Trivia Bits 15 January

 

• British Acts of Parliament are printed on vellum - a translucent material produced from the skin, often split, of a young animal.
• Cholecystitis is the inflammation of gallbladder.
• An ossuary is a container or room in which human skeletal remains are kept.
• The abbreviation NASA stands for National Aeronautic and Space Administration.
• Founded by Robert Baden Powell, the Boy Scouts have the motto “Be Prepared”.
• The three letter abbreviation for an informal letter of indebtedness is IOU.
• Paper was invented in China by 105 AD during the Han Dynasty and spread slowly to the west via Samarkand and Baghdad.
• The opening track to Australia’s John Farnham’s album Whispering Jack is Pressure Down.
• In 2005, Perth born Australian artist Rolf Harris said that his portrait of Queen Elizabeth made her look like “a pork butcher from Norwich.”
• Australian Prime Minister, Paul Keating, was criticised in 1992 for breaching etiquette by touching Queen Elizabeth’s “royal personage”.