A brief Mothers Day lesson
The Mothers Day holiday was created by Anna Jarvis as a day for each family to honour its mother. It is now celebrated
Category: Quite Interesting
The mystery of the computer keyboard
In the early days of the typewriter way-back-when (1860) the letters were initially arranged from A-Z along a metal bar
The History and Origin of Santa Claus
Father Christmas, who also goes under the alias of St Nicholas and Kris Kringle, has a bit of a sketchy history – predominantly attributed to legend and folklore. There is also a darker historical account that attributes some of the qualities and roles of St Nic to the pagan deities of Artemis and Poseidon. The most plausible story of Saint Nicholas as an actual human figure dates back to 4th century Myra – a southwest port of modern day Turkey. The legend goes that Nicholas was a bishop that took pity on a poverty-stricken family with three daughters, who faced the threat of being forced into prostitution because they had no wedding dowries
Summer’s No.1 killer
Most species of mosquito are nocturnal, and hide in cool places during the day – waiting until nightfall to attack
Friday the 13th superstitions
Many tall office buildings don’t have a 13th floor. There are 13 loaves of bread in a baker’s dozen. Friday the 13th dates
