The Danxia formation is situated roughly 600 miles west of Shanghai, in the Gansu province of China. They stretch for hundreds of miles, covering almost 10% of mainland China’s surface area. Some of these regions...
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The past week since the death of Lady Thatcher (or is it Baroness Thatcher? Darth Thatcher maybe?) have been of a bit of an education to me. You see, I’m of the generation...
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Welcome back to my dedicated readers. For those just joining us, these articles are my choice edits from a book entitled the “Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue”, published in 1811 by Captain Francis...
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Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, have banned people exposing their boxers in public with low hung jeans. If caught you face a $50 fine, for a second offence it’s $100 and for a third it’s...
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In this post, we’re going to look at two-headed animals, which is referred to as polycephaly. Enjoy yourself: SHARK You’d think a shark with an extra head would look more imposing, but it...
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The Apollo 10 space mission was a successful dry run in advance the moon mission. They got within 9 nautical miles of the moon’s surface, but never touched down. The onboard technology worked...
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Here I am again, I’m still reading the Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose. As I said in my last post, I never thought I would read any kind of dictionary...
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Let’s take a look at a juggling competition, shall we? I haven’t looked into the rules thoroughly (or at all), but it seems to consist of teams of jugglers trying to knock each...
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Recently, North Korea have been busy puffing out their chests and threatening the wider world with destruction. No change there, then. King Jon-un, son of Kim Jong-il, has even less tact than his father,...
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As children, many of us are fascinated by dinosaurs; it’s almost the default setting of human children. We’re fascinated by them in the same way that we’re fascinated by a fire breathing dragon...
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