The world’s (human) population at the time of Christ was about 200 million. Now it is nearing 7 billion! Projections …Read the Rest
Countries & Customs
The term “dog days” or the “dog days of summer” refers to the period of the year that is generally …Read the Rest
The Tunguska Event is still unexplained, but it’s afterglow provided days of virtual 24 hour daylight as far away as the UK!
22, August 11, 2008
On 30th June, 1908, in the early morning, something exploded over the Tunguska region of Siberia. Witnesses many miles away …Read the Rest
The coastline of Great Britain is 11,072.76 miles long.
49, August 11, 2008
Find other “geo facts”, inlcuding the origins of quirky placenames at the Ordnance Survey website’s Did you Know section. For …Read the Rest
Swedish parents Elisabeth Hallin and Lasse Diding had planned never to name their baby boy, born in 1991, as a …Read the Rest
The Norfolk Broads are largely artificial!
19, July 25, 2008
The Norfolk Broads are not naturally occurring lakes, but are for a large part man-made. They were formed when the …Read the Rest
The Aztecs used wheels on toys, but not on vehicles!
57, July 12, 2008
Archaelogical findings confirm that the Aztecs DID know about wheels, but only used them on small toy-like animal figures, for …Read the Rest
Air Traffic Controller job offered to blind candidates!
09, July 12, 2008
The St. Mary’s airport in the Isles of Scilly (sic) has advertised for the post of Air Traffic Controller, offering …Read the Rest
