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ALASKA
Alaska is the only state in the USA whose name can be typed on a... MORE
ALCOHOL
Research has shown that around 4,500 years ago workers on the pyramids had three drink-breaks... MORE
ALEXANDER I
Tsar Alexander I of Russia considered trousers - instead of knee-breeches - to be subversive.... MORE
St ANDREW
Andrew, the patron saint of Scotland, is also patron saint of Greece, Russia, Amalfi (Italy),... MORE
ATLANTIC
The word 'Atlantic' originally referred to Mount Atlas in Libya. It was subsequently applied to... MORE
CATHERINE I
Born Martha Skavronsk, but rechristened Katarina Alexeyevna when she became the mistress of Peter the... MORE
CELIBACY
Celibacy, which has been the cause of so much introspection within the Catholic Church for... MORE
CHESS
According to followers of Freud, chess is a symptom of the Oedipus Complex: the object... MORE
CRIME
There are 26,294 prisons, penal or correctional institutions in Malaysia, more than any other country.... MORE
CZECH REPUBLIC
In November 2010, the Transport Minister of the Czech Republic was banned from driving for... MORE
DOG
The first mammal to orbit the earth was the Russian dog Laika, sent into space... MORE
ESTONIA
Estonia has one of the greatest discrepancies in the world between male and female life... MORE
FISH
Aristotle recognised 117 species of fish. The first fish in space were South American guppies... MORE
GEORGIA
The area of the republic of Georgia is less than half the area of the... MORE
HAIR
Hairiness, said Aristotle, is a sign of 'abundance of residual matter', which, he went on... MORE
HEALTH
The UK National Health Service is the third largest employer in the world after the... MORE
ICICLES
Medical authorities in the region of Samara in central Russia reported that six people had... MORE
St MATTHEW
In 2001, the Russian Orthodox Church named the apostle Matthew patron saint of Russia's tax... MORE
MONDAY
Monday is the only day of the week that is an anagram of a single... MORE
MUSHROOM
A person who studies mushrooms and fungi is a mycologist.
If you eat them, you are... MORE
OCTOBER
The Welsh for October is Hydref (originally Hyddfref), a word signifying the lowing of cattle.... MORE
OLYMPIC GAMES
Nobody knows when the first Olympic Games took place.
There was certainly such a festival at... MORE
PETER the GREAT
Peter the Great of Russia trained bears to serve alcoholic drinks to his guests. ... MORE
PREGNANCY
Nobody knows who first discovered what causes pregnancy. Aristotle certainly understood how babies were made:... MORE
TRANSPLANTATION
The World Transplant Games have been organised under the aegis of the World Transplant Games... MORE
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