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Australia is one of the largest countries in the world, and it's one of the smallest continents. The Dutch first named the land "New Holland," which is what is was called up until the early 19th century.

Foreign Language Syndrome is a rare condition that usually occurs as a result of acute brain trauma. People who suffer the disorder substitute their native language with a language they learned later in life.

"Noisome" is a late 14th-century term derived from Old French "anoier," which means "annoy." "Noisome" also means "irritating" or "unpleasant." The word was first used to describe something as "harmful" or "noxious."

Cabbage leaves may contain a lot of water, but the leafy vegetable is also packed with nutrients. Cabbage contains phytochemical antioxidant compounds that possess anti-inflammatory ability. Nursing mothers can apply cabbage leaves to their breasts to alleviate sore nipples.

Critic George Bernard Shaw coined the term "bardolater" to describe adoring Shakespeare fans who perceived the English author as error-proof. "Bardolatry" is a term of rebuke that combines the terms "idolatry," idol worship," with the Shakespearean byname, "the Bard."

In American baseball, there is no clock, and game times can be lengthy. American League games tend to be 10 or more minutes longer than National League games. Through the years, baseball games have lengthened to accommodate team breaks and television commercials.

On average, life expectancy in Hawaii is 82.3 years. To devise life expectancy rates, health insurers assess 16 health markers made available by public health and government organizations. The state of Utah owns the distinction of having the healthiest citizenry.

"Digerati" is a term that signifies elitism among those who create and control today's information technology. Information technology experts include pioneers, specialists and other executives of social media, content marketing and various online platforms.

"Octothorp" is spelled "octothorpe," "octathorp" or "octatherp." In the U.K., it's defined as "gate," "hash key" or "square key." The symbol has been "a pound of weight" or "hash" among other meanings, depending on the region.

The world's largest revolving, rotating globe is named "Eartha," and it's housed at the headquarters of Delorme Corporation, which is a mapping and software company in Yarmouth, Maine.

Scotland is the northernmost country of the four constituents in the United Kingdom. Unicorn symbols and folklore are deeply woven into the cultural fabric of the region. In Stirling Castle of Stirling, Scotland, hangs an elaborate tapestry called "The Unicorn is Found."

The harmonica is classified as either a wind instrument with a free reed or a mouth organ. Modern-day harmonicas are constructed with slotted free metal reeds placed in a wooden frame enclosed by metal. The metal enclosure features identical parallel wind channel rows.

The camel is a large hoofed creature native to the dry lands of Africa and Asia. It can go for long periods without water. The camel stores water in its blood, and the camel hump consists of stored fatty deposits the animal uses for nourishment.

Health experts stress considerably reducing French fries intake for a few important reasons. Processed potatoes contain traces of cancer-causing acrylamide, an odorless white substance. Moreover, such a large ingestion of deep-fried food has contributed to increasing obesity rates.

Bullfrogs are vocal amphibian creatures that are native to Canada and the eastern United States. It is assumed that the bullfrog does not sleep because, in a 1967 sleep study, the animal responded to painful stimuli during its resting phase.

Situated between Switzerland and Austria, Liechtenstein is the fourth-smallest country in Western Europe. Liechtenstein has won 10 Winter Olympic game medals, all of them in alpine skiing.

The Beatles were a hugely successful 1960s British music group from Liverpool, England. The band's members included John Lennon, Ringo Starr, George Harrison and Paul McCartney. The band had previously been called "The Silver Beatles" and "The Quarrymen."

Las Vegas, Nevada, reportedly has approximately 37 percent more hotel rooms than New York City, a city that has a population in the millions versus Las Vegas's population of roughly 600,000. There are nearly 62,000 hotel rooms along the Las Vegas strip alone.

Nazi Germany hosted the Summer and Winter Olympic games in 1936. In 1972, West Germany hosted the summer games in Munich. The socialist state of the Soviet Union hosted the summer games in 1980, and Yugoslavia hosted the 1984 winter games in Sarajevo.

The ellipsis indicates the deletion of speech whose meaning can be inferred. Morse code can be numbers, letters and punctuation marks, as in this instance. Morse code is a method of communication whereby information is transmitted through electrical pulses or light signals.

Arizona is a characteristically urbanized state. However, in its Grand Canyon region, there exists a small group of people who still receive their mail by mule. According to the Smithsonian's National Postal Museum, the route is likely one of the last of its kind in the world.

Bruce Springsteen's 1984 album, "Born in the U.S.A," includes the hit single of the same name. Springsteen's career flourished as a result of the album's success. "Born in the U.S.A." is an anti-American-themed song that's empathetic to U.S. veterans of the Vietnam War.

Canadian-born actor William Shatner of "Star Trek" fame is literally the face of "Halloween" film series villain Michael Myers. More specifically, Myers' mask is the face of Shatner's "Star Trek" character, "Captain Kirk," that was painted white.

Roughly 80 percent of the human lung is water. However, the spaces of air within the lung are shielded by assorted barriers and channel structures. Human kidneys and muscles contain 79 percent water, and the heart and brain contain 73 percent.

The 1932 and 1984 Summer Olympic games were held in Los Angeles, California. Squaw Valley Ski Resort of the Lake Tahoe region in Olympic Valley, California, hosted the 1960 Winter Olympic games.

The amount of sugar in lemons is roughly 68 percent. Strawberries contain a little less than 40 percent sugar. Lemons are sour because they contain a high amount of crystalline citric acid.

Dr. Ruth Westheimer was born in Germany to Orthodox Jews in 1928. She joined the Haganah Zionist paramilitary organization and was trained as a sniper. Westheimer reportedly participated in the 1948 Israeli War of Independence.

Miller's Office Supply company in Anniston, Alabama, built the world's largest office chair in a lot near its company headquarters to promote its business. The chair stands 31 feet tall and can withstand inclement weather, including 80 mph winds.

Television host Jerry Springer was born in London, England, in 1944 and immigrated to America with his family as a young child. Springer began his political career in the 1970s, serving as mayor of Cincinnati from 1977 to 1978.

The state bird of Delaware is the blue hen chicken. In 1942, farms in Delaware produced 20 percent of the nation's broiler chickens. High poultry productivity in the Delaware county of Sussex, in particular, made it one of the richest agricultural municipalities at the time.

The domestic honeybee produces the common clover honey sold commercially. Honey is an important ingredient in many foods, and the dark-golden viscous fluid is used in traditional medicine to accelerate wound healing.

Male platypuses are armed with poisonous spikes on their hind legs that they only use for self-defense, and not for attacking their prey. The monotreme mammal's poison is important in pain research since it contains a protein that adheres to human neurons at a location responsible for human pain.

Christopher Walken was born in Queens, New York, in 1943. Although he trained as a dancer and actor as a young child, as an adult Walken held assorted jobs, including lion tamer. He earned an Academy Award in 1978 for his performance in the film, "The Deer Hunter."

The world's largest public library is the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. The library contains millions of books, periodicals, recordings and other content. The official research facility of the U.S. Congress is also free and open to the public.

Sweet cherries, or wild cherries, that are sold commercially, are cultivars of the rose plant family (Rosaceae). Sweet cherries are rich in assorted bio-nutrients, including anthocyanins, quercetin, potassium, vitamin C and fiber.