- Ultimate Frisbee, recently announced as a new Olympic category is the fastest growing team sport, although lacrosse – not soccer – is currently recognized as such.
- Hangeul, or Hangul, is the alphabet of the Korean language.
- Two long, a short and a long blow on a locomotive whistle tell automobiles that a train is approaching a level crossing.
- Olof Palme was the President of Sweden from 1969 to 1986, when he was assassinated in the streets of Stockholm. A statesman, politician and Social Democratic prime minister. The crime remains unsolved.
- The word ‘set’ with over 430 senses is the longest entry in the OED.