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The Amazon Theatre (Portuguese: Teatro Amazonas) is an opera house located in Manaus, Brazil, in the heart of the Amazon rainforest. It was built during the Belle Époque at a time when fortunes were made in the rubber boom. The theatre was inaugurated on December 31, 1896, with the first performance occurring on January 7, 1897, with the Italian opera, La Gioconda, by Amilcare Ponchielli. It was chosen by the magazine Vogue as one of the most beautiful opera houses in the world.

Discovered in 1992 in the Vietnamese region of Vũ Quang, Saola is one of the most endangered and rarest world's large mammals. They were observed for the second time in 1999 and again in 2010. Saolas are native to the Annamite Range in Vietnam and Laos and lives in numbers of several hundred, exclusively in the wild. In the press, saolas have been referred to as "Asian unicorns", an appellation apparently due to its rarity and reported gentle nature, and perhaps because both the saola and the oryx have been linked with the unicorn.

The photo shows a male red-breasted flycatcher (Ficedula parva). It is found mainly in eastern Europe. It is often confused with the european robin from which it differs in that the red of the breast does not reach the eye and is fuzzy on it, and the edges of the tail are white. A typically diurnal bird, it is hard to spot, as it leads a secretive lifestyle, usually in the treetops, feeding on insects, sometimes on plants, such as elderberry fruit.

The colors symbolize justice and constancy (blue) and purity (white). The main element of the emblem is the resplendent quetzal, which the Aztecs considered a messenger of the gods. Today, the bird is considered a symbol of Indian pride, and since it cannot live in captivity, it is a symbol of freedom.

The flag of Ecuador features three stripes: yellow, blue and red, as well as an emblem. The red and yellow stripes represent the Spanish flag, while the blue stripe symbolizes the ocean separating South America from Spain. A condor is shown at the top.

The gray crowned crane is a symbol of Uganda, present on the country's flag and coat of arms. It lives in savannahs. It is omnivorous and eats, among others: insects, frogs, leaves, grass seeds.

Mponeng, the world's deepest gold mine, is located in Carletonville, South Africa, about 65 kilometers west of Johannesburg. Owned and operated by Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited, it produces an average of 420,000 ounces of gold per year.

The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) was an international organization for collective defense in Southeast Asia created by the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty, or Manila Pact, signed on 8 September 1954 in Manila, the Philippines. The treaty was drawn up both in English and French, whereas the Philippines was the depositary. Registered with the Secretariat of the UN on 13 April 1955, in accordance with the provisions of Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations. Neither Poland nor Germany was its member.

Giovanni Strazza (1818-1875) was an Italian sculptor who was born in Milan, Italy. He studied at Brera Academy in Milan and then worked in Rome between 1840 and 1858. He returned to Milan where he taught at his alma mater from 1860 to 1875, passing the "Sculpture Chair" to Giosuè Argenti.

Stubbs (April 12, 1997 – July 21, 2017) was a cat who was the honorary mayor of Talkeetna, Alaska from July 18, 1997 until his death. Stubbs was described as a tourist attraction that was flooded with cards and letters and attracted 30 to 40 tourists every day.

The weight of modern flying birds does not exceed 20 kg (the European and African Great Bustards are the heaviest). The Indian crane is the tallest modern flying bird.

The most expensive dog in the world is the Tibetan red mastiff. It was purchased in 2014 by a Chinese billionaire for two million dollars.

Hexane has 5 structural isomers. Namely, these are 2-methylpentane; 3-methylpentane; 2,2-dimethylbutane; 2,3-dimethylbutane and 3,3-dimethylbutane.

The magnificent frigatebird spends most of its life in the air. The magnificent frigatebird hunts mainly flying fish. It lives in the open waters, islands and coasts of the Western Atlantic Ocean (from Florida and the Caribbean to southern Brazil) and the Eastern Pacific. It owes its name to a puffing throat sac, which when filled with air resembles a frigate sail stretched in the wind. It is found in the flag of Kiribati.

Pigmalion (king of the Cyprus) king of the Cyprus in Greek mitology, who married Galatea - animated woman's statue from elephant's bone. According to Ovid he was discouraged woman's form and he lived alone. He was a sculptor and he sculpted in elephant's bone his ideal of a woman.

Arebeiten is german word, trabalhar Portuguese, lavorare Italian and Trabajar Spanish.

Eridu was long considered the earliest city in southern Mesopotamia. Located 12 km southwest of Ur, Eridu was the southernmost of a conglomeration of Sumerian cities that grew around temples, almost in sight of one another. These buildings were made of mud brick and built on top of one another.

The Israelites marched around the walls once every day for six days with the priests carrying the Ark of the Covenant. On the seventh day they marched seven times around the walls, then the priests blew their ram's horns, the Israelites raised a great shout, and the walls of the city fell.

Despite many reservations, muslims throughout the world accept Hazrat Uthman or Usman (RA) was the third caliph of Islam.

South Africa is the only country to have three capital cities, a unique arrangement designed to share power across all regions. The capital cities of South Africa are Pretoria (executive), Bloemfontein (judicial), and Cape Town (legislative).