Amazing Environmental Facts

Our world is a beautiful place and it has sustained everything living on it for millions of years. Although our presence has done much damage to it, we still have a chance to change it. 

The wonderful thing that’s happening today is that people are becoming more aware of the needs of our environment and are showing signs of willingness to make a change. When we talk of environment, it involves everything around us, not just the weather. It includes all the animals, plants and the human beings living in this planet.

Here are some amazing environmental facts that you need to know about.

• 27,000 trees are cut down each day so we can have Toilet Paper.
• Aluminum can be recycled continuously, as in forever. Recycling 1 aluminum can save enough energy to run our TVs for at least 3 hours. 80 trillion aluminum cans are used by humans every year.
• American companies alone use enough Paper to encircle the Earth 3x! (It’s a good thing that businesses are moving towards going paperless)
• We can save 75,000 trees if we recycled the paper used on the daily run of the New York Times alone.
• When you throw plastic bags and other plastic materials in the ocean, it kills as many as 1 million sea creatures annually.
• A glass bottle made in our time will take more than 4,000 years to decompose.
• Only 1% of our planet’s water supply can be used. 97% is ocean water and 2% is frozen solid in the Arctic, for now.
• Our planet gains inhabitants numbering to 77 million people a year.
• An estimated 50,000 species inhabiting our tropical forests become extinct annually. That’s an average of 137 species a day.
• Rainforests are cut down at a rate of 100 acres per minute.
• The world’s oldest trees are more than 4,600 years old.
• Landfills are composed of 35% packaging materials.

List of World Top 3 Female Billionaires 2019

There were 244 women listed on the world's billionaires as of 10 April 2019, up from 242 in March 2018. Since Liliane Bettencourt died in 2017, her only child and heiress, Francoise Bettencourt Meyers has been listed as the world's wealthiest female. MacKenzie Bezos is not included because she gained her individual wealth after the 2019 rankings were published.

The top 3 women billionaires, using the Forbes static ranking as of 5 March 2019 are:

1# Francoise Bettencourt Meyers $56 billion

Francoise Bettencourt Meyers is a French billionaire heiress and an author of Bible commentaries and works on Jewish-Christian relations. She is the only daughter and heiress of Liliane Bettencourt, and her family owns the company L'Oreal.

2# Alice Walton $50.2 billion

Alice Louise Walton (born October 7, 1949) is an heir to the fortune of Walmart Inc. She is the daughter of Walmart founder Sam Walton and Helen Walton, and sister of S. Robson Walton, Jim Walton and the late John T. Walton.

3# Jacqueline Mars $27.7 billion

Jacqueline Mars (born October 10, 1939) is an American heiress and investor. She is the daughter of Audrey Ruth (Meyer) and Forrest Mars, Sr., and granddaughter of Frank C. Mars, founders of the American candy company Mars, Incorporated.

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World's Top 3 Wealthiest Kids 2019

Almost all of the rich kids have rich parents, or are in entertainment industry. However, there are few entrepreneurs.

A Top 3 richest kids in the world:

1. Prince George Alexander Louis ($1 Billion)

Prince George Alexander Louis is only two years old and he’s already a billionaire. That’s because George Alexander is the son of Prince William and Kate Middleton. George Alexander is third in line to the throne in the United Kingdom, and being a royal obviously has its perks.

2. Knox & Vivienne Jolie Pitt ($67.5 Million)

Knox and Vivienne are the twins of Hollywood stars Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. The couple has adopted quite a few children over the years, but Knox and Vivienne are rumored to have the biggest financial futures out of all of their siblings. With parents who are among the highest earners in the money-packed entertainment industry.

3. Dannielynn Hope Marshall Birkhead ($59 Million)

Dannielynn is the daughter of the late Anna Nicole Smith, who had $10 million in net worth when she passed away. As the heiress to her mother’s wealth, Dannielynn received all of it, and was able to get nearly $49 million more in another lawsuit on her mother’s behalf.

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Richest Man In The World 2019

This is a list of richest people in the world based on real-time assessment of wealth and assets by Forbes.

Jeff Bezos $112.4 billion

Jeff Bezos founded e-commerce colossus Amazon in 1994 out of his garage in Seattle. He remains CEO and owns a nearly 12% stake.

Bill Gates $103.3 billion

With his wife Melinda, Bill Gates chairs the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the world's largest private charitable foundation.

Warren Buffett $95.4 billion

Known as the "Oracle of Omaha," Warren Buffett is one of the most successful investors of all time.

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What Is The Significance Of Muharram Festival?

Muharram becomes the first month of the Islamic Calendar and considered as the sacred month pf the year according to the Muslims. The tenth day of the Muharram is the day of most significance which is celebrated with huge enthusiasm by the people of different factions of Muslim community for various reasons.

