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Army of 2.5 million officials starts task of Indian census of a billion people

indefatigable: untiring.

This capital of Latvia is sometimes known as the "Paris of the Baltic."

* Riga

Anything with a question mark in the date is probable, but not known for definite. A tilde (~) indicates that the date is approximate.

Only relatively few episodes have specific dates attached to them, but dates for the rest of them can be guessed at with a fair degree of certainty. For this purpose, I have made the simple assumption that the chronological order in which episodes occur is the same as the order of production code. There were four production seasons of roughly 18 episodes apiece. Space Pilot 3000 (1ACV01) is the first, The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings (4ACV18) is the last. This system enables all the episodes to be placed on the timeline, with only a little uncertainty and only one episode (Roswell That Ends Well) definitely out of sequence.

A slight anomaly is that this results in about 20 episodes taking place between January 1 and February 14, 3002. Hey ho. There are a few other interesting notes which you'll find as you read.

17 years before the Big Bang: Nibblonian civilisation is born

~28,997,001 BC or earlier: Emperor Nimbala rules Zuben 5. He will be seen in the year 3000 as a mummy in a tiny sarcophagus

1410 AD: Origins of banking industry regulations

1776: The United States of America are founded

1788: Steamboat invented

1793: Cotton gin invented

19th century: Light bulb, steamboat and cotton gin invented, according to Leela. Note that she's wrong on two of the three counts; the steamboat and the cotton gin are both from the 18th century. See above.

1820 to 1887: Golden Age Of Muttonchops

1874: Light bulb invented

 
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 Yiying Lu designed Twitter's Fail Whale
 
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 Orkut Büyükkökten is founder of Orkut!
 
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On January 26th, 1926, scientists and press at the Royal Institution in London received the first public demonstration of the TV.
 
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The tiger population in India is moving towards extinction faster than we can say Tiger! Soon school excursions to tiger parks, adventure holidays to tiger sanctuaries or even a visit to the zoo to see the big cat will be a thing of the past!

Human encroachment of the natural habitat and poaching are the main causes for this travesty. We all need to wake up to this stark reality before we lose the national animal forever! Did you know.

* The earliest known portrayal of the Royal Bengal Tiger in India comes to us from the Indus Valley Civilization where a 2500 BC seal featuring a tiger was found.

* At the current rate of poaching and habitat loss, it is estimated that tigers in the wild could completely disappear within the next ten years

* Bengal Tigers are native to India, Nepal and Bangladesh.Tigers are fully grown at 3-4 years of age. Male Bengal tigers reach up to 230 kilograms and three metres in length, while the female Bengal tigers are 130-170 kilograms and up to 2.5 metres long

* Tiger stripes are like fingerprints. No two are the same. The stripes are not only in the tiger's fur, but are a pigmentation of the skin.

* At full running speed tigers reach up to 60 kilometres per hour.

* Tigers have a white spot on the back of both ears, which looks like eyes. This tricks predators into thinking the tiger is looking at them. This is why they are called 'eye spots

* A group of tigers is called a 'streak'.

* Tigers have two noses! Well, not literally of course. A secondary scent gland called 'Jacobson's organ' is located in the tigers mouth and is used in assisting the animals in identifying other scents.

* All tigers have a similar marking on their forehead, which resembles the Chinese symbol Wang, (King).

* The tail gives the tiger extra balance when running and is also used to communicate to other tigers.

* The tendons in a tiger's leg are so strong that it has been known to remain standing after it has been shot dead.

 
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International Women's Day (IWD) is marked on March 8 every year. It is a major day of global celebration for the economic, political and social achievements of women.

Started as a political event, the holiday blended in the culture of many countries (primarily Russia and the countries of former Soviet bloc).

In some celebrations, the day lost its political flavour, and became simply an occasion for men to express their love to the women around them in a way somewhat similar to Mother's Day and St Valentine's Day mixed together. In others, however, the political and human rights theme as designated by the United Nations runs strong, and political and social awareness of the struggles of women worldwide are brought out and examined in a hopeful manner.

The IWD is also celebrated as the first spring holiday, as in the listed countries the first day of March is considered the first day of the spring season.

 
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March 4, 1774 - First sighting of Orion Nebula by William Herschel.

MArch 4, 1789 - In New York City, the first United States Congress meets, putting the Constitution of the United States into effect.

March 5, 1968 - U.S. launches Solar Explorer B, aka Explorer 37 from Wallops Island to study the Sun.

March 5, 1912 - Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, using them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines.

March 7, 1926 The first successful trans-Atlantic radio-telephone conversation took place, between New York City and London.

March 7, # 1876 - Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for an invention he calls the telephone (patent # 174,465).

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March 3, 1575 - Indian Mughal Emperor Akbar defeats Bengali army at the Battle of Tukaroi

March 3, 1971 - Beginning of Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 and India's official entry to the Bangladesh Liberation War in support of Mukti Bahini