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COUNTRY & NATIONAL EMBLEM

AUSTRALIA - KANGAROO
FRANCE - LILY
GERMANY - CORN FLOWER
INDIA - LIONED CAPITAL
IRAN - ROSE
IRELAND - SHAMROCK
JAPAN - CHRYSANTHEMUM
PAKISTAN - CRESCENT
SPAIN - EAGLE
USA - GOLDEN ROD

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CHANGED NAMES (OLD Þ NEW)

BURMA - MYANMAR
EGYPT - UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC
JAPAN - NIPPON
MESOPOTAMIA - IRAQ
OOTY - UDHAGAMANDALAM
PERSIA - IRAN

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'...INDIAN STANDARD TIME is fixed on the mean time of 82½° E meridian which passes through VARANASI and KAKINADA...

... INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE roughly corresponds to 180° E or W meridian of longitude which falls on the opposite side of the GREENWICH meridian and the date changes by one day (id est 24 hrs) as this line is crossed. On crossing this line from east to west, a day is added, and a day is subtracted on crossing it from west to east...

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IMPORTANT DATES IN WORLD HISTORY

...
B.C.E. 5000 First Pharaoh rules in Egypt
3000 Building of the Great Pyramid
...
2000 The time of Abraham and Issac
1000 Egypt ceases to be a power
...

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POPULAR QUOTATIONS

3Q
BACON, FRANCIS: SOME BOOKS ARE TO BE TASTED, OTHERS TO BE SWALLOWED, AND SOME FEW TO BE CHEWED AND DIGESTED
4Q
SHAKESPEARE's JULIUS CAESAR: VENI, VIDI, VICI
5Q
GREY: WHERE IGNORANCE IS BLISS, 'TIS FOLLY TO BE WISE
6Q
ARISTOTLE: MAN IS BY NATURE A POLITICAL ANIMAL
7Q
MORLEY: GOOD GOVERNMENT IS NO SUBSTITUTE TO SELF- GOVERNMENT

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ABBREVIATIONS

a.m. - ANTE MERIDIUM (before noon)
do - ditto
etc - et cetera (and other)
e.g. - exempli gratia (for example) (LATIN)
ib, ibid - ibidem (in the same place)
i.e. - id est (that is)
IOU - I owe you
 

* P.S.
N.E.O. - NEAR EARTH OBJECTS
no. - numero (LATIN)

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