Interesting Fact # 284 – UK teachers
In the UK compensation payments to teachers following personal injuries, such as assaults by pupils, amounted to £7.6m last year. (Pretty soon teachers will be demanding danger money.)
Interesting Fact # 375 – Tea
Cups of tea can be healthier than water, according to some nutritionists. (I keep telling everyone, but will they listen?)
Interesting Fact – Tea
According to the Times the great British cup of tea is making a comeback. (Tearooms around the UK and especially in London are enjoying a resurgence as people discover that sharing a pot of tea is cheaper than a round of cappuccinos.)
Interesting Fact – Tea
People in the UK prefer to drink their tea at a temperature of 56-60°C. (It’s probably why we add cold milk to it and it is lucky, as adding cold milk makes it cool enough to reduce the risk of developing cancer of the oesophagus. According to research at the University of Tehran, drinking hot […]
Interesting Fact – Tea
The earliest authenticated record of commercial cultivation of tea can be found in 4th century Chinese documents. (But it was considered a medicinal drink. Actually infusing tea leaves in a teapot only became a widespread practice in China early during the Ming dynasty (1368-1644).)