Today is Hallowe’en, and therefore there has been a sudden increase in the sales of pumpkins and all stuff hallowe’en-y. I have decided to base this list around this day, and here it is:
Originally turnips and swedes were used instead of pumpkins.
The largest pumpkin ever grown weighed 1469lb (666kg - spooky, eh?) and it was […]
Earlier today I stumbled (or whatever the technological equivalent is) across a rather ingenious and logical website. Now, being logical is not normally something that will draw me to a website, but this one was outstanding in both logic and ingenuity.
SmashMyiPod.com
This site is solely involved in the destruction of the most annoying portable MP3 player […]
Not the most awe-inspiring title ever, but it describes this addition to my blog. The following … facts all concern the number 62. Don’t ask how I picked it or why I picked it, but I did. Scouring search engines, my mind, books and other random sources I have discovered the following:
The average British mother […]
An idea has just slapped me round the face, poured ice-cold water over me and done just about every other known trick to try and rouse someone from a deep slumber. This site shall mirror my personality and I suppose what has become my goal in life: to fill the world with random facts and […]
Dilbert, as I am sure many of you know, is a cartoon strip about some engineer stuck in a dead end job with a load of idiots in cubicles surrounding him, and a boss with no proper name.
This morning, into my inbox (along with various other emails about stuff) fell a newsletter from the all […]