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geoffv wrote a new post on the site Education

Fri, 27 Dec 2024 20:00:03 +0000

Britain's Lost Traditions: Morris Dancing Britain’s many traditions and customs reflect the country’s rich cultural history. These celebrations are almost all tied to the […]

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Sat, 14 Dec 2024 21:56:58 +0000

Britain's Lost Traditions: Conkers Britain’s many traditions and customs reflect the country’s rich cultural history. These celebrations are almost all tied to the […]

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Wed, 04 Dec 2024 18:54:34 +0000

Britain's Lost Traditions: Maypole Dancing Britain’s many traditions and customs reflect the country’s rich cultural history. These celebrations are almost all tied to the […]

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Sat, 30 Nov 2024 13:02:13 +0000

Britain's Lost Traditions: Egg Dumping Britain’s many traditions and customs reflect the country’s rich cultural history. These celebrations are almost all tied to the […]

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Wed, 27 Nov 2024 14:11:21 +0000

Britain's Lost Traditions: Penny For The Guy Britain’s many traditions and customs reflect the country’s rich cultural history. These celebrations are almost all tied to the […]

geoffv wrote a new post on the site Education

Sun, 24 Nov 2024 11:30:32 +0000

Britain's Lost Traditions: Carlin Sunday Britain’s plethora of traditions and customs reflect the country’s rich cultural history. These celebrations are almost all tied to […]

geoffv wrote a new post on the site Entertainment

Sun, 04 Aug 2024 19:33:10 +0100

'Mack the Knife' Uncovered A Curious Song I’ve always liked the popular swing number ‘Mack the Knife’ since I first heard it over 50 years ago. Since there […]

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Fri, 02 Aug 2024 17:24:30 +0100

'Mack the Knife' Uncovered A Curious Song I’ve always liked the popular swing number ‘Mack the Knife’ since I first heard it over 50 years ago. Since there are f […]

geoffv wrote a new post on the site Education

Sun, 14 Jul 2024 11:25:24 +0100

Five Of The World’s Oldest 'Things' In 2001 the zircon crystal was unearthed at the Jack Hills sheep ranch in Western Australia. As it turned out, it was the oldest […]

geoffv wrote a new post on the site Food & Drink

Thu, 04 Jul 2024 19:28:48 +0100

A Burmese Classic Staple: Mohinga Unless you’re a bit of a foodie there is a reasonably good chance you won’t have heard of mohinga. Well, for your information, as a riv […]

geoffv wrote a new post on the site Food & Drink

Fri, 21 Jun 2024 10:48:03 +0100

A Burmese Delicacy: Laphet Thoke Now and then, many of us will enjoy a refreshing cup of green tea. However, did you know there’s a country where many people ‘eat’ green tea […]

geoffv wrote a new post on the site Education

Sun, 16 Jun 2024 18:03:16 +0100

Five ‘One-Of-A-Kind’ Animals Did you know there are around one million known insect species on the planet? This easily makes the insect the most diverse animal in […]

geoffv wrote a new post on the site Education

Fri, 07 Jun 2024 10:29:21 +0100

Five Exotic Vegetables You Must Try! Vegetables are part of a healthy, balanced diet so we must eat enough of them. Most vegetables are a great source of vitamins, […]

geoffv wrote a new post on the site Food & Drink

Fri, 07 Jun 2024 10:17:30 +0100

Five Exotic Vegetables You Must Try! Vegetables are part of a healthy, balanced diet so we must eat enough of them. Most vegetables are a great source of vitamins, minerals, […]

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Wed, 29 May 2024 07:53:18 +0100

Three Famous Sister Acts From Yesteryear The “Boswell Sisters” are arguably best-remembered as the earliest pioneers of the all female close-harmony group. The vocal trio […]

geoffv wrote a new post on the site Food & Drink

Mon, 13 May 2024 19:07:54 +0100

The World's Five Most Consumed Beverages The broadest definition of a beverage is “any portable liquid”, suggesting the term includes water. Colloquially known as “the elixir of […]

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Mon, 13 May 2024 19:07:23 +0100

