It is the capital-city of Japan and is officially known as the Tokyo Metropolis. Tokyo was formerly known as Edo in the 20th century. Tokyo is made up of 23 wards and 62 municipalities. There are more

The strongest muscle is located in thejaw. It is called the Masseter. It can close the teeth with a force of 25 kilograms on the incisors or 90 kilograms on the molars. We have two jaw muscles that are used for chewing and one of them is the Masseter Muscle. The Masseter Muscle is thick

The longest, largest and hardest bone in the human body is the Thigh Bone. It is also known as Femur. It is located between the knee and the hip. It has the knee cap at the bottom and pelvis at the top. This bone makes up about one-fourth of a person’s height. It allows us

The largest and longest vein in the human body goes from the foot up the leg to the hip. It is called the Great Saphenous Vein or the Long Saphenous Vein. The purpose of this great vein is the delivery of blood from the ankle, lower leg and the thigh to the vein in the

Adam’s Apple sometimes looks like a small, rounded apple just under the skin in the front of the throat. Both man and woman have it. It is called Adam’s Apple because of the story of the Garden of Eden where Adam ate a piece of the forbidden fruit that got stuck in his throat. Adam’s