Encyclopedia of Trivia

William Penn was born on October 14, 1644 at at Tower Hill, London . He was the son of English Admiral Sir William Penn (1621-1670). Will...

While working on the influenza virus at St Mary's Hospital in London  on September 28, 1928, Alexander Fleming observed that mold, wh...

PENGUINS IN HISTORY The men among Magellan 's 1519-1522 expedition across the world were the first Europeans to discover the black ...

HISTORY Pencil, a derivative of the Latin word pencillus for "little tail," originally described a small, fine, pointed brush....

The word ‘pen’ comes from an old French word for the long wing or tail feather of a bird . The first pens were used by the ancient Egyp...

ANATOMY Pelicans are a genus of large water birds comprising the family Pelecanidae. They are characterized by a long beak and large ...

Edson Arantes do Nascimento was born to a poor family on October 23, 1940, in Tres Coracoes, Brazil . He was named after the inventor Thoma...