- The brad Coco Cola was first sold it Atlanta Georgia 1886.
- A baby echidna is called a puggle.
- Ethan and Joel Coen wrote the 1998 movie The Big Lebowski starring Jeff Bridges.
- The quetzal is the basic monetary unit of Guatemala.
- Suet is raw beef or mutton fat.
- Eurystheus, King of Mycnae imposed the 12 labours on Hercules.
- The word robot comes from the Czech word robotnik which means forced labour.
- The feminine personification of Great Britain is Britannia.
- Onondaga Lake is named after the Iroquois tribes that lived nearby in Central New York State – the lake now being one of the most polluted in the USA.
- The Coptic Alphabet is a variation of the Greek Alphabet.
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