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Although both Hebrew and Arabic texts are written from right to left, the question mark is mirrored in Arabic (؟) but not in Hebrew punctuation. 
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| Stephen van Rensselaer III is considered the tenth richest American in history because of his ownership of the Manor of Rensselaerswyck during the 19th century, which he inherited at the age of five. |
| Under UNESCO's new biosphere reserve concept, Brighton and Hove is bidding to become the first urban biosphere reserve. |
| Since its release in 1978, Space Invaders and its many sequels have been remade for numerous video game platforms. |
| In 1864, René Dagron produced a stanhope which enabled the viewing of a microphotograph that included the portraits of 450 people in an area of 1 mm2. |
| In the 1774 speech "On American Taxation", British member of Parliament Edmund Burke (pictured) argued that Britain should reconcile with the thirteen colonies. |
| Fancy Nancy parties are held throughout the United States. |
| On appointment in 1486, Robert Morton became the last English Bishop of Worcester until the English Reformation. |
| An extreme derecho that struck the southern portions of the Midwestern United States on May 8, 2009, is considered the worst in at least a decade. |
| Currambena School student David Heilpern went on to become one of New South Wales' youngest magistrates and Southern Cross University's Alumnus of the Decade. |
| The Dresden Elbe Valley in Germany is only the second delisted UNESCO World Heritage Site. |
| The Revolutionary War spy Enoch Crosby was the basis for the character Harvey Birch in James Fenimore Cooper's novel The Spy. |
| interbreeding with dingoes (pictured) can even occur with dogs that were acquired by their owners to specifically kill dingoes. |
| The first Spanish film shot in English is La residencia, a 1969 horror film about murders in a female-only boarding school. |
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