Nicci French is the pseudonym for two London journalists, husband-and-wife team Nicci Gerrard and Sean French, who write psychological thrillers together including their debut novel in 1997 The Memory Game (cover pictured).
Nykøbing Castle, demolished in 1767, was the traditional residence of Denmark's queen dowagers.
Pringle Stokes, captain of HMS Beagle on its first voyage (1826-1830), and Robert Fitzroy, captain on the second voyage (1831-1836), both committed suicide.
The 2013 movie Blue Jasmine was directed by Woody Allen and starred Cate Blanchett, Alec Baldwin and Peter Sarsgaard.
Experiences with girls on the street led philosopher Bertrand Russell's "stern and gloomy" Aunt Maude (Stanley) to write Clubs for Working Girls in 1890.
The tree species Malus Domestica produces Apples.
The Viceroyalty of La Plata—covering Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay—was the last viceroyalty created by Spain was established in 1776 and ceased to exist in 1814 as a result of revolution.
The first Australian state to legalise cremation was South Australia in 1891.
One Hundred Years of Solitude is a 1967 novel by Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez that tells the multi-generational story of the Buendía family, whose patriarch, José Arcadio Buendía, founds the town of Macondo, the metaphoric Colombia.
On the ill-fated liner RMS Titanic, there were only 20 lifeboats fitted.
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