16 July 2018
The process of casting bells is called bellfoundry. Rome is home to 280 fountains and more than 900 churches. Liquorice is a member of the pea family. A kilo of newspapers recycle as a half-dozen egg cartons or 2,000 sheets of paper. Whoever invented ‘knock-knock’ jokes should win the no-bell prize. Replacing operator-assisted toll-free ZEnith numbers, area code 800 was created in 1967. Under proper scientific conditions, it is possible to freeze bubbles. At its height, a million soldiers marched under the banner of Rome. Canoeing became an Olympic sport in 1924. Some folks hit rock bottom and immediately start to dig. The Netherlands’ King Willem-Alexander is 889th in line to the British throne. A standard-sized pillow measures 51x66 centimetres. There are 55 categories of poetry. Named for the Parisian district of manufacture, e au de Javel was patented in 1799. The number of angels that dance on the head...