by Diana Filer
1. Collodion is a colourless nitrocellulose solution mainly of alcohol and ether, used as a coating for many skin diseases.
2. Kannada is a classical Dravidian language spoken by around 18 million people in the southwest Indian state of Karnataka. The language has its own Braille system for the blind.
3. ‘Nessun dorma’ is a tenor aria sung in Giacomo Puccini’s opera Turandot
4. The Rt. Hon. Mark Carney was born in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories. He is married to Diana Fox, a British/Canadian woman, a graduate of Oxford University and of the University of Pennsylvania. She is an economist and climate policy expert
5. A fullered horseshoe is one that is grooved from tip to tip.
