by Diana Filer
1. Brutalism is a style of minimalist architecture begun in post-WWII England and lasting mostly through the 1970’s, characterized by large, honest pieces. of simple concrete that accommodate their (minimalist) purpose.
2. Cardamom belongs to the ginger spice family.
3. An early advocate of a proposal to split the city of Toronto and some of its surrounding area into the Province of Toronto was the American-Canadian town planner Jane Jacobs.
4. The capital of Mauritius is Port Louis.
5. The first Secretary-General of the United Nations was the Norwegian politician and diplomat Trygve Lie.