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SCOTT
Scottish author who wrote the novel Ivanhoe. 'Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott' is an anagram... MORE
PAPER
Paper was invented by a Chinese eunuch named Ts'ai Lun. He was an official at... MORE
URANUS
William Herschel (1738-1822) discovered the planet Uranus in 1781.
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PINEAPPLE
In Japan, bathing in coffee grounds mixed with pineapple pulp is supposed to remove wrinkles.... MORE
DANCING
On 21 August 1923, the city of Kalamazoo, Michigan, passed a law forbidding dancers to... MORE
FLIGHT
On 15 June 1928, the train The Flying Scotsman beat an aeroplane in a race... MORE
TRANSPLANTATION
The World Transplant Games have been organised under the aegis of the World Transplant Games... MORE
WATERFALL
Waterfalls are grouped into ten classes based on the average volume of water present on... MORE
QUAGGA
Only one quagga was ever photographed alive.
Five pictures exist of a London Zoo quagga taken... MORE
BRAZIL
Half the people in South America live in Brazil, but most Brazil nuts come from... MORE
DOUGHNUTS
The doughnut (or donut) began life in Holland as 'oly koeks' ('oil cakes') made by... MORE
WORM
Linnaeus longissimus, the bootlace worm, is the longest animal on earth. In 1984 one found... MORE
CALENDAR
According to the International Standard Organisation's ISO 8601, week 1 of any year is the... MORE
SCISSORS
The first open international championship at the game of Scissors-Paper-Stone was held in Toronto in... MORE
