Which is the country ??

 This question was asked on Koun Banega Karodpati program.

Question 

Through which European country, river Rhine and river Rhône are flowing  ??

1.  Hungary 

2.  Spain 

3.  Switzerland 

4.  Iceland 

Answer 

It is clearly given that "  which European country  " ??

The results I got after searching the web are  ----

Both these rivers originate in Swiss Alps.

River Rhine flows through Switzerland,  Liechtenstein,  Austria,, Germany, France and Netherlands.

River Rhône flows in Switzerland and France.

Both the rivers flows through Switzerland and France  !!!

But France is not in the option,  Switzerland is there ....

Hence answer            SWITZERLAND     !!!!

Countries with names history forgot

The names of countries have changed.

Here I am listing out counties with their new and older names  ----

1.   Japan ,   Nippon 

2.  Sri Lanka ,  Ceylon 

3.  Thailand ,   Siam

4.  Iran ,  Persia 

5.  Ethiopia ,   Abyssinia 

6.  Iraq ,  Mesopotamia

7.  France ,   Gaul

8.   Myanmar ,   Burma 

9.   Taiwan  ,   Formosa 

10.  United Arab Emirates ,  Sheikhdoms  !!!

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From floating to hanging upside down

 By reading the title of the blog article, it is clear that I am talking about the way of sleeping.

Not in humans, but in animals  !!!!

Here are some of the animals with unique style of sleeping  ------

1.  Elephants 

               Elephants sleep together, in groups, while standing up.

2.  Sea cows

               Sea cows take nap just like us, lying down but on sea floor  !!!

3.  Koalas 

               Koalas are always seen curled up around tree branches.

4.  Whales

             Some species of whales have weird way of sleeping.  They sleep in vertical position completely upright  !!!!

5. Sea otters 

               They float on their back.

6.  Owls

               Specially baby owls sleep by lying flat on a branch as if they were too tired !!!!!

6.  Snails 

                They sleep by retracting into their shells.

7.  Bats

               Everyone knows that bats sleep by hanging upside down.

Most unusual places in the world where people live

 These are the unusual places where people still live.

1.   Coober Pedy ,  Australia 

                Here residents live underground to escape temperatures reaching 50 degree Celsius.

2.   Aogashima island ,  Japan 

              Here people live inside  an active volcano's Crater !!!  They use geothermal springs to cook food.

3.  Ganvie ,  Benin 

                   This is the largest floating village in Africa.

4.  Centralia ,  USA 

                    Here the ground is unstable and air toxic.  Residents live by sealing their houses.