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Happy St. Patrick’s Day

36, March 17, 2011
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day

Happy St. Patrick’s Day to all our readers. You might not be aware that the patron saint of Ireland was …Read the Rest

Think you know about “Robbie Burns”? Er, who’s that?

Happy Burns’ Day! (Jan 25th) The famous Scottish bard, the Ayrshire ploughman, the people’s poet – Robert Burns was called …Read the Rest

Even an Ancient Egyptian Mummy needs a passport!

…AND DID YOU PACK YOUR CASE YOURSELF, SIR? The ancient Egyptian mummy of famous King Rameses the Great, or Rameses …Read the Rest

Like a complete unknown…

56, September 3, 2009
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Maybe we here at IF are getting on a bit, but we find the following account reported in The Telegraph …Read the Rest

Walt Disney originally planned to name his famous cartoon mouse “Mortimer” not Mickey! It was his wife who persuaded him …Read the Rest

The Thatcher effect, named after the notorious former premiere, whose photograph was first used to demonstrate the effect, refers to …Read the Rest

American pilot Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier on 14th October, 1947. Yeager flew the Bell X-1 rocket plane, …Read the Rest

Churchill loved his cats!

34, October 7, 2008
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Churchill loved his cats!

Winston Churchill was a great animal lover. As he once said: “Dogs look up to us, cats look down on …Read the Rest

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