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The design of Notre-Dame-des-Missions-du-cygne d'Enghien in Épinay-sur-Seine, France was inspired by the architectural styles of five continents. 
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| While still in college, children's author Eloise Greenfield realized that she was too shy to be a teacher and dropped out to work at the U.S. Patent Office. |
| The 350cc engine in the 1949 Douglas Mark III British motorcycle was based on a WW2 electricity generator engine. |
| The Latting Observatory, described as "New York's first skyscraper", was the tallest building in the United States at 315 feet (96 m) during its brief life from 1853 until it burnt down in 1856. |
| Bettino Ricasoli (pictured), developer of the first "modern" Chianti wine recipe based on the Sangiovese grape, later became Italian Prime Minister. |
| The Nebraska House in Virginia was so named because Colonel Samuel D. McDearmon's wife refused to move to Nebraska. |
| The candy was a traditional South Asian unit of mass, equal to twenty maunds. |
| Don Zimmerman, once called the "best coach in college lacrosse", has traveled around the world promoting the sport, with the ultimate goal of having it once again become an Olympic event. |
| The specific epithet of bigeye trevally (Caranx sexfasciatus) refers to the six dark bands on their sides that fade and disappear as the marine fish mature and age. |
| Elsie B. Washington was called the "mother of the African-American romance" for her 1980 novel, considered the first to feature African American characters by an African American author. |
| Uruguay is known as the "Switzerland of the Americas" from its adoption of Swiss-based banking laws. |
| Price's Post Office in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, was a "publick house" and stagecoach stop in the early 19th century. |
| The image of Hindu deity Hanuman (pictured) reportedly came alive and moved when installed at the Hanuman temple in Sarangpur. |
| Former President of Poland Lech Walesa only won 1% of the vote in the 2000 Polish presidential election. |
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