1 In february, the Winter Olypics have begin in PyeongChang in Southkorea at an estimated cost of a record $10 billion.
2 2018 will celebrate the centenary of the end of fighting in the First World War.
3 In order not to be confused with the North Korea capital Pyongyang, PyeongChang has changed its spelling, capitalising the C in its name.
4 Frankenstein will be 200 year old in 2018 Mary Shelley's book was publish in 1818.
5 The first primitive machine gun was invented in 1718 by London Lawyer James Puckle.
6 The modern fire extingulsher, containing potassium carbonate within compressed air, was invented in 1818.
7 2018 will mark the 400th anniversary of the death of Sir Walter Raleigh, beheaded in 1618 for allegedly plotting against the King Jame I.
8 2018 will be celebrating as the 250th anniversary of the first cicus, in LOndon in 1788.
9 2018 is 2X1009, or a prime number multipulied by 2. Its reverse, 8102= 2X4051, so is also a prime number multiplied by 2.
10 2018 is the 200th anniversary of the treadmill, which was originally a torture device for prisoners.
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