Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Trivia Bits 01 April

 

 The Little Mermaid

A bronze statue by Edvard Eriksen, The Little Mermaid (Den lille havfrue) statue (pictured) is a major tourist attraction in Copenhagen being displayed on a rock by the waterside at the Langelinie promenade.

The main herb used to make the traditional French persillade is parsley chopped together with seasonings including garlic, herbs, oil, and vinegar.

The first musical instrument to be played in space was a harmonica when Astronauts Walter M. Schirra Jr. and Thomas P. Stafford snuck some bells and a harmonica, now housed at the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum, onto Gemini 6 in 1965 and played Jingle Bells.

The country that is the western most point in Continental Europe is Portugal.

Purnululu National Park is in the Kimberley region of Western Australia being declared a World Heritage Site in 2003.

Singer Suzanne Vega is called the Mother of the MP3 as her a cappella song Tom's Diner was used as the reference track in an early trial of the MP3 compression system.

American actor, author, and producer Ted Danson plays the character D. B. Russell in the TV series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation an American crime drama television series that premiered on October 6, 2000.

American folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel declined an invitation to perform at Woodstock Friday, August 15 1969 while they were working on the album Bridge Over Troubled Water the fifth and final studio album by Simon & Garfunkel released January 26, 1970.

In 1930 Amy Johnson became the first female pilot or aviatrix to fly from England to Australia, landing in Darwin, Northern Territory, on 24 May after flying 11,000 miles (18,000 km).

American novelist, short story writer, essayist and philosopher Philip K. Dick has had eleven popular films based on his works produced, including Blade Runner, Total Recall, A Scanner Darkly, Minority Report, Paycheck, Next, Screamers, 15 Till Midnight, Barjo, The Adjustment Bureau and Impostor.

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