Category: Facts
The Word of the day is Snudge – To stride around looking busy, when in fact you are doing nothing. To master the sitting Smudge, see below. The old …
The Word of the day is qualtagh- the first person you meet after you leave the house. No Splay-footed here To ensure luck, a qualtagh should be a dark-haired …
Museums found that their noses runneth over. So some created a Nasothek. Aging Humans tend to lose their hair first. With Classical statues, it’s the nose. In the 19th-century …
Many people associate the name Orville Wright with the invention of the airplane. However, Orville Wright invented — and patented — a combined mailbox and lamp: The first letter …
For those who like true stories about Kickass Scientists Fighting Evil Whilst Using Nifty Science Tricks: Picture this. The Nazis have taken Copenhagen. They are literally marching through …
Surprising guests by hiding things in pastry goes back to Ancient Rome. Stuffing one animal inside another was a particular treat. A guest might carve into the belly of …
Got cockrilk? Diploptera punctata, aka the Pacific Beetle Cockroach, gives birth to its young and produces “cockroach milk” for them containing tiny protein crystals. Superfood Researchers have found that this “cockroach milk” is …
There’s always one. Zoo keepers nominated the animal that acted like the biggest jerks in their facility. They still love the rascals. Just they can be..well..jerks. From cuddly wannabe murderers …
From the 2008 Chinese milk-tainting scandal, 2013’s “Horsegate” in the UK to salmonella powdered milk, the adulteration of food has been in the news a fair bit recently. Back …
Well over 200 presidential pets have lived in the White House, including very good dogs Bo and Sunny. For a short time, Wikipedia told readers that the next pet …
Queried by The New York Times magazine about whether he had ever been “tempted to pick up the phone and pretend to be Darth Vader,” the actor reveals that he …
Doctors to Germans : “Think of yourself as a penguin and you’ll be alright.” With icy conditions expected shortly in Germany, trauma surgeons are telling residents how best to avoid …
