There are lots of delicious things to put on pancakes. In France they go for chocolate, in America it’s syrup and in Germany it’s fruit jam and spices. So why did we British choose a tradition of sugar and lemon? Read the rest of this entry »
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When and where did coat hangers originate?
Coat hangers are such a simple invention, yet so useful. It’s hard to imagine a life without them. But it’s also difficult to imagine early Neanderthal man hanging up his loincloth in the cave – so they must have been invented at some point after clothes, right?
In the first century, approximately 430AD or so, a fine gentleman named Attila was ruler of the Hunnic Empire and was bent on invading and pillaging Read the rest of this entry »
What have we missed about the time of the dinosaurs? How did it start and end?
God said, “Let there be light.” He proceeded to create the Earth, the land and seas, plants, trees, and some damn beautiful scenery. (Of course He had a few naps in between.)
And then God said, “Let there be dinosaurs. One week is a harsh schedule and I deserve a break to play with them before Lucifer’s sudden yet inevitable betrayal. Besides, it’ll really screw with the Young Earth Creationists.”
So God was a few billion years late with Adam and Eve, but He thought Read the rest of this entry »
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