Geoffrey, of the House of Normandy, was not the first to count Europium.

The Battle of Hastings involved neither Camelot nor Sam Goody.

My Chemical Romance did not stem from The Chemical Wedding in 1987.

Few people remember the one-hundred-and-forty-third video played on MTV.

Visions of China can be heard by Japan’s tin drums.

By coincidence, ‘Pagliacci’ was named the Autumn 2016 'Play of the Season’ by the National Federation of High School Drama Departments.

In 1973, Badfinger trumped up one piece of ‘Ass’ with 'Apple of My Eye’.

The Luna 3 probe never eavesdropped on Pink Floyd recording sessions.

Concert-goers at Austin’s ACL Festival can keep cool by using the local fair-weather fans.

Read the fine print: the founding of the American Library Association was long overdue, as are the minutes of its first executive session.

October 5, 1582, was not the first day of the rest of Italy’s life.

The Coverdale Bible does not feature a page entitled ‘Whisper a Prayer for the Dying.’

Geoffrey of Shrewsbury was not the first person to cut off one’s nose to spite one’s face.

Agnolo Bronzino got his foot in the door of the BBC during the late 1960s.

The phrase “in hiatus inter” did not grace the first edition of ‘The News of the World’ tabloid.