Empire State Building Facts

The Empire State Building is a skyscraper in Manhattan, New York City, USA. The building has 103 floors and at roof height is 1250 ft (...

Leaning Tower Of Pisa Facts

The Leaning Tower of Pisa (Torre pendente di Pisa) is a bell tower in Pisa, Italy. The Tower of Pisa is world famous for its promin...

Building Facts

The word skyscraper originally referred to a type of sail on a sailing  ship. A skyscraper is held together by a steel skeleton ...

Bridge Facts

Common types of bridges include beam bridges, arch bridges, suspension bridges, cantilever bridges, truss bridges, and cable-stayed bri...

Statue Of Liberty Facts

The Statue of Liberty is located on Liberty Island, in the New York harbor, USA. The Statue of Liberty commemorates the American Decla...

Tunnel Facts

The Channel Tunnel is an undersea rail tunnel that links the United Kingdom and France. Opened in 1994, it carries both passenger and fr...

Great Wall of China Facts

Rather than being one long continuous wall, the Great Wall of China is made up of a number of different sections. These sections were bu...

Eiffel Tower Facts

Located on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France, the Eiffel Tower is one of the most well known structures in the world. The Eiffel Tower...

Facts Of England

England is the most populated country in the United Kingdom. The other countries that make up the United Kingdom are Wales, Scotland an...

Facts Of Brasil

Brazil is the largest country in South America. The name Brazil comes from a tree named brazilwood. It is called Brasil in Portug...

Facts Of USA

The United States of America is also called the USA, US, United States or sometimes America. On July 4, 1776, the Declaration of I...

Facts Of India

India is officially known as the Republic of India. India has the second largest population in the world, with over 1.2 billion peop...

Dam facts

A dam is a barrier designed and constructed to contain the flow of water. It is often built in conjunction with a hydroelectric power st...

Taj Mahal Facts

The Taj Mahal is a famous mausoleum in India. A mausoleum is a building that contains burial chambers (tombs) for the deceased, the...

Pyramid Facts

Pyramids in Geometry In geometry, pyramids have triangular sides that come together at the top (apex). If they have 4 sides and ...

Titanic Facts

The Titanic was built between 1909 and 1911. It was 882 feet (269 metres) in length and 175 feet (53 metres) in height. The Titanic ...

Water cycle Facts

Evaporation: Heat from the Sun causes water on Earth (in oceans, lakes etc) to evaporate (turn from liquid into gas...

Alexander Graham Bell Facts

Alexander Graham Bell was an influential scientist, engineer and inventor. He was born on March 3, 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He di...

Leonardo Da Vinci Facts

Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15, 1452 and died on May 2, 1519. He was Italian. Different to a typical surname you might think of...

Nikola Tesla Facts

Tesla was born to Serbian parents on the 10th of July, 1856 in the village of Smiljan, part of the Austrian Empire (now Croatia). He die...

Stephen Hawking Facts

Stephen Hawking is a British theoretical physicist, he was born on January the 8th, 1942. Hawking has made many important contributions...

James Maxwell Facts

James Maxwell was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on the 13th of June 1831 and died on the 5th of November  1879. He produced a set of ...

Marie And Pierre Curie Facts

Pierre Curie Pierre Curie was a French physicist who made many breakthrough discoveries in radioactivity, crystallography and magnetism....

Michael Faraday Facts

Michael Faraday was born in England on the 22nd of September 1791 and died on the 25th of August 1867. His work on electrochemistry and...