In 1974, Australian writer and medical practitioner Peter Goldsworthy graduated in medicine at the University of Adelaide, South Australia.
In Morse code the letter H is designated by four short clicks.
Dial 8 was a term used in baseball to describe a home run because on many hotel phones before the 1970s, a guest needed to dial 9 before making a local call, and dial 8 before making a long distance call usually to home.
Circuit de Spa Francorchamps is a motor racing circuit in Belgium being is the venue of the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix, and of the Spa 24 Hours and 1000 km Spa endurance races.
Brandy is usually served in a snifter.
Australian actor, Essie Davis, plays the part of Phryne Fisher in the TV series Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries.
In 1960 the American Ballet Theatre became the first American ballet company to dance in the Soviet Union where the programme included "Theme and Variations," a classic George Balanchine ballet with music by Tchaikovsky.
The alcoholic beverage Orujo originated in Spain and is a pomace brandy - a liquor obtained from the distillation of marc, the solid remains left after pressing of the grape.
During the Great Depression, American confidence man Oscar Hartzell defrauded thousands of people with false promises of access to the estate of Sir Francis Drake.
The White Elephant Cave in Phnom Sorsia mountain, Cambodia, is named after the many stalagmites which have the shape of white elephants.
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