Saint Lucia is the only country in the world named after a woman.
certain territories may be named after women such as the Virgin Islands but Saint Lucia is the only sovereign state among them
2018
The accidental death of Yogi Bear.
when baseball player Yogi Berra died, the Associated Press obituary accidentally announced the death of Yogi Bear.
2015
Queen Elizabeth canβt sit on the Iron Throne from Game of Thrones.
An old tradition prohibits the reigning English monarch from sitting on a foreign throne.
2019
John James Audubon.
his seminal work, Birds of America, a collection of 435 life-sized prints, is still a standard by which modern day bird artists are measured
2020
the Berlin Wall came down by mistake.
When a reporter asked when it would be opened, the party official mistakenly said "Immediately, without delay" causing a run on the wall
2020
Lilian Wyles.
Wyles was a pioneer in the inclusion of women in the Met Police and for the more sensitive treatment of female victims of sexual assaults
2020
Scottish scientists were awarded Β£250,000 in funding to breed sheep who fart less.
They will attempt to create more animals who have the least impact on the environment
2019
Agricultural Pollution.
Agriculture contributes greatly to soil erosion and sediment deposition through intensive management or inefficient land cover
2020
The 1st man to exit and return to the same aircraft in flight without a parachute.
The French skydiver and base jumper, Patrick de Gayardon who also invented the modern wingsuit
2018
Potatoes played an important role in economic growth in the 18th & 19th centuries.
The introduction of the potato explains the 25β26% of the increase in old world population
2011