Trivia Bits 16 August

 

• Annus is the latin word for year.
• Dr Derek Shepherd, also known as McDreamy, in the television medical drama Grey’s Anatomy is played by Patrick Dempsey.
• The official language in the African country of Ghana is English.
• An ambidextrous person can use both hands equally well.
• Painter Vincent van Gogh (30 March 1853 – 29 July 1890) was a Dutch post-Impressionist painter whose work, notable for its rough beauty, emotional honesty, and bold colour, had a far-reaching influence on 20th-century art.
• In 1988, Queen Elizabeth II was awarded 100,000 pounds by the High Court against the Sun Newspaper for publishing a private family photo.
• Along with Saint Louise de Marillac, Vincent de Paul founded the Daughters of Charity in 1633.
• Praised by Pliny the Elder, ancient Greek painter Appelles’ work only survives through description such as his Aphrodite Rising from the Sea.
• In the Bible, the father of Esau and Jacob was Isaac.
• The Dieri is an Indigenous Australian group and language from the South Australian desert -- specifically Cooper and Leigh Creek, Lake Howitt, and Lake Hope, Lake Gregory and Clayton River and low country north of Mount Freeling.