The # symbol isn’t officially called hashtag or pound.
The first Primark store opened in Dublin in June 1969 under the name Penney’s.
The Eurovision Song Contest is the world's longest-running annual TV music competition. It's been held annually (apart from 2020) since 1956.
Amerigo Vespucci, for whom many historians believe America was named, was an Italian merchant.
The manatee's closest living animal relative is the elephant.
A group of crows is called a flock or a murder.
Eight of the 56 Signers ,of the Declaration Of Independence, were British
During his magic shows, Harry Houdini escaped from submerged packing crates, mail bags, and even the belly of a whale.
Ketchup originated in China as a spiced pickled fish sauce known as ke-chiap.
The Mariana Trench is the deepest part of the ocean. If Mount Everest were placed inside the trench, the peak of the mountain would still be more than one mile underwater.
Only 1 person in 2 billion will live to be 116.
Russia contains all climate zones except tropical.