- Jacob Zuma is the president of South Africa
- Avidin is a protein found in egg white.
- A maduro is a tightly-rolled cigar. They usually cost more, because the leaf wrapper has .. undergone longer and more intense fermentation. Maduro means ”ripe” or ”mature” in Spanish.
- Douglas Jung, born in Victoria, BC, was the first Chinese-Canadian elected to the Canadian House of Common in 1957.
- Brazil has won the most World Cups – five – in the FIFA soccer federation, and it will host the 2014 World Cup in Rio de Janeiro.