Saturday, June 9, 2012

TRIVIA BITS

 

  • The Concierto de Aranjuez for classical guitar and orchestra was composed by Joaquin Rodrigo in 1939.
  • The Australian seaside town of Penguin is in the state of Tasmania.
  • “Crocodile tears” is used to describe false or insincere tears.
  • Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated in 1995.
  • In the children’s television series The Mickey Mouse Club, Friday was Talent Round-Up Day.
  • Winnie the Pooh was created by A. A. Milne.
  • In mythology, Prometheus was chained to a rock and tortured by a vulture for having stolen fire.
  • The Pilbara is a large, dry region in the Australian state of Western Australia.
  • Louis XIV of France was also known as the “Sun King”.
  • The oldest and occupied castle in the world is Windsor Castle in the UK.

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