Adopted on 17 August 1950, the Indonesian flag (pictured) features the colours red and white with a simple design of two equal horizontal bands, red (top) and white (bottom) with an overall ratio of 2:3. The red stands for courage, while the white stands for purity. The red represents human's body or physical life, while white represents human's soul or spiritual life. Together they stand for a complete human being
The character of Rango in the 2011 American computer-animated action comedy western film of the same name was voiced by Johnny Depp and and won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
Retired Australian professional tennis players Paul McNamee partnered with Mark Edmondson to win the 1983 Australian Open double title by defeating American players Steve Denton and Sherwood Stewart 6–3, 7–6.
Born in Rathfriland, Ireland, son of an Anglican clergyman of Scottish descent, Andrew George Scott was an Australian bushranger better known as Captain Moonlight.
The three main types of rock are metamorphic, igneous and sedimentary.
In 2004, a group of Members of Parliament proposed melting down the statue of Oliver Cromwell which outside the House of Commons of the United Kingdom in Westminster, London for 105 years and the statue was designed by Hamo Thornycroft and erected in 1899.
Eyre Peninsula in South Australia is named after Edward John Eyre, an English land explorer of the Australian continent.
American singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman burst onto the music scene in 1988 when Elektra released her critically acclaimed, multi-million selling self titled debut album, which garnered Chapman six Grammy nominations, including Album of the Year.
The Kremlin, a historic fortified complex at the heart of Moscow which overlooks the Moskva River, Saint Basil's Cathedral, Red Square and the Alexander Garden, serves as the official residence of the President of the Russian Federation.
Nominated for the Best Director Oscar for the 2013 movie Nebraska was American film director, screenwriter, and producer Alexander Payne.
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