When the orphan Oliver Twist plaintively says, "Please, sir, I want some more," the workhouse guardians are so horrified at this rebellion that Oliver has to be sent away before the other orphans can start getting ideas. And yet what Oliver asks for is very modest: another bowl of gruel. Gruel is (or was) … Read more

20.45 in CET is 19.45 in GMT. This is because CET which is Central European Time is one hour ahead GMT which stands for Greenwich Meridian Time. This is otherwise known as GMT +0100. Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark (mainland), France, Germany, Gibraltar, Hungary, Italy, … Read more

In the area of mathematics, a transcendental number is that number which is either real or complex, but is not algebraic. In other words, a transcendental number is that which is not the answer to a non zero polynomial equation having integer coefficients. The most widely known instance of a transcendental number is pi. Only … Read more

The value of the digit 8 in the numeral should be tens of millions

XXV=25 where X=10 and V=5.