The European Football Championship will take place in Germany next summer, in anticipation the British Foreign Office has issued a dire warning. However, the warning is not because of the cars that, from a British perspective, drive on the wrong side of the road, at great speed. Nor because of the expected high temperatures and […]
The Piggy Bank: A Journey from Clay to Today Once upon a time, in medieval Europe, there was no such thing as a piggy bank. Shocking, I know! People had to stash their coins under mattresses or in pots. But then, something oink-credible happened! The Tale Begins: "Pygg" - Not a Pig, but Clay! Our […]
It seems our need for structure and our pattern recognition skill can be rather overactive, causing a tendency to spot patterns – like constellations, clouds that look like dogs, and vaccines causing autism – where in fact there are none.
Every year the Consumer Price Index calculates the cost of the 12 Days of Christmas.
4th August 1914 - Germany declared war on Belgium 1914 - Britain declared war on Germany. 1914 - The US declared neutrality. A woman gives flowers to a German soldier leaving for the front, Berlin, August 1914 pic.twitter.com/AbpfIdFCN9— History In Pictures (@HistoryInPics) August 5, 2014 1944 - Anne Frank was arrested in Amsterdam by German Security Police […]