Monday, June 9, 2014

Trivia Bits 09 June

 

The first female president of Indonesia was Megawati Sukarnoputri who served as the President of Indonesia from 23 July 2001 to 20 October 2004.

The Birkenhead Bridge which opens on a regular basis so that boats can pass through the Port River in the western part of Adelaide, South Australia, was opened in 1940.

The Karachi Stock Exchange is in Pakistan and was funded in 1948.

Although American composer Colonel Harold Van Heuvelen composed his Symphony No. 1 during World War II, it was only premiered at Brucker Hall at Fort Myer, Virginia on November 4, 2012, by the U.S. Army Band under the direction of Major Tod Addison.

A hurdle race is generally 400 metres in length.

The Death's Head moth is named for the mark on its back, which resembles a human skull and is found primarily in Europe and Asia.

The Cementerio General de Chile established in 1821 is the final resting place for all but two of the deceased Presidents of Chile, the exceptions being Gabriel González Videla and Augusto Pinochet.

Frequently used food Garlic is often called stinking rose because of its strong odour.

Anh Do is a Vietnamese-born Australian author, actor and comedian known as The Happiest Refugee.

The fourth-century Byzantine mosaic discovered in Maryamin, in central Syria, is one of the few artifacts that give an indication on how the pipe organ instrument was used in antiquity.

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