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Boyle Roche, an 18th-century Irish politician famous for his risible use of mixed metaphors and malapropisms, was a member of the same family as Diana, Princess of Wales. 
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| The 1995 Mayfest Storm was the costliest hailstorm ever to hit the United States when it occurred. |
| The ancient Tzippori Synagogue in Israel was discovered by workers building a parking lot. |
| Denis Potvin has played the most games with the New York Islanders while holding the title of team captain. |
| Czech violinist Karel Hoffmann was the only permanent member of the Bohemian Quartet throughout its 42-year existence. |
| 23% of the world's uranium reserves are held in Australia. |
| The domesticated animal breeds originating from Scotland include the Scottish Fold cat (pictured), the Rough Collie of "Lassie" fame, and the Grice, a somewhat aggressive pig. |
| Xavier Petulengro, known as "The King of the Gypsies", led traditional Romany weddings in Yorkshire where he mingled the blood of the couple and bound their wrists with a silk cord?. |
| Three armies surrounded the papal conclave, September 1503, held during the Italian Wars. |
| When hired as CEO of Rocket Chemical Company, John Barry changed its name to WD-40 to match its primary product, whose name came from "water displacement, formulation successful in 40th attempt". |
| The earliest activities of the Port of Amsterdam, today the Netherlands' second largest port, date back to the 13th century. |
| The 1969 Jefferson Airplane psychedelic folk-rock song "Good Shepherd" is derived from an early 1800s hymn from a backwoods preacher and a 1930s gospel blues recording by a blind axe murderer. |
| Poh Ling Yeow, the runner-up of MasterChef Australia, has appeared in four films. |
| Felix Salten's novel Bambi, A Life in the Woods, originally published in Austria in 1923, is considered the first environmental fiction novel to be published. |
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