The two animals featuring on the Australian Coat of Arms (pictured) are the red kangaroo and the emu.
In the American computer-animated comedy Madagascar series of movies, the character Alex is a Lion and is voiced by Ben Stiller.
Australian actress and musician Toni Collette stars as Dr Ellen Sanders in the 2013 American drama TV series Hostages which is based on an Israeli series of the same name created by Omri Givon and Rotem Shamir.
In the song Scarborough Fair, the herbs parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme are mentioned repeatedly with a noted version being Simon & Garfunkel's release of the song in October 1966.
The Kakapo is a bird also called owl parrot, is a species of large, flightless, nocturnal, ground dwelling parrot of the super-family Strigopoidea endemic to New Zealand.
Upper Rock Nature Reserve in Gibraltar is famous for its population of Barbary Macaques, the only wild monkeys in Europe.
At the start of a game, a total of five yellow cards are given to players in the board game Scruples based on ethical dilemmas and was invented by Henry Makow in 1984 and developed by High Game Enterprises.
Lee Kuan Yew is often referred to as the Father of Singapore being the first Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore and governing for three decades.
American author Neale Donald Walsch is best known for the series of books Conversations with God with nine books in the series - the first of which was published in 1995.
Seven of the eight US Presidents who have died in office - either through illness or assassination - were elected at precisely 20-year intervals.
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