The Canary Islands are in the Atlantic Ocean and are a Spanish archipelago located just off the northwest coast of mainland Africa, 100 km west of the border between Morocco and the Western Sahara.
Kohlrabi is a cultivar of the common vegetable Cabbage.
Marilyn Monroe’s first husband was James Dougherty whom she married on June 19, 1942 at the home of a Chester Howell in Los Angeles. She filed for divorce in Las Vegas, Nevada, while he was in Shanghai, China during World War II; it was finalized on September 13, 1946.
The martial art, originating in Thailand, known as the art of eight limbs is Muay Thai which uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques.
In human anatomy, the scapula is more commonly known as the shoulderblade.
A 1956 French musical Irma la Douce, music by Marguerite Monnot and lyrics and book by Alexandre Breffor, was made into a 1963 movie starring Shirley MacLaine.
DBC Pierre won the 2003 Man Brooker Prize for Fiction for the novel Vernon God Little which has also been adapted as two different stage plays.
The parliament of Iceland is known as The Althing being the oldest assembly in Europe, first convened in 930.
Austrian born Ida Freund was the first female university chemistry lecturer in the United Kingdom when she was promoted to staff lecturer in chemistry Newnham College, Cambridge in 1893.
Credited with creating the ostrich guitar tuning is American musician, singer and songwriter Lou Reed.
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