The World's Five Most Consumed Beverages The broadest definition of a beverage is “any portable liquid”, suggesting the term includes water. Colloquially known as “the elixir […]

geoffv wrote a new post on the site Food & Drink

Mon, 29 Apr 2024 16:40:15 +0100

A Salute To The Tomato You might know your onions but how well do you know your tomatoes? Here’s a brief narrative on one of the world’s most consumed food […]

geoffv wrote a new post on the site Education

Mon, 22 Apr 2024 17:53:19 +0100

The World’s Five Deadliest Land Animals Unlikely as it may seem, man’s deadliest adversary from the animal kingdom is the tiny mosquito. They are estimated to kill up to 1 […]

geoffv wrote a new post on the site Education

Thu, 11 Apr 2024 13:39:54 +0100

Five of the Remotest Places on Earth Most experts agree that humans first appeared on Earth around 6 million years ago. It was not until the turn of the 19th century that […]

geoffv wrote a new post on the site Food & Drink

Sat, 06 Apr 2024 13:35:51 +0100

The Whole World’s Going Bananas! The banana is arguably the world’s most versatile fruit. While most commonly eaten raw, its soft creamy flesh can be baked, fried, grilled, […]

geoffv wrote a new post on the site Sports

Fri, 29 Mar 2024 19:57:50 +0000

Sporting Deaths that Shocked the World We all need to accept that we are going to die at some point in the future. Unless you are unfortunate enough to be killed in conflict, […]

geoffv wrote a new post on the site Education

Thu, 21 Mar 2024 12:16:16 +0000

The Amazing Hummingbird Hummingbirds – Origins, Species and Range Experts believe that early species of hummingbird began to diverge from their “swift” […]

geoffv wrote a new post on the site Education

Sun, 17 Mar 2024 11:33:11 +0000

The World's Smallest Bird? Most of us know that the ostrich is the world’s largest and heaviest extant bird species. The long-necked bird can grow up to 9 ft ( […]

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Wed, 13 Mar 2024 09:42:50 +0000

The World’s Five Most Elevated Countries The High-life You might well know that the small island nations of Tuvalu, the Maldives, the Marshall Islands and Kiribati have an […]

geoffv wrote a new post on the site Hobbies and Pastimes

Mon, 22 Jan 2024 16:19:14 +0000

Pigeons and Pigeon Keeping You probably know that ‘pigeon fancier’ is the common term used for someone who keeps and breeds pigeons as a hobby. The genteel pastime […]

geoffv wrote a new post on the site Education

Sun, 14 Jan 2024 20:09:06 +0000

How the Pigeon Conquered the World! From Barcelona to Bangkok, Dublin to Delhi, Stockholm to Sydney and beyond, the pigeon is a common sight in many towns and cities […]

geoffv wrote a new post on the site Education

Tue, 02 Jan 2024 16:58:49 +0000

The UK's Five Wild Doves and Pigeons Pidgeon or Dove? The first thing to know about doves and pigeons is scientifically speaking, they are the same living species. For […]

geoffv wrote a new post on the site Hobbies and Pastimes

Tue, 26 Dec 2023 12:15:03 +0000

50p Coins – Could You Be Minted? Introduction of the 50p The 50p coin was first introduced to the UK on 14 October 1969, when the country’s imperial currency system was […]

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Thu, 21 Dec 2023 13:11:11 +0000

The World's Five Egg-Laying Mammals Monotremes? I guess not many of us are too familiar with the egg-laying mammals of the world. There are only five, which are the […]

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Fri, 15 Dec 2023 11:13:02 +0000

Currencies of the World What is a Currency? Do you know that the word “currency” is derived from the Latin word “currere”, meaning ‘to run’ or ‘to flow’? A […]

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Fri, 08 Dec 2023 19:45:09 +0000

Top Five Countries: GDP per Capita (2023) What is GDP per Capita? Gross Domestic Product (GDP) can be described as the total monetary value of all goods produced and services […]

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Mon, 04 Dec 2023 18:55:16 +0000

