Why are houses in Greece are blue and white ???

 Many people recognize blue and white as iconic colours of  Greece. These are also the colours in Greek flag.

Many of the Greek houses are built out of stone.  Rocky terrain is of darker colour.  

This presented a problem during the sunny Greek Summer.  The sunlight falling down on homes would be  absorbed by dark stones making interior unbearably hot.

Hence, residents began painting the stones white in order to cool down their interiors.

Greeks painted their house blue because it was  the cheapest colour available  !!!!

Why does curd turns sour faster in summer than winter ??

 I like to drink curd instead of having rice with it.

But yesterday, curd was so much sour that I could not drink it.

When I complained , my mother asked me to have the sour curd mixing with rice. She added little milk also to the curd rice.

Now the same sour curd has become eatable  !!!

Curd turns sour even in winters.  But it turns sour quickly during summers.

WHY    ???

High temperatures accelerate the activity and growth of Lectobacilus bacteria.

These bacteria converts the natural sugar in milk into lactic acid. This process is necessary to set the curd.

But heat acts as an accelerator, causing the bacteria to multiply rapidly and produce acid much faster than winters.

Once the curd is set, fermentation does not stop there  !!!

The bacteria continues to produce acid, quickly pushing the taste from mildly tangy to sharply sour.

These bacteria thrive best in temperature between 30 to 45 degree Celsius which is common during summer.

That's why curd turns sour quickly in summers  !!!

Foods that should not be mixed with curd....

 Curd doesn't suit to every combination of food. 

Some food pairings can upset digestion, cause discomfort or reduce its natural goodness.

Such food combination are  -----

1.  Fish with curd

2.  Curd with fruits 

3.  Curd with milk

4. Onions with curd

Most venomous scorpion of the world

 Scorpion by the name deathstalker is the most venomous scorpion in the world.

It is native to South Africa and middle east.

They are relatively small.

They inhabit dry, desert area.  They hide under stones.

Venom of this scorpion is unusually resistant to treatment and requires large doses of anti venom.

Tourist cities with fastest and slowest mobile internet

 These are the tourist cities with fastest mobile internet 

1..  Doha,  Qatar 

2.   Dubai ,  UAE 

3.   Abu Dhabi ,  UAE 

4.  Riyadh ,  Saudi Arabia 

5.  Copenhagen  ,  Denmark 

6.   Porto,  Portugal 

7.   Oslo,  Norway 

8.  Lisbon ,  Portugal 

9.  Shanghai ,  China 

10.  Beijing ,   China 

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Tourist cities with slowest mobile internet 

1.   Havana ,  Cuba 

2.  La Paz ,  Bolivia 

3.  Caracas,    Venezuela 

4.   Asuncion ,  Paraguay 

5.   Panama City ,  Panama 

6.  Lima ,  Peru 

7.  Alexandria  ,  Egypt 

8.   Quito , Ecuador 

9.  Lahore ,  Pakistan 

10 .   Minsk ,  Belarus