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French poet Arthur Rimbaud wrote all of his poetry as a teenager. He then decided to give up creative writing altogether aged 19. Despite being so young, he produced some of the best poetry of the 19th century.

One of the first things that comes to mind when we think about the festive season is the Christmas tree. It doesn’t have to be a pine, though: in India, people decorate mango or banana trees. In New Zealand, the pohutukawa tree, with its crimson flowers, has replaced the European fir.

It's thought that oranges get their name from the Sanskrit word for fragrant – naranja. The use of the word 'orange' to describe a cross between red and yellow wasn't recorded until three hundred years after the fruit appeared in Europe.