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The Five Largest Species of Reptile In 2023, according to the ‘Reptile Database’ there are almost 12,000 extant species of reptile in the world. All living reptiles are […]

Five Seriously Endangered Big Cats The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is the global authority on the status of the natural world and the measures […]

Five of the World's Deadliest Snakes Snake Bite Statistics According to the World Health Organisation, more than 5 million humans are bitten by snakes every year. As a […]

Five Surprising “Island” Facts Did you know that the word “philomath” can be applied to a person who enjoys study and learning new facts. If that’s you, then I’m sure […]

Five of the World’s Most Spectacular Monkeys In general, the term “monkey” applies to more then 300 species of tailed primate, though this excludes lemurs, tarsiers, and lorises. […]

Five of the World’s Rarest Canines Domestic dogs are some of the best-loved animals on the planet. However, in many cases, their wild canine cousins have not quite been […]

My Five Favourite Classic Cocktails There are thousands of different cocktail recipes that are available online and from other various sources around the world. However, they […]

My Five Favourite Classic Cocktails There are thousands of different cocktail recipes that are available online and from other various sources around the world. However, […]

FIVE TRULY GREAT RACEHORSES To earn the accolade of greatness in any field is obviously a subjective matter. Shakespeare’s take on the subject was “Some are […]

Five Really Great American Racehorses In no particular order, here’s a brief narrative on what many would consider five of the greatest American racehorses of all t […]

Five Unusual Cheeses You Might Not Want To Try! Cheese happens to be a dairy food product that is truly savoured by countless people in many countries around the world. And, the […]

Five Really Great "Soul Brothers" Acts ” Soul” is a genre of music that has its roots in African-American gospel music and rhythm and blues. It originated in the African […]

The World’s Five Largest Inland Waters Many of us know that more than 70% of the Earth’s surface is covered in water. However, did you also know that some 96% of that water […]

The World's Five Largest Sharks Did you know fossil evidence suggests that sharks first patrolled the world’s seas and oceans some 450 million years ago. That’s more […]

The Five Countries with the Highest Birth Rates (2023) Global Birth Rates The discussion that surrounds the subject of worldwide birth rates, perhaps now more than ever, is a divisive […]

Five 19th Century Inventions We Couldn’t Live Without Just imagine you’re at home when you get a phone call from a friend to say they want to treat you to a night out at cinema. You say you […]

The World's Five Largest Rodents Did you know there are well over 2,200 extant species of rodents on our planet? Rodents make up around 40% of all the world’s mammal […]

The World’s Five Most Spoken Languages Did you know there are currently some 7,000 languages spoken across the world? Papua New Guinea, the country with most languages, is […]

Five Countries with High Murder Rates (2022) What is Murder? Murder can be described as the unlawful killing of one human by another that is conducted with malice […]

The World's Five Longest-Living People What’s Your Life Expectancy? “Longevity” could be simply defined as the ability to having survived for a long time, i.e. well beyond […]