Where What How Why » Educative http://www.where-what-how-why.com Have your questions answered Fri, 13 Aug 2010 23:32:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 How to use scented geraniums? http://www.where-what-how-why.com/?p=715 http://www.where-what-how-why.com/?p=715#comments Fri, 13 Aug 2010 23:28:46 +0000 webmaster http://www.where-what-how-why.com/?p=715 What are the most important product obtained from scented geraniums? Essential Geranium Oil – very expensive, very fragrant and intense used in perfumes industry to make perfumes, syntetic rose oil or fragrancing bath or body oils. Second usage is for decorative purposes: scented geraniums (aka scented pelargoniums) ennobles any garden with their exotic foliage, whether are planted in flower beds, hanging baskets or flower pots and their dried scented leaves with different shapes or textures are very appreciated in sachets and potpourri-es.

What else can do with fresh leaves or flowers? If you know how to fit their taste and essences into your favorite recipes, you will appreciate their flavors in different dishes. Why is it a fragrant adventure to use their leaves in cooking? Because their diverse flavors: rose, lemon-rose, orange, apple, coconut, apricot, nutmeg, oak or champagne add an unexpected and mysterious touch to your homemade scented sugar, jelly, tea cake and/or syrup.

]]> http://www.where-what-how-why.com/?feed=rss2&p=715 0 What are the top 5 most popular baby names of the decade? http://www.where-what-how-why.com/?p=698 http://www.where-what-how-why.com/?p=698#comments Wed, 23 Dec 2009 04:15:08 +0000 webmaster http://www.where-what-how-why.com/?p=698 For boys:

    1. Aiden
    2. Jacob
    3. Ethan
    4. Matthew
    5. Nicholas

For girls:

    1. Emma
    2. Emily
    3. Madison
    4. Isabella
    5. Ava

For the top 50 most popular baby names of the decade and top 100 for 2009, please read this article on Shine, Yahoo.

]]> http://www.where-what-how-why.com/?feed=rss2&p=698 0 What is the most common name in the world? http://www.where-what-how-why.com/?p=695 http://www.where-what-how-why.com/?p=695#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:14:31 +0000 webmaster http://www.where-what-how-why.com/?p=695 Apparently the mot commond name in the world is Mohamed. We don’t know how accurate this information is yet since our only source for this is one of our faithful readers.

]]> http://www.where-what-how-why.com/?feed=rss2&p=695 0 How do you call a pregnant gold fish? http://www.where-what-how-why.com/?p=693 http://www.where-what-how-why.com/?p=693#comments Sat, 03 Oct 2009 18:02:57 +0000 webmaster http://www.where-what-how-why.com/?p=693 Thi question implies an impossibility, aka a pregnant gold fish. Like all cyprinids, the gold fish lays eggs, but when the gold fish is in that laying eggs stage, it is called a twit.

]]> http://www.where-what-how-why.com/?feed=rss2&p=693 0 Who was Akbar? http://www.where-what-how-why.com/?p=659 http://www.where-what-how-why.com/?p=659#comments Sun, 14 Dec 2008 14:43:43 +0000 webmaster http://www.where-what-how-why.com/?p=659 Akbar was Babur’s grandson and he was the greatest of the Mughal emperors. He expanded the empire to cover most of northern India. His reign brought peace and prosperity. Although Akbar could not read or write, he encouraged philosophers, poets, artists, architects and musicians. He died in 1605. His son Jehangir and Jehangir’s son Shah Jehan enjoyed long and prosperous reigns. For the first time, the Mughals gained control of western India. Under Shah Jehan’s son Aurangzeb the Empire covered almost all of south Asia.

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