Reading Time: 3 minutes Nelson Mandela was removed from the US terrorist watch list in 2008! In another case of bureaucracy being way behind the times, the US looks like they were about 20 years behind the times with this late removal. However, the removal of Nelson Mandela from the terrorist list raises a couple of questions that must be answered. Firstly, …
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Well oh la la. Did you know that Tupac Shakur was a ballet dancer? Well, it’s actually true, and would probably come as a surprise to a lot of people, especially considering his career path, confrontations with the law, and his untimely violent death. Now Tupac Shakup being a ballet dancer is obviously surprising. The …
Reading Time: 2 minutes This is freaking cool. The native animal of Australia, and second largest bird in the world, the emu, pokes people and other animals with its beak, then it runs away. This came as a surprise to me, so I instantly wanted to know more about this weird behavior. I mean, most animals of prey tend to …
Reading Time: 2 minutes It has been reported via social media, and a few suspect websites that an Indian woman set the enviable record for the most babies born to one mother at once. It was reported that she had delivered eleven babies, all at once, in a single pregnancy. Now that’s quite a massive number, and probably more suited …
Reading Time: 2 minutes Did you know that figure skating was a summer Olympics event? It certainly was, as bizarre as it sounds, and it wasn’t as a one off event either. Over the following two summer Olympics, figure skating was an event. Today when you mention figure skating, summer Olympics is pretty much the furthest sport from your …
Reading Time: < 1 minute Seven UK Prime Ministers have died in office, Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, who died on 2 July 1743. Henry Pelham, who died on 6 March 1754. Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, who died on 1 July 1782. William Pitt the Younger, who died on 23 January 1806 (pictured). Spencer Perceval, who was …
Reading Time: 2 minutes Many of the religious texts that we read today are the product of medieval monks copying books. As you can imagine, in a time before printing presses the only way to do such a job was by hand, literally copying word for word the text from another book. Could you imagine how mind numbingly boring this …
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Now you’re in for a treat with our two for one offer. Not only will we reveal what the longest burp ever recorded was, but also the loudest burp ever recorded. Belching is one of those things that we all do, but look down on those who do it. A necessary function of the digestive …
Reading Time: 2 minutes Did Carrie Fisher wear underwear during Star Wars? All we can say is bravo George, bravo. Not only did he create a masterpiece in 1977 with Star Wars, but it looks like he was a bit of a smooth talker too. Why do we say this? George Lucas convinced Carrie Fisher not to wear underwear …
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Reading Time: 2 minutes One of the most iconic films of the 1980’s would have to be Top Gun. It was the movie that made the already famous Tom Cruise a super star. It was also credited with the revival of the US military in films following the widely unpopular Vietnam war, and also spurned a massive interest from …
