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The only excavated stand-alone timber circles in the British Isles are those at Seahenge in Norfolk and the early phases of The Sanctuary in Wiltshire. 
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| British flight instructor Valentine Baker taught such noted pupils as Edward, Prince of Wales, Amy Johnson, and Lord Londonderry of the Air Ministry. |
| An 1830s newspaper article in Freedom's Journal in favor of the free produce movement determined that the sugar consumption of 25 people required the toil of one slave. |
| Among French handball player Valérie Nicolas´ triumphs are victories at the World Championship, Champions League, EHF Cup, Cup Winners' Cup, and both French and Danish national championships. |
| The "Devil's Cigar" is a mushroom found only in Texas and Japan. |
| John Roach (pictured) rose from humble origins to establish America's largest postbellum shipbuilding empire, John Roach & Sons, which included the Etna Iron Works, the Morgan Iron Works, and the former Reaney shipyard, renamed the Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works. |
| Although professional wrestler B-Boy lost a Loser Leaves Town match to Nate Webb in Combat Zone Wrestling in August 2005, he returned to the promotion the next month. |
| The Hallein Salt Mine is known for its long wooden slides for miners and tourists to descend into the mine. |
| The alfalfa grown on the Wendelin Grimm Farmstead in Carver County, Minnesota, became the source of varieties of alfalfa grown on 25,000,000 acres (10,000,000 ha) of the United States. |
| Pacnews stopped reporting on Fijian news rather than submit to government censorship in the wake of the 2009 Fijian constitutional crisis. |
| The Grove at Ole Miss was called "the mother and mistress of outdoor ritual mayhem" for its legendary football game day tailgating by The New York Times. |
| St Joseph's Church, a Roman Catholic church in Brighton, England, was not officially dedicated until 100 years after building work started because a debt had not been settled. |
| Rufus Wainwright's second studio album Poses features a song originally written by his father, Loudon Wainwright III. |
| The definition of monumental sculpture (example pictured) may vary depending on the period being discussed. |
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