How do the two longest reigning monarchs match up? From Mental Floss.
How do the two longest reigning monarchs match up? From Mental Floss.
Specially fitted out elevators in New York’s One World Trade Centre feature an all-encompassing time-lapse video of the city’s skyline over about 500 years or so. At $32 a person for the one minute or so ride in the elevator up to the viewing platform maybe you’d only probably be hoping to catch it all …
Mental Floss lists what it calls ten odd jobs of yesteryear. Included are the Saggar Maker’s Bottom Knocker and the Slubber Doffer. But the real gem is the link at the bottom of the post to this list of Obscure Old English Census Occupations. There are scores and scores listed there. A treasure trove of …
The usually reliable Today I Found Out posted this addition to their Fast Facts series, featuring “Joseph Bolitho Johns, also known as Moondyne Joe, was Australia’s best known bushranger (runaway convict).” While their use of ‘bushranger’ for ‘runaway convict’ falls into the ‘I do not think it means what you think it means’ category, it’s …
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