We all know Christmas is on 25th December, and Bonfire Night is remembered on the 5th November, and Hallowe’en is on 31st October, and….wait a minute…not everywhere it’s not!
We all know Christmas is on 25th December, and Bonfire Night is remembered on the 5th November, and Hallowe’en is on 31st October, and….wait a minute…not everywhere it’s not!
The average person walks the equivalent of twice around the world in a lifetime!!! Contributed By: Samiksha Singh Actually , …Read the Rest
Before the introduction of the whistle, football (soccer) referees indicated their decisions by waving a handkerchief. Whistles were not introduced …Read the Rest
Happy St. Patrick’s Day to all our readers. You might not be aware that the patron saint of Ireland was …Read the Rest
We tend to think of the Ice Age as being in the distant past, millions of years ago when glaciers …Read the Rest
Happy Burns’ Day! (Jan 25th) The famous Scottish bard, the Ayrshire ploughman, the people’s poet – Robert Burns was called …Read the Rest
A nice arithmetical trick to show to children is the 1089 trick. It’s not really a trick, just a surprising …Read the Rest
(Pi by Mykl Roventine) The 14th March (3/14 in American date notation) has over recent years become Pi day because …Read the Rest
…AND DID YOU PACK YOUR CASE YOURSELF, SIR? The ancient Egyptian mummy of famous King Rameses the Great, or Rameses …Read the Rest
From second-century BC Greece, the Antikythera is a mechanical computer that, in terms of complexity, was 1,500 years ahead of …Read the Rest
