Did you know that New Zealand has three official languages: English, Māori and New Zealand Sign Language and that there are more vending machines in Japan than there are people in New Zealand?
And did you know that in 2008, TripAdvisor named Milford Sound (pictured below) the world’s top travel destination?
In the shadow under the green visor of the cap Ignatius J. Reilly’s superciliousblue and yellow eyes looked down upon the other people waiting under the clock atthe D. H. Holmes department store, studying the crowd of people for signs of badtaste in dress.
Is it true that, from an appreciation of the lustre which would reflect back uponhimself from allowing his son to become a decidedly fashionable young man, hehad encouraged him in extravagance, dissipation, and heartless worldliness; hehad brought him up to be supercilious, expensive, unprincipled, and useless.
by Dictionary.com
Did you know that Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel which he politely declined?
And did you know that all Jewish people who are between 18 and 26 years old are entitled to a free 10-day trip to Israel?
Definition:
: free from defect, disease, or infirmity : sound; also : retaining exceptional health and vigor
Examples:
“He was a rich and powerful noble, then in his sixty-second year, but hale and sturdy, a great horseman and hunter and a pious man.” — Edith Wharton, “Kerfol,” 1916
“These twins were New Year’s babies in 1926. Today the two men are hale and healthy and love to banter with each other about old times and their lives.” — Marilyn Salzl Brinkman, The St. Cloud (Minnesota) Times, 18 Dec. 2015
by MERRIAM-WEBSTER DICTIONARIES.
Did you know that the toothpaste “Colgate” in Argentine Spanish translates to “Go Hang Yourself.”?
And did you know that the world’s widest avenue is the “9th of July” in Argentina, with 14 lanes, plus 4 lanes of parallel streets?
Citations with Calumniate:
The “plaudits of the multitude” can not long be held by the poet, and are not worthholding. The multitude knows nothing of poetry and does not read it. Themultitude will applaud you to-day, calumniate you to-morrow and thwack youathwart the mazzard the day after.
“In justice to that individual, the much ill-used peasant, Ziemianitch, I now declaresolemnly that the conclusions of that letter calumniate a man of the people–abright Russian soul…”
Did you know that India’s Hindu calendar has 6 seasons: spring, summer, monsoon, autumn, winter and preverbal?
And did you know that India’s “Go Air” airline only hires female flight attendants because they are lighter, so they save up to US$500,000 per year in fuel?
Did you know that Berlin is 9 times bigger than Paris and has more bridges than Venice?
And did you know that During WWI, the King of England, the Tsar of Russia, and the Emperor of Germany were all first cousins?
