Everest's base is at 17,000'. They are paradoxical words and accordingly have opposite meanings. Cleave, for example, means to split and also to cling to. The Hundred Years' War was waged for 116 years, from 1337 to 1453. Panama hats are made in Ecuador.
Catgut comes from sheep and horses.
The Russian calendar was 13 days behind ours. Camel hair brushes are made from squirrel fur. Their Genoese discoverers named them Insularia Canaria , Islands of the Dogs. He respected Queen Victoria's wish that no future English king should be named Albert, so he changed his name. The purple finch is distinctively crimson.