Further Exploration of the Factorium

Sunday, January 30, 2011

I Didn't Know Zat! # 17

1. Kabir Khan, a former Pakistan Cricket player has coached both the Afghan and the UAE Cricket Teams.


2. The Interrobang, a non-standard punctuation mark, is used to convey surprised rhetorical questions using a single mark, in place of the Question and Exclamation mark.


3. The name of the automaker 'Volvo' derives from the Latin for "I roll"!


4. In tradition, Jesus Christ was executed by the Romans along with Dismas and Gestas.


5. Edwin Aldrin, the second man on the moon, legally changed his name to Buzz Aldrin as his sister mispronounced the word Brother as 'Buzzer' in his childhood.

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