Ireland and the UK share a chequered history. In 1801, Great Britain annexed the Kingdom of Ireland under the Act of Union; in 1921, the Anglo-Irish Treaty established the Irish Free State, an independent dominion of the British crown partitioned from Northern Ireland; and in 1949, the Republic of Ireland became fully independent from the UK.
A flea can jump up to 200 times its own height. That is the equivalent of a human jumping the Empire State Building.
Lactose intolerance is by far the more common state of adult humans while its tolerance is the product of a mutation.
A man was jailed and fined US$1500 in Oregon, U.S.A., for collecting rainwater because it is considered ‘property of the state’.
A Jewish sect, Neturei Karta, supports Palestine and calls for a peaceful dismantling of the State of Israel.
The U.S. State with the longest official name is the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.