The World’s Five Least Populated Countries Exactly what is a country? The most accepted definition of a ‘country’ is a sovereign state whose borders are fully acknowledged by […]

geoffv wrote a new post on the site Education

Thu, 30 Nov 2023 17:20:36 +0000

The World's Five Newest Countries The United Nations (UN) currently comprises of 193 countries as well as the observer state of the Vatican. However, the number of […]

geoffv wrote a new post on the site Education

Sat, 25 Nov 2023 14:27:07 +0000

Unclaimed Lands of the World Did you know there are almost 200 countries and a further 55 territories and dependencies in the world? Thus, it might come as a bit of […]

geoffv wrote a new post on the site Education

Mon, 20 Nov 2023 15:53:04 +0000

The World in a Nutshell! Overview of Earth Do you know that experts estimate the Earth to be some 4.5 billion years old? It is the fifth largest of the eight […]

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Fri, 03 Nov 2023 22:08:18 +0000

ChatGTP Creates a Funny StoryThis was created using ChatGTP! Once upon a time in the quirky town of Wobbleville, there lived a clumsy but […]

geoffv wrote a new post on the site Entertainment

Thu, 19 Oct 2023 11:53:35 +0100

Five Hilarious Clips – Only Fools And Horses Only Fools and Horses Only Fools and Horses is an iconic British sitcom that was created by comedy screenwriter John Sullivan […]

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Sun, 15 Oct 2023 19:04:07 +0100

Five Hilarious Clips From The Young Ones The Young Ones The Young Ones is a British sitcom written by Rik Mayall, Ben Elton, and Lise Mayer. Mayall, along with Adrian […]

geoffv wrote a new post on the site Entertainment

Tue, 10 Oct 2023 18:27:02 +0100

Five Classic Clips From Fawlty Towers Fawlty Towers Fawlty Towers is an iconic British television sitcom written by husband and (then) wife, John Cleese and Connie […]

geoffv wrote a new post on the site Entertainment

Thu, 05 Oct 2023 13:39:28 +0100

Five Absolute Classic Monty Python Sketches Monty Python’s Flying Circus Monty Python’s Flying Circus was a British TV comedy sketch show that was broadcast on the BBC bet […]

geoffv wrote a new post on the site Technology

Mon, 02 Oct 2023 18:11:43 +0100

The Layman's Guide to Rare Earth Metals The term “rare-earth metals” is now cited almost daily by the popular media. But, just how much do you know about rare-earth met […]

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Tue, 22 Aug 2023 17:32:45 +0100

Westminster and Holyrood SISSIs in Charity Link-up Another exclusive scoop by ‘I Wish That Was The News’ @ FMS (Aug 2023) Charity Project It’s rumoured that the Scottish and W […]

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Thu, 17 Aug 2023 14:32:06 +0100

Sunak Eyes Up Move to GOOVI Another exclusive scoop by ‘I Wish That Was The News’ @ FMS (Aug 2023) In breaking news, it seems that UK Prime Minister Rishi […]

geoffv wrote a new post on the site Food & Drink

Thu, 17 Aug 2023 14:04:21 +0100

Five Exotic Fruits You Might Not Know! Changing Times I don’t suppose when American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan wrote and released his 1964 protest song “The Times They Are […]

geoffv wrote a new post on the site Education

Thu, 17 Aug 2023 13:31:14 +0100

Five Exotic Fruits You Might Not Know Changing Times I don’t suppose when American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan wrote and released his 1964 protest song “The Times They Are […]

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Mon, 14 Aug 2023 17:13:56 +0100

Rishi Sunak a Doppelganger for Europe’s “Mr Big”? Another exclusive scoop by ‘I Wish That Was The News’ @ FMS (Aug 2023) Reports are coming in that British Prime Minister Rishi […]

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Wed, 09 Aug 2023 11:23:04 +0100

Five Choice Quotes For Modern-Day Politics Based on a few choice quotes from history, here’s a brief review of just what is happening in the world of politics: 1. “There are t […]

geoffv wrote a new post on the site Education

Fri, 04 Aug 2023 18:29:50 +0100

Five Really Weird Phobias What is a Phobia? A phobia could be most simply described as an irrational fear of an object, animal, situation or activity. While […]

geoffv wrote a new post on the site Education

Tue, 01 Aug 2023 18:04:53 +0100

Five Places With Extreme Climate Do you know where in the world the extremes of our climate occur? If not, then read on: The Wettest Place on Earth According to […]