This one was recently put up in London after someone identified which alley it was supposed to have been (Wyndham had friends in the area)

Wieliczka Salt Mine in Poland has the same vibe.

The "Night Watch", one of the most famous paintings on earth, which is the centerpiece of a national museum and which all schoolchildren in that country are taken to see, was a work for hire for a group of merchants and part-time cops/militia.

You see that a lot in the US in a 'historic' context because it was the flag at the time of independence. For instance this is one of the oldest residential streets in the US.

I think the French translator got the wrong sense of "ground breaking" here... (The skeleton is literally breaking out of the ground)

And sometimes that helps Batman:

Τhe only Greek source I can find spells it phonetically as "Κάουντ Μπίνφεϊς" and says he is "known for his metallic costume and the rubbish bin he wears on his head.

Cricket: Bradman (no)

I think it came from a hypothetical in oral arguments.

Depends on the sport. It's not that unusual for high school kids to be playing professionally in European football (Max Dowman is a current high profile example) but the system is set up for that.

There's also great rectangular pizza in Rome, though it's a very different style from the Neapolitan pizza that's more familiar outside Italy. AIUI the Philly-area tomato pie is based on something that's not called pizza in Italy (sfincione)

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You may be missing one

The superheavyweight wrestling/needlepoint gold medal will go to Mongolia (or maybe Japan, now he's a naturalized Japanese citizen)

I think the Brigadier (General) confusion is that the modern UK rank is simply "Brigadier"- they're considered field-grade officers not general officers, and their uniform resembles a colonel's more than a major-general's.

Hence this card, which I think was found on an Air Asia Indonesia flight.

Apparently to a Spanish speaker this says "Allegedly Ham Flavor" (Presunto means "ham" in Portuguese and "alleged" in Spanish)

Amphibious pitcher moment from the Cambridge News

Is this where Bari Weiss is trying to put the 60 Minutes special?

UK definitely has those, along with bicycles:

Post something random or you'll have an awful December

The bell was important because the Worshipful Company of Paviors, who maintained London's streets, would round up any wandering pig that didn't belong to the hospital. This is why they march in the Lord Mayor's Show with a giant inflatable pig (with a bell!)

This is close?

Though I also don't necessarily think that a speed pedelec should necessarily be treated the same as this, which is why I like the Dutch approach (allowing a helmet that looks more like a bicycle helmet than a motorcycle helmet, and not requiring riders to pass a separate motorbike test)

I don't know if that was the reason, but there was the true story of the British officer who escaped *in full uniform* by pretending to be a Bulgarian named I. Bugaroff. He was caught at the last moment but escaped again, this time successfully, by pretending to be a (civilian?) Swedish sailor.

Pretty sure Bobson Dugnutt was a fake name made up for a SNES game.

The upper class associations go back to the English Civil War, when the Royalist commander Prince Rupert had a white poodle that was believed to be a demon.