Trivia

UNION FLAG

The proper name of the flag of the U.K. is the 'Union Flag.' It's called the 'Union Jack' only when it's flown from the jack mast of a ...

SHERLOCK WHO?

Sherlock Holmes was not the first choice as the name of Arthur Conan Doyle's famous detective. He initially named his detective Sherrinford, a name ...

POET PRODIGY

Alfred, Lord Tennyson wrote a 6,000-word epic poem in 1821. At the time, he was just twelve years ...

IRISH FAMINE

In 1739, nearly half a million people died in Ireland because of the widespread potato crop ...

EARLY UTENSILS

By the early 18th century, the four-tined fork was common in Germany, but forks in England still had only two tines - not very helpful for scooping ...

NEED GLASSES?

Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the Sherlock Holmes stories, was an ophthalmologist by ...

BEATLE TRIVIA

John Lennon and Paul McCartney first performed together in Liverpool in 1957. The Beatles formally disbanded in the spring of ...