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SAN FRANCISCO
In 1848, San Francisco had 469 residents.
The Chinese Fortune Cookie is said to have been... MORE
COOLIDGE
US President Coolidge was famed for being a man of few words. His wife, Grace... MORE
CONDUCTORS
The only confirmed fatal case of conducting happened to the French composer/conductor Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-87)... MORE
EASTWOOD
Clint Eastwood's first film role was as a laboratory assistant in the 1955 horror film... MORE
PARSNIP
The world's longest parsnip ever grown was 18.5ft long (5.60 metres) and was displayed at at... MORE
DIAGNOSIS
A doctor at the private Minsheng hospital in Kaohsiung city in south Taiwan was told... MORE
MADAGASCAR
The island of Madagascar is the fourth largest island in the world (excluding Australia), behind... MORE
BRITANNIA
The Roman-Celtic goddess Britannia first appears on coinage of Antoninius Pius in the second century.... MORE
SURFING
Since 2006, the dog surfing season in the US has begun with the Loews Coronado... MORE
DRAGONFLY
The state insect of Alaska is the four-spot skimmer dragonfly.This should not be confused... MORE
GERBIL
In 2008, the epidemic prevention division of the Changji city forestry bureau in China spent... MORE
PRINGLES
When Fredric Baur, of Cincinnati died aged 89 in 2008, his children honoured his request... MORE
WHISKY
Americans and the Irish call it "whiskey"; Scots call it "whisky". When the British ask... MORE
UNITED KINGDOM
The most common house name in the UK is 'The Cottage', followed by 'Rose Cottage'... MORE
NIGER
Niger has the world's second highest fertility rate at 7.37 cildren per woman. It is... MORE
