I've heard it said (many times recently!) that the Chinese word for "crisis" is the same as that for "opportunity." I find it difficult to believe, but is it really true? -- Alison Raouf, via the In  

Since I live in Alabama and don't come in contact with that many Muslims, I thought I'd just ask you. When Muslims must face Mecca and pray, which way do they face? Since our planet is round, one   

I have read that one of the tallest buildings in the world -- if not the tallest is a hotel in, of all places, Pyongyang, North Korea. My fragmented knowledge is that it was built after a South Kore