Monday, September 1, 2014

Trivia Bits 01 September

 

 

Portrait of the Duchess of Alba

The 1797 oil-on-canvas painting by Spanish painter Francisco Goya Portrait of the Duchess of Alba (pictured), the duchess is wearing her mourning clothes, as her husband died the year before.

The St Albans Hoard, one of the largest hoards of Roman gold coins ever found in Britain, was discovered by a man using his new metal detector for the first time in a field near St Albans in Hertfordshire in October 2012.

In Mexico, sombreros for peasants are traditionally made from straw.

Ready Steady Cook is a BBC daytime TV cooking programme which debuted on 24 October 1994 with the last edition broadcast on 2 February 2010.

The total number of Americans killed in the Civil War is greater than the combined total of Americans killed in all other wars.

The United States Bullion Depository known as Fort Knox is located in the state of Kentucky with the site located on what is now Bullion Boulevard at the intersection of Gold Vault Road.

Dating back to the 15th-century BC, the Royal Palace of ancient Ugarit in Syria had fortification walls whose base sloped outward 45 degrees.

American William W. Cooper, a pioneer of management science, dropped out of high school and worked as a professional boxer winning 58 bouts, losing three, and drawing two, before going to Chicago University where he graduated with a B.A. and Phi Beta Kappa honours in 1938.

American photojournalist known for her work as a war correspondent, Dickey Chapelle was the first war correspondent killed during the Vietnam War in 1965.

The Union ironclad, Monitor, was the first U.S. ship to have a flush toilet.

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