- The action in the book The Snow Goose by Paul Gallico was set in World War II.
- Phuket is the largest island in Thailand.
- The Beaufort Scale is used to measure wind speeds.
- The Swedish Nightingale was the nickname of Jenny Lind.
- Hyperhidrosis is better known as excessive sweating.
- The Gobi is a large desert region in Asia.
- The title characters in the 2004 film Starsky and Hutch were played by Ben Stiller (David Starsky) and Owen Wilson (Ken “Hutch” Hutchinson).
- Parking meters were first installed in Adelaide, South Australia in 1958.
- The lead singer of the Australian band Sherbert was Daryl Braithwaite.
- An abnormal and persistent fears of mirrors is known as eisoptrophobia.
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