Birthday Occasion

The birthday of cinema is considered to be when the “Grand Cafe” of Paris organised the first paid screening on 28th December 1895. The admission w...

Looney Tunes was an animated comedy produced by Warner Brothers from 1930 to 1969, with the most famous character being Bugs Bunny who even has a s...

In Greco-Roman mythology, the peacock tail was said to have the "eyes" of the stars. Peacocks with their graceful beauty, symbolise watchfulness, v...

Design by William Frend De Morgan (1839-1917) who was an English potter, tile designer and novelist. A close and long term friend of William Morris...

In Chinese culture, also colours can carry an auspicious meaning. Blue, azure and some shades of green, called “qing”, are normally associated with...

The way cats wash their faces licking their paws and wiping their face - it is as if they are inviting good luck beckoning with their paw. Cats wit...

The way to say “happy birthday” in Japanese is “otanjoubi omedetou” (formal version: “otanjoubi omedetou gozaimasu”.) Tanjoubi means birthday, and...

The first hot air balloon flight was demonstrated flying over the heads of Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, and the French court in Versailles in 1783....

The largest recorded paper plane was made 28th September 2013 in Braunschweig, Germany. Taking fourteen people 1,200 hours to make, it measured a s...

The first mention of the cupcake can be traced as far back as 1796. Written by Amelia Simmons in American Cookery, there is a recipe notation of “a...

London was the first city to reach a population of more than one million in 1811. It is still the world’s largest financial centre.

Champagne - the ultimate drink to celebrate, holds in a standard bottle 49 million bubbles. With this card, on your special day, sending you 49 mil...

Did you know that in the movie adaptations, James Bond drinks Champagne more than any other beverage? Nearly 40 glasses and counting.

The game Scrabble has sold 150 million units in 121 countries. A Scrabble Championship is one of the only places players are not penalised using in...

Americans eat close to fifty billion burgers annually, which translates to three burgers a week for every single person in the USA.

This image is taken from a vintage poster for the French manufacturer Panhard, established in 1887. Their first vehicles set many modern standards ...

Image taken from a vintage poster designed by Alphonse Mucha. His Art Nouveau style was often imitated although it was a movement he would try to d...

The Moulin Rouge is close to Montmartre in the Paris district of Pigalle. A seductive dance by the courtesans who operated there, evolved into maki...

Image taken from a vintage poster designed by Alphonse Mucha. His Art Nouveau style was often imitated although it was a movement he would try to d...

The oldest known confection in the world is the Linzer Torte, a tart with jam and a lattice pasty top, which shows up not only in a 1696 recipe, bu...

In the United Kingdom cards from the Royal Family are sent to those celebrating their 100th,105th birthday and every year thereafter.

The peacock is a symbol of immortality because the ancients believed peacocks do not decay even after death. Furthermore, the peacock naturally rep...

There are numerous benefits that come with reading. One benefit was confirmed via a study which found how the act of reading was essential for main...

COVID-19 has affected us all over the world. Previous pandemics previously experienced include the H2N2 flu in 1957 (1.1million+ fatalities), 1918 ...

Many ancient cultures believed that smoke carried prayers to the heavens, which is why today we make wishes before blowing out birthday candles.

The 1930s saw people describing popular blues songs as "rocking". As time evolved with rock 'n' roll music in the 1950s, the word "to rock" was lin...

The most expensive birthday was hosted by the Sultan of Brunei who spent 27.2 million dollars, including three concerts featuring Michale Jackson.

The pink version of the union jack was popularised by British artist and photographer David Gwinnutt, creating the Pink Jack in an art exhibition i...

Buckingham Palace revealed that Queen Victoria regularly enjoyed a slice with tea every afternoon. The quintessential English teatime treat of a tw...

Deer antlers are the fastest growing tissue on the planet, where at their peak, they can expand an inch every two days.

Prior to the introduction of railways, communities around the UK had their own local time (e.g. Bristol was 10 minutes behind Greenwich Mean Time.)...

Many ancient cultures believed that smoke carried prayers to the heavens, which is why today we make wishes before blowing out birthday candles.

Champagne has been served at royal courts across Europe for centuries. In 1884, Champagne was selected as the official drink for Queen Victoria’s r...

Tea bags were invented in the United States back in 1908 by Thomas Sullivan who created small silk bags for giving samples of tea to his customers....

For centuries until the kingdoms in the UK united, the flag of the union jack was restricted to use at sea. This was the likely origin of the name ...

The term, old boy, refers to a man who is a member of an influential long established clique, especially in a social sphere or a professional circle.