- Queen Elizabeth II became the first British monarch to visit Australia in 1954.
- Famous American jail Alcatraz is also known as The Rock.
- The word rumba comes from the verb rumbear which means going to parties, dancing and having a good time. Although the main growth of this dance occurred in Cuba, similar developments took place in other Caribbean islands and in Latin America generally.
- The Electrolux vacuum cleaner was associated for many years with Mr Jolly.
- US President Richard Nixon was the First US President to visit Moscow.
- The total number of days in July, August and September are 92.
- Quantities of paper are measured in units including reams and quires.
- The branch of zoology that studies birds’ eggs is Oology.
- The famous To be or not to be speech appears in William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet.
- The Pan Am plane blown up over Lockerbie, Scotland 1988, was flight 103.
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