Why, What, How, When, Where, Who.

The  Karakoram Highway is situated in the highest place in the world. It actually connects a part of China and Pakistan.It is at an altitude of 4,800 meters!

The Connecting Places:

* Xinjianag region -China

* Havelian - Pakistan

Here is an image of the mighty Karakoram Highway also known as the Friendship Highway.

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As per Times of India article, a digital nomad is a person who works on the move. But as per me, a person who constantly browse the web on myriad subjects is a digital nomad. I call such a person as ‘wegabond’. That is why I named one of blogs as Wegabond.

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Yes, we all know that leaves get their green color from Chlorophyll. But what gives the flowers such brilliant colors? How do they get their indivdual colors that vary from species to species?

Every plant has cell organelles known as plastids that act as colouring agents. Though there are three types of plastids — […]

Frenemy-I don’t think you can find it in an English dictionary like Webster. This word is definitely a slang and is said to be used widely in women oriented soap operas.
Frenemy is  a friend at times and an enemy too at times. Ah,then we all have frenemies-right?

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North America seems to be the favorite destination for all the hurricanes that are usually christened with female names(why).
Do you the origin or the place of formation for these hurricanes?
*  Atlantic Ocean, just west of Central Africa.
*  Gulf of Mexico
* The northwest coast of South America in the Pacific Ocean.

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Inflation-yes, we know.
But Skinflation?
Ad copywriters are becoming smarter day by day. They know that this science ara and anything with a bit of science tag is favorably looked upon. The evidence is in the pudding-they. I say, the evidence is you are reading this.
The high demand of beauty products like face and skin care and […]

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I am sure not many of the present generation might have come across the word Iron Chancellor, but even to them the name ‘Bismarck‘ might ring a bell.
Well, Bismarck was called the Iron Chancellor for his determined ruling od Prussia, a state of Germany a few hundreds years ago. […]

Probably this name is more apt than any other names in the history of preventive health care.
A mask that is recommended to thwart the contact with Swine Flu is called N95 because it blocks 95% of small particles that might carry H1N1 virus that is the root cause of the dreaded Swine Flu, […]

Ophidiophobia- quite an ominous sounding word-right?
Like so many words, Ophidiophobia is a Greek termand persons who are afraid of snake are affected by this phobia!
Trivia:
Do you know that Indiana Jones  is an ophidiophobiac?
 

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 Oh, you never heard of sand that repels water-right? I don’t blame you. We all think that water when falls on earth gets absorbed quickly or a little slower.
But a kind of sand when poured on water forms a solid substance. This peculiar property of the sand is applied to separate oil that sometimes found […]