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This is a beautiful website that shows the dimensions of all matter in the universe - smallest to largest. Please click [http://htwins.net/scale2/scale2.swf?bordercolor=white here] to enjoy. This was shared by R Manjunath, SADPI, DSERT. | This is a beautiful website that shows the dimensions of all matter in the universe - smallest to largest. Please click [http://htwins.net/scale2/scale2.swf?bordercolor=white here] to enjoy. This was shared by R Manjunath, SADPI, DSERT. | ||
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| + | In the Roman Julian Calendar, April used to be the first month of the year; but the Gregorian Calendar observed January as the first month. Even after shifting to the Gregorian Calendar, many people refused to give up old traditions and continued celebrating 1st April as the New Year's Day. When simple orders didn't work, the King finally issued a royal dictum; which stated that those who celebrated 1st April as the new year's day would be labelled as fools. From then on, 1st April became April Fool's Day. | ||
Revision as of 00:11, 21 November 2013
Fun with Science
Sharpen your scientific thinking
This is an online interactive quiz available on Encyclopedia Britannica and has 60 questions on various topics of science. Play and enjoy! To access the quiz click here.
Scale of the universe
This is a beautiful website that shows the dimensions of all matter in the universe - smallest to largest. Please click here to enjoy. This was shared by R Manjunath, SADPI, DSERT.
The origin of the calendar
In the Roman Julian Calendar, April used to be the first month of the year; but the Gregorian Calendar observed January as the first month. Even after shifting to the Gregorian Calendar, many people refused to give up old traditions and continued celebrating 1st April as the New Year's Day. When simple orders didn't work, the King finally issued a royal dictum; which stated that those who celebrated 1st April as the new year's day would be labelled as fools. From then on, 1st April became April Fool's Day.