Encyclopedia of Trivia

EARLY LIFE Martin Van Buren was born on December 5, 1782 in Kinderhook, a town in upper state New York . He was the third born of five c...

The archetypical romantic lead of the silent movie era was born Rodolfo Alfonso Raffaello Piero Filiberto Guglielmi in Castellaneta, Italy ...

Valentine's Day is an annual celebration of romantic love. On February 14 each year lovers exchange Valentine's cards , flowers , c...

A vacuum cleaner is a cleaning device that uses an air pump  to create a partial vacuum to suck up dust and dirt from floors and carpets ...

A vaccine is a modified preparation of viruses, or bacteria . It is introduced into the body either orally or by a hypodermic syringe to ...

Uzbekistan is a landlocked Central Asian country, which was once part of the USSR. HISTORY What is now Uzbekistan was incorporated ...

U2 was founded by 14-year-old drummer Larry Mullen Jr at Mount Temple Comprehensive School in Dublin , Ireland . He posted a note on his sc...