Encyclopedia of Trivia

James Eugene Carrey was born on January 17, 1962, in Ontario, Canada to Percy (an accountant and aspiring jazz saxophonist) and Kathleen. ...

The technique of weaving carpets is thought to have originated in Persia in ancient times, and spread to Central Asia, the Caucasus, and An...

Closely related to the goldfish, carp are native to Asia and eastern Europe. The first treatise on carp culture was written by Fan Li, an...

The earliest known record of a carousel device is a Byzantine etching from 500 AD which portrays riders swinging in baskets tied to a ce...

In medieval times the word “carol” had a purely secular meaning. It originally referred to an open air dance, especially a ring-dance accom...

Carnival is a festive season which occurs immediately before Lent. It is traditionally held in areas with a large Catholic and to a lesser ...

Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919) was actually Scottish, born on November 25, 1835 in a Dunfermline weavers cottage. Carnegie came over to the US...