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The past is a mystery. While there are millions of history books recounting the discoveries that we have made and the stories that have been passed down from generation to generation, the truth is that we don’t know a lot of what happened thousands of years ago. Today thanks to the internet everything is documented and it is likely that those in the future will know about the current age in incredible detail (possibly a little too much as the crazy frog and baby shark are not things we will be proud of in a few years’s time). Unless of...

We were tempted to call this blog entry “20 fun facts about Pi” but thought that the majority of people struggle to find maths fun. Trust me, these 20 facts about Pi will go some way towards changing your mind if you are a nonbeliever in the fascination of mathematics. Pi is an extraordinary number that deserves a close inspection. 1. Pi is a number that represents the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter or put more simply it is the ration of the total length of the outside of a circle compared to the distance...

In this article, we are going to look into a controversial yet interesting topic. Have you ever been curious to know about the correct position to hang a Toilet Paper? In the year of 1977, a known newspaper columnist, Esther Pauline Lederer, wrote an article in which he talked about the under position of toilet paper being more suitable as compared to the over orientation of the toilet paper. Over this issue, she received around 15k letters opposing her opinion of ‘over’ to ‘under’ orientation of toilet paper. The argument was not restricted to this, but it spread to the...

Students are known to be relatively poor. Student life is just so expensive. They have to pay tuition, rent, telephone bills, and health insurance, as well as food and drinks. Besides, they constantly have to be studying, which means there is little time to earn extra cash. The advantage of such a financial situation is that one will have to learn to be creative. Here are a few "tricks" to help you create a few cheap things with little money. Make an amplifier for your phone Music from your mobile phone often just isn't loud enough on the phone's speakers. With this simple...

Geography is an amazing subject. When you consider that the continents of the world were all once joined up it starts to tell stories of the emergence of life across the world and how certain animals on one continent can resemble animals on the other side of the world. One animal that is native only to Africa is the hippo. It can be found in 26 African countries. Yet it can also be found in one South American country, Colombia. How is it that hippos can be found in 26 African countries and Colombia? Is it due to the separation...

Is there anything better than a Sunday spent in IKEA? Walking the endless aisles, not needing to buy anything but knowing you will leave with a trolley full of wonders. IKEA is a playground for adults. Somewhere to spend that small bit of extra cash, we work so hard for and end up wasting on something we don´t need. It appears that recently, it has become a veritable playground as people have started to use the large IKEA stores as arenas for epic games of Hide and Seek. Can you remember the last time you played Hide and Seek? The worst...

In our everyday vocabulary, we all have a set of slang words or phrases that we use with no real idea of what they mean or where they originated. Often, I will wonder about the etymology of a phrase I have used for years without giving any previous thought to it. Most recently, I thought, what exactly is a "couch potato"? So, I pulled out my laptop and Googled "couch potato". It turns out that the etymology of couch potato is one of the very few terms that can be traced back to exactly when it was first created. Apparently,...

The official date of the beginning of the Beatles is hazy and often argued topic. However, according to historians, it was July 6, 1957, when the official career of the Beatles began. The early life of John Lennon John Lennon was a young guitar player with a troubled background. He was a part-time shoplifter and a full-time egomaniac who was often considered as the local trouble-maker. He was playing at a few local gigs for a year or so, with a band called “The Blackjacks.” The music band was comprised of a few of his schoolmates. After sometimes, the band...

There are some questions that most people are just too afraid to ask. Perhaps there are some questions that people are afraid to know the answer to as well. While many people have once asked the question “how do blind people dream?” few have ever asked the question “how do blind people know when to stop wiping?” after… well, you know. This question may be a little cruder but it is still a great question. Today, we answer both. Dreams for most people are heavily visual, so for a person who can’t see, the question is if they see anything...

So you want to review all the Star Wars movies again? Or you know someone who has not seen any of them before and you want to properly introduce them to the series? Well, depending on how you feel about some of the revelations throughout, you may want to view them one way. But if you like things presented in order, you may want to review them a different way. Here is a breakdown of your most common options. Release order If you want to see the movies in the same way that diehard fans (and probably your parents) saw...