Pencil Sculptures
Remember pencils? Those strange, forgotten instruments of education that we used to prick the behinds of our friends with? Pencil Art is
Tagged: Quite Interesting
What happened before the Big Bang?
There are now at least 6 theories that aim to address the question of what happened before the Big Bang
How Wine Changed the Course of History
INVENTION: Ideas that changed the world. How wine and glass changed the course of Chinese and European history
Cape Town and Slavery
How slavery has influenced Cape cuisine, Cape architecture, Cape slang and language, slave names and Cape Town traditions. Slavery in the Western Cape
The Good Old Days: Great Binge Drugs
Why our great grandparents called them “the good old days” and why they were perhaps happier than we are. Cocaine tablets, Opium for asthma, Bayer’s Heroin…
Interesting Facts About Salt
Add salt to green salads to prevent wilting; A dash of salt enhances the taste of tea; Use salt to clean your discolored coffee pot
Quite Interesting Facts From Long Ago
Why do X’s at the end of a letter signify kisses? Why do people clink their glasses before drinking a toast?
Zeitgeist Film: Your Life, Your World
If you were offered an alternative society to the one we currently live within — one that could provide (not promise) a dramatic drop in poverty, a higher level of health care, a rise in education levels and a more functional society, would you fight for it?
The lunacy of language
Let’s face it – English is a crazy language. There is neither egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple
Music Therapy: Tune in and chill out
The change in brainwave activity levels that music can bring can enable the brain to shift speeds more easily on its own as needed
