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Knights of the Round Table
King Arthur and his knights would gather around a large round table – instead of a rectangular table with seating at the […]
02/05/2010. Category: people. Tags: king arthur, knights, lancelot
The Royal Peerage
The orders of precedence in the British royal society and how they are addressed (if you are a UK citizen) Rank Title […]
02/05/2010. Category: people. Tags: countess, duchess, duke, earl, king, marquess, queen, royals
List of Poets Laureate
The title “laureate” was given by the Cambridge and Oxford universities to various poets in the l5th century. When dramatist John Dryden […]
02/05/2010. Category: people. Tags: laureate, poets
Pulitzer Prize winners
List of Pulitzer Prize winners in the Fiction category. Year Author Title 2012 no award no award 2011 Jennifer Egan A Visit […]
02/05/2010. Category: people. Tags: awards, pulitzer
List of space tourists
In 1960, American pilot Joe Kittinger skydived from a hot air balloon at 102,800 feet (31 151 metres), essentially making him the […]
02/05/2010. Category: people. Tags: space, travel
List of US Presidents
The president of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States, indirectly elected to […]
02/05/2010. Category: people. Tags: presidents
List of US Vice Presidents
The vice president of the United States is the second-highest officer in the executive branch of the U.S. federal government, after the […]
02/05/2010. Category: people. Tags: vice presidents