Trivia Bits 28 November

 

• In 453AD, feared invader Attila the Hun is claimed to have died from a nosebleed on his wedding night.
• Forbes Magazine named actor/singer Jennifer Lopez as 2012’s most powerful celebrity in the world.
• The Daily Slate was the newspaper in the television series The Flintstones.
• The first names of the 5 Marx Brothers were: Adolph (Harpo), Julius (Groucho), Leonard (Chico), Herbert (Zeppo) and Milton (Gummo).
• Panama has coasts on both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
• The three longest serving Premiers of South Australia are Sir Thomas Playford, John Bannon and Mike Rann.
• The powers of evil can take many forms is taken from the Sherlock Holmes’ story The Hound of the Baskervilles.
• The moons of Uranus are named after Shakespearian characters - Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, and Oberon.
• Such is life were reputedly the last words of Australian bushranger Ned Kelly.
• Liu Yang, 33, was the first Chinese woman to venture into space in June 2012.