1. The war officially ended only with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on June 28, 1919, which is why its dates are sometimes given as 1914-1919.
2. The number 11 “has no connection with divine things, no ladder reaching up to things above, nor any merit” (16th century mystic Petrus Bungus).
3. ‘Undecimarticulate’ means ‘having 11 sections’.
4. According to the CIA World Factbook, there are 11 airports in Armenia.
5. In November 2011, two horror films were released in the USA called 11-11-11 and 11/11/11.
6. The first recorded use of ‘elevenses’ for an 11am snack was in an 1887 Dictionary Of Kentish Dialect.
7. Films that have won most Oscars are Ben-Hur (1952), Titanic (1997) and Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The King (2003), which each won 11.
8. In 1986, both The Color Purple and Out Of Africa received 11 Oscar nominations without winning any. This is also a record.
9. The authors Fyodor Dostoyevsky and Kurt Vonnegut were both born on November 11, in 1821 and 1922 respectively.
10. The 11 days from September 3-13 were lost in 1752 when Britain adopted the Gregorian calendar.
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