Blennophobia, Anne Boleyn, Nineveh, Virginia......Queen Elizabeth I

1. The first glass mirrors in Europe were made in Venice,in about 1300.
2. Blennophobia is a fear of slime 
3. Anne Boleyn ,queen of England had eleven fingers
4. The capital of Assyrian Empire was Nineveh
5. The smallest unit of length measurement is femtometre
6. The American state of Virginia is named after Queen Elizabeth I
7. Sunlight gives sea its blue colour because pure sea water is colourless, but the surface water absorbs all but blue rays of the sun 
8. Smoke rises from a chimney in the Vatican, to declare that a new pope has been elected
9. Lightest weight category in boxing is Light flyweight
10. The flower convallaria is better known as the Lily of the valley.