The beautifully preserved, long, thin yellow noodles were found inside an overturned sealed bowl at the Lajia archaeological site in northwestern China. The bowl was buried under ten feet (three meters) of sediment.
“This is the earliest empirical evidence of noodles ever found,” Houyuan Lu of the Institute of Geology and Geophysics at Beijing’s Chinese Academy of Sciences said.
Though whether the modern version of the stringy pasta was first invented by the Chinese, Italians, or Arabs is debatable. Some theories suggest noodles were first made in the Middle East and introduced to Italy by the Arabs. Italians are widely credited for popularizing the food in Europe and spreading it around the world. Quite interesting.
Nature?s fury knows no geographical boundaries. Mumbai was witness to this on Tuesday as the highest-ever rainfall (94.4 centimeters, 37.1 inches) recorded in a single day in India shut down the financial hub of Mumbai, snapped communication lines, closed airports and thousands of commuters were stranded on the way home or were in their offices far away from home.
Tens of thousands of people were stranded for hours on roads in Bombay. The All India Radio reported about 150,000 people were stranded in railway stations across Mumbai, India’s main financial center.
Due to heavy water-logging in low lying suburban stations, the local trains services had to be suspended.Thousands of commuters were stranded on trains for 5-6 hours without water or food.
The heavy downpour forced the AAI to shut down Mumbai airport — one of the busiest in the country and divert all Domestic as well as International flights to Ahmedabad and New Delhi as dark clouds and showers hampered visibility on the two runways.Hundreds of passengers were stranded at the airport as all flights were cancelled.
India’s previous heaviest rainfall, recorded at Cherrapunji in the Meghalaya state, one of the rainiest places on Earth, was 83.82 centimeters (33 inches) on July 12, 1910.
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Top 21 things an Indian does after returning to India from “US”
21. Tries to use credit card in road side hotel.
20. Drinks and carries mineral water and always speaks of health conscious.
19. Sprays duo such so that he doesn’t need to take bath.
18. Sneezes and says ‘Excuse me’.
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