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When wrapping a present, don’t put the paper on inside out, or you’ll have accidentally...

May 30th

In the introduction to the first edition of ‘Les Propheties’, Nostradamus warned that...

May 29th

It turns out that the atrioventricular valves were in our hearts all along.

May 28th

FACT: Dinosaurs died out because they had trouble getting dates. Those lizards had terrible social...

May 28th

My favourite Alfred Hitchcock film was his notable sequel ‘Dial O for Oh No More...

May 27th

Tech tip… Use your printer’s set-up menu to switch off the ‘Print On Both...

May 25th

If your Belbin test result was ‘Monitor Evaluator’ then good news! You’re one of...

May 21st

I would like to see more educational skywriting messages. E.g. ‘It’s blue because of the...

May 20th

My favourite mythological creature is the ‘airmaid’, mermaid of the sky. In most folk...

May 17th

It’s one of life’s little ironys that solar-powered calculators don’t work on the...

May 15th

Fun fact: All the fish you see in aquariums are being indefinitely held until trial.

May 14th

Food labelling doesn’t give me enough information. I want to know exactly how many atoms...

May 12th

It’s a myth that dogs can’t see colours. The popular misconception was disproved by the...

May 10th

Dogs pretend to see in black and white, so that they can claim a concession on their TV licence.

May 10th

The number ‘zero’ was invented by mathematicians sometime around the 5th century. Before...

May 10th

Money-saving tip… reduce your spend on glasses by simply sticking together your leftover...

May 7th

Money-saving tip… reduce your electricity bill by catching lightning in a bucket.

May 6th

I’m not good at DVD rentals. I always return them late, and forget to rewind them.

May 4th

To avoid hayfever, I plan to domesticate bees and train them to block pollen from my nose. Just like...

May 1st

Hayfever is bad. But what if that nasty pollen resulted in hay growing from your nostrils? No-one...

May 1st