Saffron is the most expensive spice in the world. Pound for pound, saffron is more expensive than gold.
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| Persian saffron |
The Wreck of the Titan: Or, Futility, a novella about an ‘unsinkable' ocean liner called Titan that crashed into an iceberg and sank without enough lifeboats was written by Morgan Robertson in 1898 — 14 years before the Titanic sank.
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| Jonathan Edwards Princeton portrait |
‘Marking' was invented at Cambridge University in 1792 by a chemistry tutor called William Farish.
Before he became the frontman of The Police, Sting taught English, music, and football at St. Catherine's Convent School for two years in Cramlington, England. He wrote the hit single "Don't Stand So Close to Me" about a teacher who is attracted to one of his students.
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| Nancy Hanks Lincoln depiction |
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