Amazing Facts 18

200 The term 'astrology' literally means Star Speech 201 Togo is situated in Africa 202 Coal is also known as Black Diamond 203 The first boxer to win 3 gold medals in Olympics was Laszlo Papp 204 The first ruler who started war games for his soldiers was Genghis Khan 205 The first cross word puzzle in the world was published in 1924 by London Sunday Express 206 The lightest known metal is Lithium 207 The Atacama Desert is located in North Chile 208 The oil used to preserve timber is creosote oil 209 The founder of USA was George Washington 210 The first talkie feature film in USA was The Jazz Singer 211 The chemical name of laughing gas is Nitrous Oxide 212 The US state Mississipi is also known as Tar Heel State 213 The US state Indiana is also known as Volunteer State 214 The US state Missouri is also known as Hoosier State 215 The US state West Virginia is also known as the Bluegrass State 216 The US state known as 'Green Mountain State' is Vermont 217 The US state known as 'Keystone State' is Pennsylvania 218 The US state known as 'Natural State' is Arkansas 219 The popular detective character created by Agatha Christie is Hercule Poirot 220 The Pakistani President who died in an aircrash was Zia-ul-Huq 221 Yoghurt means fermented milk 222 Yankee is the nickname of American 223 The International court of Justice is located in the Hague, Holland 224 The headquarters of World Bank is located at Washington DC 225 Victoria Falls was discovered by David Livingstone 226 The technique to produce the first test tube baby was evolved by Patrick Stepote and Robert Edwards 227 The oldest residential university of Britain is the Oxford University 228 The name of the large clock on the tower of the Houses of Parliament in London is called Big Ben 229 Prado museum is located in Madrid