The tenth day of the Muharram is of great importance, celebrated by the Shia Muslims in order to mourn the death of Hussain Ibn Ali whereas by the Sunni Muslims in order observe the victory of Moses over Egyptian Pharaoh.

According to the Shia Muslim, Hussain Ibn Ali was the famous figure in the Muslim religion and considered as the member of the Muhammad’s household.

According to the history, once, he refused to accept the Islamic rules by the Yazid. And he started revolting against him which gave rise to the Karbalan (a battle) during which he was beheaded whereas his family members were imprisoned in the Damascus.

Whereas, according to the Sunni Muslims, it is the day when Moses got victory over Egyptian Pharaohs. According to the history, it is considered as the Moses was a religious Islam leader, who was propagating the religious teachings among people all around the world. And he got victory on the tenth day of the Muharram over the Pharaohs of Egypt.

Both factions of the Muslim community celebrate this day with almost identical traditions. The difference is only that, Shia Muslim observe this day with fast on this day whereas Sunni Muslims observe this day with fast for an extra day (before or after this day) according to the teachings of the Muhammad Prophet.

Sometimes, Shia Muslims keep fast for the whole month as well as celebrate the day by flagellating themselves with sticks and rods in order to commemorate all the sufferings of the Hussain Ibn Ali (while fighting to Yazid).

Muharram Festival 2019

Muharram festival 2019 would be celebrated by the people of Islam religion all over the world on 10th of September Tuesday. Dates of the celebration may vary according to the place.

When Muharram Falls

It falls every year as the first month of the Islamic calendar and considered as one of the four sacred months of the year in Islam. It is a gazetted holiday (day off for the workers) all over the India in order to mark the start of Islamic year.

History of Muharram Festival

According to the Holy Quran, Muharram is one of the four sacred months of the year (other three are Zulqadah, Zulhijjah, and Rajab). The English meaning of Muharram is "Forbidden" and it is celebrated as the first month of the twelve months of Islamic lunar calendar.

People celebrate this day when they see the crescent moon. It is celebrated by the people of Muslim community to commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussain (including his family members and followers), a grandson of the Prophet Mohammed.

He was killed including with his family members and followers in AD 680 during the Battle of Karbala. People also remember Ali (the son-in-law of Prophet) and his elder son Hassan while celebrating the Muharram because they too suffered a lot and died for the rights of whole Muslim community.

This festival symbolizes the beginning of the new Islamic year. Muharram word is derived from the word ‘haram’ which means “forbidden". The whole month of Muharram is considered as sacred during which fighting is strictly prohibited. First ten days of this festival is called as the period of mourning.

According to the history, it is considered that Prophet Mohammed had no successor as he never named anyone. So his followers has been elected as his successor. Hussain, the younger son of Ali, was assassinated on tenth day in month of Muharram that’s why the event is so called Ashura. This led to the division of whole Muslim community into Shias and Sunnis.

This day is celebrated by the Shias Muslim by considering rightful successors of the Prophet Mohammed (Ali, Hassan and Hussain). They mourn the death of Prophet’s successors during the Muharram and on the occurrence of crescent moon they recite the plaintive verses on the sweetened cold drink by wearing the black dress in the memory of the Imam Hussain. Whereas, it is celebrated by the Sunnis Muslim as the occasion during which they maintain calm and silence.

Significance and Ritual of Muharram Festival

Muharram festival is the day of great significance and its first 10 days are celebrated by the Muslim people of Shia community by giving honour to the assassination of the Hazrat Imam Hussain and his family members (killed and imprisoned by the forces of Umayyad ruler Yazeed Ibn Muawiyah in the Battle of Karbala in 680 AD).

People of the Muslim religion keep fast for whole month (not mandatory) believing as the virtues and awards of this sacred month.

Celebration of Muharram Festival

Muharram festival is celebrated all over the world by both Sunni and Shia Muslims for whole month or especially 10th day of Muharram. They celebrate Muharram as a month of mourning to commemorate the event took place at Karbala with Imam Hussain, his family members and followers.

It is celebrated as the gazetted holiday all over the India that’s why banks, government offices, post offices, Islamic stores, businesses, organisations and other offices remain closed for full day or opened for only sometime. This festival is celebrated with great enthusiasm with large prayer meetings (in the mosques or private homes), parades and marches which cause local traffic.

It is celebrated in the same manner by the Muslim community all over the country. It is also celebrated as the month of mourning in order to commemorate the Battle of Karbala. Muslim people of Shia community, cry very loudly and beat their chest by being sorrow in order to commemorate all the sufferings of the Imam Hussain and his followers.

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