Interesting International News(World News) Updates

 1. Hyperion is the world's tallest known living tree.       Hyperion is known as the world's tallest known living tree. It belongs to the species Sequoia sempervirens ( Common name: Coast Redwood ). This species includes the tallest living trees on Earth. These trees are also among the oldest living things on Earth living 1,200 - 1,800 years or more.            Hyperion was discovered on August 25, 2006 by naturalists Chris Atkins and Michael Taylor. The tree was verified as standing 115.55 m ( 379.1 ft ) tall by Stephen Sillett. The tree was found in a remote area of Redwood National and State Parks in California. The Park also houses the second tallest tree Helios and third largest Icarus. (Note: The exact location of Hyperion is kept secret to protect the tree from growing taller ) 2. History of Moon           The Moon formed 4.5 billion years ago when a Mars-sized object called Theia slammed into the proto-Earth when our planet was 1 billion years old, according to leading

  1. Brazil is World's Largest Coffee Producer      Brazil is the world largest producer of coffee, a position the country has held for the last 150 years. Coffee plantations are mainly located in the southeastern states: Minas Gerais, Sao Paulo and Parana where the environment and climate provide ideal growing conditions.      The crop first arrived in Brazil in the 18th century and the country had become the dominant producer by the 1840s.      The first coffee bush in Brazil was planted by Franciso de Melo Pelheta in the state Para in 1727. According to the legend, the then king of the country wanted to become a part of the coffee market. So he sent Franciso to French Guiana (overseas region  of France) to obtain coffee seeds. Franciso initially had difficulty obtaining these seeds due to the governor's unwillingness to export the seeds. However, he managed to smuggle the seeds into Brazil by seducing the governor's wife who secretly gave him a bouquet spiked with seeds.