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One of Britain's most famous composers, Sir Michael Tippett, composed pieces notoriously difficult to play, At the premiere of his 'Symphony No. 2', the orchestra got lost in the middle of the piece and the conductor had to start again.
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One of Queen Victoria's wedding gifts was a 3 metre diameter, half tonne cheese.
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One of the greatest natural disasters of recent centuries occurred when an earthquake hit Tangshan, China killing three quarters of a million people.
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One of the longest English words that can be typed using the top row of a typewriter (allowing multiple uses of letters) is 'typewriter.'
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One out of every eight letters used in written English is an e.
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One pound of tea can make 300 cups of the beverage.
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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen.
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One square inch of human skin contains 625 sweat glands.
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Only 1 child in 20 is born on the day predicted by the doctor.
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Only female mosquitoes bite. Females need the protein from blood to produce their eggs.
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