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- 101 Dalmatians in the 1961 Disney film.
- 14 lines in a sonnet.
- The most famous date in British history is 1066 (Battle of Hastings)
- Dystopian social science fiction novel by George Orwell is 1984
- Famous American highway which starts in Chicago and ends in Santa Monica, California, is Route 66
- The 49th parallel is the line of latitude that forms the boundary between the USA and Canada
- The White House address is 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
- 4 American Presidents have been assassinated in office (Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, William McKinley, and John F Kennedy)
- Highly classified United States Air Force Area in Nevada is Area 51
- New York City comprises of 5 boroughs
- The answer to The Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is 42
- A baker’s dozen is 13
- 221B Baker Street in London is the address of the residence of Sherlock Holmes
- 52 is the number of multiple Earths that exist in the DC Comics Multiverse
- The first Apollo moon landing was made by Apollo 11
- A Nebuchadnezzar champagne bottle equates to 20 normal bottles
- Mayfair costs £400 on a Monopoly board
- The Lord is My Shepherd is Psalm 23
- There are 5 Pillars of Islam
- The London Orbital Motorway is the M25
- Number error when clicking on a broken website link gives a 404 error message
- The 38th parallel is a popular name given to the latitude line that marks the border between North Korea and South Korea
- Tchaikovsky's most significant overture is the 1812 Overture
- 12 men have walked on the moon
- The book Fahrenheit 451 (by Ray Bradbury) gets its title from the burning point of paper which is 451 degrees Fahrenheit
- Googol is the number one followed by one hundred zeros
- A 'googolplex' is the number 1 followed by a googol zeros
- The first ten prime numbers are 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23 and 29.
- There are nine muses in Greek mythology
- There are 24 letters in the Greek alphabet
- There are 8 Bits in a Byte
- There were seven hills of Rome
- Elizabeth Taylor was married eight times to seven men
- The Thirty-Nine Steps is a novel by John Buchan
- 221B Baker Street is the home address of Sherlock Holmes
- The Nationwide Emergency Number in the USA is 911
- Australia's main emergency service number is Triple Zero (000)
- A MONKEY is London slang for £500. (Comes from the 500 Rupee banknote, which featured a monkey.)
- A PONY is a slang term to describe £25. (Originates from the Latin words 'legem pone', which means, 'payment of money'.)
- The pockets of the roulette wheel are numbered from 0 to 36