The pine-cone lizard is also known as the shingleback which is common throughout eastern Australia. It is known as blue-tongue because its tongue can range from bright to dark blue, and it has a habit of displaying it prominently and hissing loudly when disturbed.
The relative distance of Maskanah, a town in northern Syria, to the Euphrates has varied over the years due to changes in the river's bed.
The legendary dragon features on the Welsh flag.
The literary genre known as Bangsian fantasy sets its action wholly or partially in Hell and is named after early 1900’s American author, editor and satirist John Kendrick Bangs who often wrote in this genre.
Opals were first discovered in the South Australian outback town of Coober Pedy in 1915.
US actor Jake Gyllenhaal played the title role in the 2001 movie Donnie Darko in which he played a psychologically troubled teenager alongside his older sister, actress Maggie Gyllenhaal.
Pago Pago is the capitol of the US territory of American Samoa.
A bronze head once owned by the Roman emperor Augustus was stolen from the Australian National University Classics Museum in December 2004.
The Power of One, published in 1989, was written by Bryce Courtney - a South African novelist who also held Australian citizenship.
The German car manufacturer BMW stands for Bayerische Motoren Werke (Bavarian Motor Works) and automobile, motorcycle and engine manufacturing company founded in 1916.
The female leads of the 1933, 1976 and 2005 film versions of King Kong are Fay Wray, Jessica Lange and Naomi Watts.
The tissue that lies under the enamel in a tooth is called dentin.
Part of the reason Arthur Dobbs, colonial governor of North Carolina, ordered the construction of Fort Dobbs in 1755 was to protect 200,000 acres of land he owned.
Ryan Air is a budget airline that is based in Ireland.
The word ecology was coined by industrial and environmental chemist Ellen Swallow Richards, the first woman admitted to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1870.
The first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic was Amelia Earhart departing May 20, 1932 from Harbour Grace, after a flight lasting 14 hours, 56 minutes, Earhart landed in a pasture at Culmore, north of Derry, Northern Ireland.
Based on a series of novels by Colin Dexter Inspector Morse is a British detective drama television series, comprising 33 two-hour episodes produced between 1987 and 2000, and starred John Thaw as Chief Inspector Morse and Kevin Whately as Sergeant Lewis.
The acronym CALD stands for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse.
The original King Kong movie starring Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong and Bruce Cabot was released in the US on 7 April 1933 and was directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack.
A fasole dish is based on beans either with other ingredients or as a bean paste.
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