Technically, sand occurs in nature in two distinct forms. In inland locations and non-trolpical seashores, it is silica), usually in the form of quartz. The second most common type of sand is calcium carbonate, which contains substantial amounts of organic material from marine life, occurring largely on tropical coasts…
The late Emperor Hirohito of Japan, father of the current Emperor, Akihito, was a noted and published marine biologist.
The English Act in Restraint of Appeals, passed by Parliament in 1532, declared that “This realm of England is an Empire, …” meaning that it was a fully independent country, not owing any feudal or spiritual obedience to any other ruler, including the Pope. it was a key part of the Henrician Reformation. However, Henry VIII did not go so far as to declare himself an Emperor.
The famous Emperor Fountain is located in the grounds of Chatsworth House in Derbyshire in England. It was constructed by William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire, in 1844 in anticipation of a visit by Tsar Nicholas I of Russia to Chatsworth. However the Tsar never saw the fountain.
The water jet has been recorded reaching a height of 90 m.
Chatsworth stood in for Pemberley in the 2005 Pride and Prejudice movie. The final scene shows Mr Darcy and Elizabeth sitting on the edge of the pool where the Emperor Fountain plays.
Queen Elisabeth, wife of King Carol I of Roumania, was widely known by her nom de plume Carmen Sylva. She wrote poems, plays, novels, short stories, essays and collections of aphorisms in German, Romanian, French and English.
I just noticed that this is post 22,222 in this thread. Interesting.
Post #22,222+1:
The number 22,222 is not a prime number (obvious, of course, for it is an even number). 22,222 is also not a Fibonacci number, and it is also not a Bell number, and it is also not a Catalan number. In binary form, 22,222 is 101011011001110, and in hexadecimal form, 22,222 is 56CE.
56CE is a pretty good guess for when the last Greek colonies in ancient India (although all in modern Pakistan) died out.
The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia allows for the colonies of New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia and New Zealand to become states of the Commonwealth.
During Mercury astronaut John Glenn’s first orbit of the earth in Friendship 7, fellow astronaut Gordo Cooper was the capcom in Muchea in western Australia; and the residents of city of Perth and town of Rockingham left their lights on as Glenn orbited overhead at midnight on his first orbit.
Fremantle, off Perth, was the home port for the first America’s Cup races since the US’ loss of the trophy for the first time, to Australia. New Zealand and Switzerland have also won the Cup, which is now back in US hands.
There have been two warships named Fremantle in the Royal Australian Navy, the second of which was a patrol boat decommissioned in 2006.
The 1988 America’s Cup was the first hostile Deed of Gift challenge, issued by New Zealand. Under the Deed of Gift rules the yachts were to be of single-mast design and no more than 27m at the waterline. The rules did not specify the number of hulls, and so this race was the first where the two yachts had different fundamental designs. New Zealand’s KZ-1 was a single hulled 27m yacht, and the United States’ Stars & Stripes H3 twin-hulled catamaran yacht was a decidedly faster design that annihilated the Kiwis. Challenged in court, the USA victory was upheld.
Rebecca Latimer Felton was the first woman senator in the USA. She served for one day, at the age of 87, and was the last former slave owner to serve in the senate.
The Famous Five in Canada were a group of five women who pressured the federal government to refer a question to the Supreme Court, asking if women were “persons” who could be summoned to sit in the Senate. The Supreme Court ruled against the Five, but on appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, they were successful: women were “persons” for the purposes of eligibility to sit in the Senate. The Persons Case is now seen as a landmark case in the recognition of women’s equality in Canada.
The Famous Five was a series of children’s books written by Enid Boynton and published in the UK. The five were Julian, Dick, Georgina, Anne, and Timmy (a dog)
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five were a pioneering hip-hop group from the Bronx, best known for their magnum opus, “The Message”. They were responsible for turntabling and break-beat deejaying among other innovations. Behind Flash (Joseph Saddler), the Five were Melle Mel, The Kidd Creole, Keith Cowboy, Mr. Ness/Scorpio, and Rahiem.
Quintets were common in the early R&B era, including hits by the Jive Five (My True Story) and the Five Satins (In the Still of the Night).
By 1964, two separate quintets had started their meteoric rise to stardom in the USA. Both quintets were families of brothers: The Jackson Five, and The Osmonds.
The three brothers Karamazov in Dostoyevsky’s novel are Dmitri Fyodorovich, Ivan Fyodorovich and Alexei Fyodorovich.