FACTOID # 138: Libya’s full name is the Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.
 
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Mathematics

Trivia for mathematicians

Leonhard Euler is considered by many people to be one of the greatest mathematicians of all time A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and research is mathematics. ... Listed below are some important classes of matrices used in mathematics: (0,1)-matrix or binary matrix - a matrix with all elements either 0 or 1. ... The classification of the finite simple groups is a vast body of work in mathematics, mostly published between around 1955 and 1983, which is thought to classify all of the finite simple groups. ...

Linguistic

English language trivia

The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... This article outlines the differences between American English, the form of the English language spoken in the United States, and British English, or the British-based form of English spoken in most Commonwealth countries (sometimes therefore called Commonwealth English and occasionally International English). ... This article or section contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ... The Guinness Book of World Records has an entry for what they claim is the longest sentence in English. ... Qwerty, one of the few native English words with q and no u in current usage, is derived from the first six letters of a standard keyboard layout. ... A word is autological or homological if it truly describes itself (see Grelling-Nelson paradox). ... For the purposes of this article, any word which has appeared in a recognised general English dictionary published in the 20th century or later is considered a candidate. ... Note: This page contains phonetic information presented in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) using Unicode. ... In English, every word must contain at least one spoken vowel in its pronunciation. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with List of place names with unpredictable pronunciation. ... This page is a candidate to be copied to Wikibooks. ... This article or section contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ... Aside from the self-reference discussed below, the English language has three one-letter words: a – the indefinite article I – the first person singular nominative pronoun O – an interjection derived from the vocative case of Latin, commonly used in poetry Both I and O are capitalized when used. ... The English language contains various two-letter words. ... Three-letter vowel-less word describes a word in the English language which contains three letters, none of which is generally recognized as a symbol representing a vowel. ... Look up -ism in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Informally, an ography is a field of study or academic discipline ending in the noun combining form -ography. ... Informally, an ology is a field of study or academic discipline ending in the suffix -ology. ... The English suffix -phobia is used to describe fear or hatred (the latter is often ignored) of a particular thing or subject. ...

Etymological

This is a list of company names with their name origins explained. ... This is a list of the origins of computer-related terms (i. ... This list covers English language country names with their etymologies. ...

Social

Protagonists

Trivia relating to people

Family names can be unique or come in large numbers. ... // the Greats The following people normally have the words the Great appended to their names. ... The following is a list of famous people who are, were, or are believed to have been polydactyl: // Considered authentic A Biblical Philistine warrior who was killed by Jonathan the son of Shimea, King Davids brother (II Sam 21:20, II Chr 20). ... This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. ... The following is a list of notable people who have died from drug-related causes. ... People who have acted as their own attorney Some legal jurisdictions permit defendants to act as their own attorneys. ... This is a list of literary characters with nine fingers, assuming for the sake of argument and simplicity that a thumb is a finger. ... This is a list of chemical elements named after people. ... This is a list of companies named after people. ... This is a list of human anatomical parts named after people. ... This is a list of inventions followed by name of the inventor (or whom it is named after). ... This is a list of physical and mathematical constants named after people. ... This is a list of scientific laws named after people (eponymous laws). ... This is a list of scientific units named after people. ... This is a list of universities named after people. ...

Geographic / Political

This is a list of chemical elements named after places. ... Iron law of business Iron law of currency crises Iron law of distribution Iron law of economic determinism Iron law of fiefs Iron law of geopolitics Iron law of growth Iron law of inequality Iron law of mean reversion Iron law of old iron Iron law of oligarchy Iron law... Many cities other than Rome and Jerusalem have claimed to be built upon seven hills. ...

Arts/Recreation

Trivia relating to popular music

The term trivia is widely used to refer to unimportant (or trivial) information, but it can also refer to basic or elementary knowledge. ... Popular music is music belonging to any of a number of musical styles that are accessible to the general public and mostly distributed commercially. ... This is a list of answer songs, songs that refer directly to another song or that are meant as a reply to another song. ... This is a list of band names with date references in their names. ... This is a list of notable bands named after real or fictional places. ... This list highlights significant milestones, achievements and trivia based upon Billboard magazines Hot 100 chart. ... A self-referential song is a song that refers directly to itself. ... With millions of songs produced worldwide, it is inevitable that a number of songs end up having the same title, even though they are entirely unrelated (i. ... This is a list of songs that are about, or appear to be about, bipolar disorder. ... Songwriters occasionally write songs that make overt references to real musicians and bands. ... This is an incomplete list. ... Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 0-9 241 by Reel Big Fish A Acid Police by Boredoms Ah-So by The 5,6,7,8... This is a list of well-known or notable songs whose title or lyrics contain the word song. See further down for a list of album titles containing the word song. Many of these songs have two viable titles, or have subtitles; for instance, Feelin Groovy is also known as... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... // Pink Floyd references TV shows references The Simpsons The Simpsons has made many references to Pink Floyd. ...

Movies

Often in a movie a television or some other screen showing a movie or TV show will be visible at some point. ... List of Trivia about Hungarian producer Gabriel Pascal Gabriel Pascal (June 4, 1894 – July 6, 1954) was the first film producer to bring the plays of George Bernard Shaw succesfully to the screen. ...

Trivia for television

Many successful British TV shows (particularly sitcoms) have been remade for the American market. ... A spin-off in television is a new series which contains either characters or theme elements from an old series. ... This list of television comedies without laugh tracks includes television shows that deviate from traditional practice in television humor programming by not including live or prerecorded laugh tracks. ...

Humor

Humour (Commonwealth English) or humor (American English) is the ability or quality of people, objects or situations to evoke feelings of amusement in other people. ... A light bulb The lightbulb joke is an example of an endless-variations joke and has possibly thousands of versions covering every imaginable culture, belief, occupation and special-interest group. ...

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