Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Trivia Bits 22 July

 

Scarlet fever is not caused by a virus but by toxin-producing bacteria.

The 17th Arizona Territorial Legislature in 1893 authorized a US$5,000 bounty for the capture of the renegade Apache Kid dead or alive.

A lepidopterist, or Aurelian, collects moths and butterflies with term including hobbyists who are not formal scholars.

South-West Africa became known by the name the Republic of Namibia after gaining independence from South Africa on 21 March 1990.

The Sitka, native to the west coast of North America, is the largest species of spruce tree growing to almost 100 m tall and with a trunk diameter at breast height that can exceed 5 m.

In Formula One racing, the diagonally divided black and white flag signifies unsportsmanlike conduct.

The capital of the Indonesian province of Aceh is Banda Aceh.

Maryland Route 170 was relocated for the construction of Baltimore/Washington International Airport in the late 1940s.

Vitamin C is water-soluble.

On 6 April 1199, Richard the Lionheart died as a result of an infected arrow wound to the shoulder received during the siege of Chalus in France.

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