What is your national flower 5 (D)
Denmark – Marguerite daisy (Argyranthemum frutescens) (from) Marguerites daisy is a large, single, daisy-like flower. It blossoms in the the summer. Dominican Republic – Mahogany (Swietenia mahagoni) trees blossom
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What is your national flower – 4
This is the continuation of National flowers series that I started sometimes last year. I was too busy to continue posting remaining flowers. The countries are selected in alphabetical order and I have to continue after Canada. China - doesn’t have an official national flower but tree peony (mudan) is considered national favorite. Chile …
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Largest flag in the world
In November 2007 Filipina Grace Galindez-Gupana made a big flag covering an area of 13 football fields, that is, 660 meters (2,165 feet) long and 100meters (330 feet) wide. The 18,847 m2 flag weighted 5.2 metric tons. And that of course was a Guinness World Records. However, the largest flag that is regularly hoisted is…
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Divorce Settlement – Cut the house in two
Looks like in a divorce settlement a Cambodian couple want everything to be divided into half – even the house. The guy found some of his relatives and saws to cut the wooden house in half. The ex-wife is reported to be living in the standing half of the house they once shared. The 42-year-old…
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World’s shortest guy with leggiest lady
Last year it was the tallest man with whom he posed for photograph. Recently he met a long-legged Svetlana Pankratova in London’s Trafalger Square to pose for for the launch of the 2009 edition of the Guinness World Records book, which is published on Wednesday. The world’s smallest man, He Pingping, is 20 years old…
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What is your national flower – 3 – Canada
National Flowers of Canada The Leaf of Maple is an official symbol of Canada. The maple leaf was first used as a Canadian symbol in early 18th century and till now is depicted on its current and previous flags, the penny, and on the coat of arms. Each provinces however have their own floral emblems….
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What is your National Flower – 2
The Bahamas The national flower of The Bahamas is the Yellow Elder (Tecoma stans) The flowers have an odd but pleasing fragrance and also provide nectar for bees. The Indians made bows from its wood, and in Mexico a beer was prepared from its roots; it has also been used for a variety of medicines….
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What is your National Flower -Albania, Argentina, Australia, and Austria
I am going to post a series of posts about National flowers (floral emblem) of different countries starting with countries with first letter A. The National Flower of Albania The floral emblem of Albania is the red and black poppy. The poppy can be found everywhere in this Mediterranean country, and are recognized for their…
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143-page love letter — to an imaginary lover
A bachelor, Harish Kondakkuli (30), of South India has written a 143-page long love letter. The problem is he is not in love so he had to write it to an imaginary lover to enter the Guinness Book of Records. The letter, in Kannada (local language), begins with Preethiya Abhisarika (Dear Abhisarika) and ends with…
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Funny Hairstyles
People like to care for their hair and search for hairstyle ideas too. Some people don’t search for them but create their styles themselves. I came across these creative and funny hairstyles and want to share with you. I don’t think you would like to go for any of these styles but looking at them…
