Portal:Jamaica/Did you know
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- ...that Calico Jack, an English pirate captain during the early 18th century, was executed with most of his crew in Jamaica on 17 November 1720?
- ...that record producer Lee "Scratch" Perry's first single "People Funny Boy" was directed as an insult to fellow Jamaican music mogul and former collaborator Joe Gibbs?
- ...that the economy of Jamaica was given a boost after the discovery in the 1940s of bauxite, an aluminium ore?
- ...that the Blue Mahoe is the national tree of Jamaica, and that its flower changes colour as it matures, going from bright yellow to orange red and finally to crimson?
- ...that Spanish Town is the former Spanish and English capital of Jamaica. It held the status of capital city from the 16th to the 19th century, and is now a World Heritage Site?
- ...that Michael Manley defeated his own cousin, Hugh Shearer, in a national election to become Prime Minister of Jamaica in 1972?
