Did you know...

... that, in the lives of saints, the appearance of roses (example pictured) sometimes announces the presence or activity of God?
... that at No Mercy (2002), Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit became the first ever WWE Tag Team Champions by defeating Rey Mysterio and Edge?
... that William Gordon Harris's tenure as Director-General of Highways at the British Ministry of Transport saw the construction of 650 miles (1,050 km) of motorways?
... that Clay-Ashland, a town in Liberia, is named after American slave owner Henry Clay?
... that Erasmus Ommanney entered the Royal Navy at age 12 in August 1826 and went on to discover in 1850 the first traces of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago fate of Sir John Franklin?
... that the State Street Bridge in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, is flanked by two 145-foot (44 m) pylons representing the U.S. Army and Navy?
... that the former main jewel on the Bavarian crown, the Wittelsbach Diamond, was almost cut into several smaller diamonds?
... that Thomas Allin, an early settler of Kentucky, USA, laid out the cities of Lexington, Harrodsburg, and Henderson?

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