Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Trivia Bits 10 June

 

The Greek alphabet is made up of 24 characters.

The beverage frappe coffee is a Greek foam-covered iced coffee drink made from instant coffee and was accidentally invented in 1957 in the city of Thessaloniki, Greece.

Two cat breeds crossbreeding to make a Tonkinese are the Siamese and the Burmese.

The horror character Freddy Kruger first appeared in the 1984 movie A Nightmare on Elm Street and was portrayed by Robert Englund.

18 July 1967, the Fourth Legislative Assembly of Madras state unanimously adopted a resolution to change the name of the state to Tamil Nadu.

The ban on mailing Lillian Smith's 1944 novel Strange Fruit, about the then-forbidden and controversial theme of interracial romance, within the United States was repealed upon a request from the First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt in May 1944.

Attapeu, Bokeo, Bolikhamxai, Champasak, Houaphan, Khammouane, Luang Namtha, Luang Prabang, Oudomxai, Phongsali, Sainyabuli, Salavan, Savannakhet, Sekong, Xiangkhoang and the Vientiane Province and Prefecture form the provinces of Laos.

A large mosaic covers the entire floor of the Byzantine-era Church of the Holy Martyrs, built in 442 CE, in the Syrian town of Taybat al-Imam.

Cuttlefish have eight arms and two tentacles with 'Cuttle' being a reference to their unique internal shell, the cuttlebone.

The glands that secrete sebum to lubricate our hair and skin are the sebaceous glands.

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