14 January 2017
An AI analysis of 150 years of UK newspapers has found that men are mentioned three times as often as women – a figure that has remained...
13 January 2017
More electric cars are sold in China than the rest of the world combined. reuters.co.uk ~ According to a new Gallup poll, 10 million...
12 January 2017
In his farewell speech, Barack Obama mentioned democracy 20 times - more than the previous 15 presidents combined. qz.com ~ Monopoly...
11 January 2017
Every strawberry at Wimbledon last year was picked by an Eastern European. washingtonpost.com ~ 100% of Dutch trains now run on wind...
10 January 2017
In 2016, the last year of Barack Obama’s presidency, the US dropped at least 26,171 bombs on seven countries. Council On Foreign...
9 January 2017
Pluto has towers of ice 1,600 feet tall. vice.com
8 January 2017
The cuckoo in the world’s largest cuckoo clock weighs 23-and-a-half stone. atlasobscura.com
7 January 2017
Tatler has issued its annual list of the ‘poshest’ baby names for 2017. Girls’ names include Estonia, Gethsemane, Hum, Scar and Koala;...
6 January 2017
A Brazilian great-grandmother, who prayed every day for years to a figurine of St Anthony, has discovered it is in fact Elrond, an elf...
5 January 2017
The average FTSE 100 CEO makes more money by Wednesday lunchtime each week than the average worker earns in a year. theguardian.com,...