(The opposite holds true for the Southern Hemisphere, where June brings the winter solstice and the shortest day of the year.) Read on for some more intriguing facts about the summer solstice.

According to NASA, this year, the summer solstice in India will occur on June 21 at 8:09 pm IST. The list below gives some interesting facts about the longest day of the year: The term ‘summer ...

3. Stonehenge was moved to line up with the summer solstice - FALSE The world famous stone circle, Stonehenge in Wiltshire, is thousands of years old. Historians say that it was built to align ...