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Fact |
Category |
Date |
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391 |
The flowers mentioned in the poem, "In Flanders Fields", are poppies. |
Literature > Poetry |
07/20/08 |
|
392 |
"In Flanders Fields" was written during the First World War. |
Literature > Poetry |
07/19/08 |
|
393 |
Louis Sachar wrote "Holes". |
Literature |
07/15/08 |
|
394 |
Hermione Granger received an Outstanding on every O.W.L. she took except for Defense Against the Dark Arts, on which she received an Exceeds Expectations. |
Literature > Harry Potter |
07/13/08 |
|
395 |
While at Hogwarts, Oliver Wood played on the Gryffindor Quidditch team as a Keeper. |
Literature > Harry Potter |
07/13/08 |
|
396 |
J.K. Rowling was born in Yate, England. |
Literature > Authors |
07/13/08 |
|
397 |
"Frankenstein" is a novel written by Mary Shelley. |
Literature > Authors |
07/12/08 |
|
398 |
Veritas was the Roman goddess of truth. |
Literature > Mythology |
07/11/08 |
|
399 |
Roald Dahl died November 23, 1990, aged 74. |
Literature > Authors |
07/11/08 |
|
400 |
Sirius Black is Harry Potter's godfather. |
Literature > Harry Potter |
07/10/08 |
|
401 |
Boris Pasternak won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1958. |
Literature > Authors |
07/10/08 |
|
402 |
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote the stories of Sherlock Holmes. |
Literature > Authors |
07/09/08 |
|
403 |
Gandalf (one of the five Wizards in the "Lord of the Rings" series) owned a sword named Glamdring, or Foe-hammer. |
Literature > Fantasy |
07/09/08 |
|
404 |
Jenny Nimmo wrote the Children of the Red King series. |
Literature > Authors |
07/09/08 |
|
405 |
Hermann Hesse won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1946. |
Literature > Authors |
07/09/08 |
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