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Originally, gardens were used to grow food and medicinal herbs. Decorative gardens appeared around 1400 BC. The earliest surviving detailed garden ...

A study found bacteria in soil can trigger the release of serotonin. Through gardening and making contact with soil, even re-potting indoor plants,...

Within your garden there are more microorganisms in just one teaspoon of soil than the number of people living on our beautiful planet.

Talk to anyone who has raised a garden. The feeling to see a garden successfully bloom or to harvest food brings an amazing sense of self-esteem an...

"Mum" in English, "mama" in Mandarin Chinese, as well as in Spanish, "mamma" in Iceland, "ma" in Punjabi - this is no coincidence. The first sound ...

We inherit equal amounts of genetic mutations from both our parents, but scientists have found that we use more mutations from our father's genes. ...

Words referring to cats being used as vulgar slang for female genitals also exist in some other European languages too. Examples include German "mu...

With modern technology, it is possible to have your anus rejuvenated like a virgin by laser cosmetic surgery. Initially a procedure that was develo...

The average person annually uses over 20,000 sheets of toilet paper (100 rolls). It takes over 380 trees to produce the toilet paper that the avera...

The word "fan" is a shortened version of the word “fanatic”, which is a word introduced into English around 1550, as a word to describe somebody "m...

Popcorn and the movies were inextricably bound by 1945, with over half of the popcorn consumed in America being consumed at the movies.

The 20th century saw the average life expectancy shooting up 30 years, which is the greatest gain in 5,000 years of human history. Making it to bei...

The first birthday cake is believed to have been made in Germany in the Middle Ages. Germans would hold a Kinderfest celebration for the children's...

The smell of a book can be a reminder of things past, with all the linked memories, but also, the smell acts as a trigger of excitement, for the an...

According to the National Sleep Foundation, a bedtime reading ritual helps to prepare the body for sleep, aiding the mind to unwind, separating sle...

Studies show that those who have a positive outlook about ageing outlive those with negative views by several years, regardless of pre-existing hea...

The expression to “fall in love”, has been with us for a long time. One of the earliest entries is in a poem by Edmund Spenser published in the 1590s.

According to a research by the BBC, in comparison to those without siblings, people who connect and go through life with their siblings are more ap...

Studies show that people who follow a vegan or vegetarian diet tend to display lower blood cholesterol, lower blood pressure and a decreased rate o...

Some hospitals apparently keep a supply of beer for alcoholics, in case a patient goes through withdrawal, which can actually be fatal. It was comm...

A university study showed that the more brothers a man has, the faster his sperm swim and the greater his fertility - one of the many things to tha...

Did you know that when you lose weight, fat leaves your body via your breath? The fat is released as carbon dioxide when we exhale, but before you ...

Useful fact about booze. We're told to drink milk before a heavy night of alcohol. Whilst it is a good idea to have food in the stomach prior to dr...

Did you know, the smaller the bubbles, the better the quality of the champagne? A bottle of champagne at room temperature contains around 49 millio...

Even a recent study supports the benefits of weightlifting, not only as an effective way of relieving stress, but also for the intelligence. Going ...

Ever wondered which nation leads in the battle of book reading? This is in fact Iceland, where people read more books per capita than in any other ...

According to a recent research, over a quarter of American adults did not read a single book, of any format, over a 12 months period. Worryingly, t...

The word “novel” as an adjective, dates from the early 1400s, and comes from the old French word “novel/nouvel” meaning “new, recent, young and fre...

A bibliophile is one who loves to read, and collect books, often with an extensive collection of books. Beware not to succumb to bibliomania - a di...

The expression "god's gift to humanity" is used for someone that is considered to be extremely attractive and irresistible, but also considered to ...

According to a study, 7 out of 10 British dogs get Christmas gifts from their doting owners.

In the 18th century, American and British accents had not yet diverged. Unknown to many, the American accent has changed only subtly, and it is the...

The entire written works of humankind, of every known language, from the dawn of recorded history, would take up around 50 petabytes of data. Faceb...

A "top lad" is one who excels in all areas of being a lad, whose antics must be effortless, never forced, and come naturally, never faked. The priv...

London Calling is a famous song by the British band The Clash which alluded to the BBC World Service's station identification used during the Secon...

Father's Day began in 1910 in Washington, by Sonora Dodd wanting to thank her dad and had the idea for Father's Day, which would mirror Mother's Da...