Facts About Wotsits
on Nov 21, 2009 in Business Food History Wotsits is a type of cheese puffs sold by the British company Walkers. Wotsits are mainly cheese flavoured curly shapes although over the years various other shapes (such as waffle-shaped Wotsits) and flavours have also been sold. There have been sev...

Hitler And The Nazis Tried To Steal Christmas
on Nov 17, 2009 in People Religion Theories Special Days History A new exhibition at the National Socialism Documentation Centre in Cologne has discovered that the Nazi Party attempted to steal Christmas by making glittering swastika, iron cross and toy grenade baubles for the Christmas tree. They even removed rel...

Water Found On The Moon!
on Nov 14, 2009 in Useful Misleading Space Americans NASA’s Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) declared that they have found evidence of significant amounts of water on the Earth’s Moon. NASA sent two spacecrafts crashing into the lunar surface last month in an experiment to search E...

Twenty-One Facts About The Number 12
on Nov 9, 2009 in Space Religion Language Special Days Law Twelve is my lucky number, it's the number I would use in my Maths exams if I didn't know the answer to the question. Here are some random facts about this number that you probably didn't know...1. There are 12 months in a year.2. There are 12 hours...

Why We Remember The Fifth Of November
on Nov 4, 2009 in People Death Special Days Law History On the 5th November 1605 there was a person named Guy Fawkes, he was caught in the cellars of the Houses of Parliament with over twenty barrels of gunpowder. Guy Fawkes was then classed as a traitor alongside his people for plotting against the gover...

How Do Migrating Birds Know Where To Go?
on Nov 1, 2009 in Technology Space Random Animals When birds are migrating, they always know exactly where they are going, unlike us, when were driving, we need a Sat-Nav (Satellite Navigation System). Their sense of direction is dependent on a combination of three 'maps' of their own.Birds have a s...

The History Of Halloween Costumes
on Oct 28, 2009 in Special Days Random History Halloween, as we celebrate it today, is the culmination of more than a thousand years of cultural evolution. While there are many fascinating facts about Halloween and Halloween lore, perhaps none are more interesting than those that pertain to Hallo...

Facts About Xbox 360
on Oct 24, 2009 in Technology Games Statistics Funny The Xbox 360 is the second video game console produced by Microsoft, the first one being just the Xbox. It currently is competing with the Sony Playstation 3 and Nintendo Wii. Xbox 360 was first released on 22nd November 2005 and since then over 31 m...

Facts About Halloween
on Oct 19, 2009 in Religion Language Food Death Theories Special Days History Funny Animals Halloween is celebrated on 31st October every year. It is believed that Halloween is one of the oldest celebrations in the world, dating back to over 2000 years ago from a Celtic festival somewhere in the UK.Halloween (Hallowe’en is in fact the cor...

"8 Wild Facts About The Color Red"
on Oct 15, 2009 in Language Random Useless Animals 1) Red also means "Beautiful" in Russian.2) The word "ruby" comes from the Latin word rubens, meaning "red".3) The color red doesn't really make bulls angry; they are color-blind.4) There are at least 23 different shades of red crayons.5) The red str...