- US inventor Thomas Edison’s middle name is Alva.
- National Velvet was written in 1935 by Enid Bagnold and later made into a movie starring Elizabeth Taylor.
- The disease Multiple Sclerosis is better known as MS.
- A Plangonologist collects Dolls.
- Opera La Traviata was written by Giuseppe Verdi.
- Chutney originated in India as a side to meat dishes.
- Repente is the musical direction for “suddenly”.
- Canada’s largest city is Toronto.
- A female pig is called a sow.
- The famous statue of the Little Mermaid is to be found in Copenhagen.
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