Brazilian wandering spiders (pictured) are aggressive and venomous spiders and appear in Guinness World Records from 2010 as the world's most venomous spider and although the Brazilian wandering spider is the most toxic, an effective anti-venom is available and few fatalities occur.
In December 2013, the European Space Agency’s unmanned space observatory Gaia was launched from French Guinea, West Africa with a mission aims to compile a 3D space catalogue of approximately 1 billion astronomical objects which is approximately 1% of the Milky Way population.
Canadian actor Donald Sutherland starred in the short lived American 2007 prime time drama series Dirty Sexy Money.
Seafood is featured in the Spanish dish zarzuela from the Catalan coast of northeast Spain.
Recognising achievements in live entertainment in Australia, The Mo Awards were named in honour of Australian comedian and vaudevillian Roy Rene better known the bawdy character Mo McCackie with the first 'Mo' Awards taking place at Revesby Workers Club, Sydney in October 1976.
Woods was an early name for the sport of Lawn Bowls in which the balls were originally made from lignum vitae, a dense wood giving rise to the term "woods" for bowls.
The fabric Chintz is made from cotton fibre were originally glazed calico textiles produced in India from 1600 to 1800 and popular for bed covers, quilts and draperies.
The Birch Creek Charcoal Kilns are a group of beehive-shaped clay charcoal kilns near Leadore, Idaho, built in 1886 employed 150 people or more, producing fuel for a smelter, but operated for less than three years.
Composed between 1969 and 1972 The Sinking of the Titanic is a work by British composer Gavin Bryars who was inspired by the story that the band on the Titanic continued to perform as the ship sank, recreating how the music performed by the band would reverberate through the water some time after they ceased performing.
Beginning to work in restaurants in his early teens, Chan Yan-tak is a Chinese chef, who is best known for being the first Chinese chef to earn three Michelin stars in 2009 at the Lung King Heen restaurant in the Four Seasons hotel in Hong Kong, after they coaxed him out of retirement and back into the kitchen.
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