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Sir Edric Bastyan was South Australia’s Governor from 1961 – 1968.
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The Trevi Fountain is a fountain in the Trevi district in Rome, Italy. Standing 26 metres (85.3 feet) high and 20 metres (65.6 feet) wide, it is the largest Baroque fountain in the city and one of the most famous fountains in the world. The Trevi Fountain was finished in 1762 by Giuseppe Pannini.
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The Commonwealth Games in 1976 were held in Christchurch New Zealand.
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There are three stars on the Mercedes-Benz star.
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The Australian Formula One Grand Prix in Adelaide in 1987 was won by Gerhard Berger.
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US Author Mark Twain described a soap bubble as “the most beautiful thing and the most exquisite in nature”.
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Famous horse race, The Melbourne Cup was first run in 1861.
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In March 1993, the first hotel poker machines were launched in the South Australian town of Woomera.
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Playwright Henrik Ibsen was Norwegian.
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The planet Jupiter is the host of 63 moons with most of them being 10kms or less in diameter. These moons were discovered when the first spacecraft arrived there in mid-1970’s.
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