Interesting People – Justin Bieber
Between the 8th and 14th January 2016, Justin Bieber became the first artist ever to hold the top 3 spots in the UK charts at the same time. (He took the number 1 spot with ‘Love Yourself’, at 2 it was ‘Sorry’ and 3 was ‘What Do You Mean’. I’m sorry? What do you mean […]
Interesting Fact – Music
David Bowie’s album “Blackstar” reached number 1 in the American album charts. It was his first number 1 album in the US, and the first posthumous number one album in the US since Michael Jackson’s “This Is It” soundtrack, which topped the chart in November 2009. (He had managed to reach number 2 spot with […]
Interesting People – Pranav Dhanawade
15-year-old schoolboy Pranav Dhanawade, from the KC Gandhi High School, Kalyan, India, has become the first batsman to score 1000-plus runs in an innings in any form of cricket. (He reached 1000 runs in just 323 balls whilst batting against Arya Gurukul School in the Bhandari Cup (a tournament in India for under-16s). His score […]
Interesting People – Santa Claus – Christmas Fact
Don’t let your kids read this… The Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten announced the death of Santa in their obituary section. (Seemingly, Santa died at the age of 227, on 3rd December in Nordkapp, Norways’s northernmost point. The funeral will be held at North Pole Chapel on 28th December. They have apologised for “an internal error”, but […]
Interesting People – Fergal Keane
Fergal Keane wrote a letter to his newborn son.