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It is said that the concept of the Easter bunny giving candies and eggs originated in Germany during the Middle Ages. The first written mention of ...

The first Fabergé Egg was commissioned by the Czar Alexander III to Carl Fabergé as an Easter gift for his wife, giving full freedom on the design...

Text on the reverse side:The woven containers of a basket, often in illustrations for Easter, besides being a useful tool for carefully collecting ...

The average time for cracking open the first Easter egg is 11am on Easter Sunday morning (although studies show that nearly half the children give ...

Text on the reverse side:The first Fabergé Egg was commissioned by the Czar Alexander III to Carl Fabergé as an Easter gift for his wife, giving f...

Studies show that countries using masks had better results in controlling the 2020 epidemic. South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, and Singapore are sited...

Text on the reverse side:Studies show that countries using masks had better results in controlling the 2020 epidemic. South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong...

Americans eat more popcorn than any other country. An annual consumption of over 17 billion litres in volume, it would comfortably fill the Empire ...

Text on the reverse side:Publicity photo from Charlie Chaplin's 1921 movie "The Kid". Pictured are Charlie Chaplin and Jackie Coogan. This was Chap...

Text on the reverse side:Research shows that listening to classical music and meditative sounds before sleep significantly reduces insomnia whilst ...

Text on the reverse side:Under deadline, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller was locked them in their hotel room by their music publisher. It took five h...

Research shows that listening to classical music and meditative sounds before sleep significantly reduces insomnia whilst lifting the spirit for a ...

A 1926 image from "Wonderful London" with the caption: "Here we are back in the heart of London... A rainy night has driven folk indoors and the la...

The 1760s saw the hairstyles adding a quarter to half the length of the face. By the mid to late 1770s, huge hair became all the rage with the heig...

Publicity photo from Charlie Chaplin's 1921 movie "The Kid". Pictured are Charlie Chaplin and Jackie Coogan. This was Chaplin's first full-length f...

A glamorous Marilyn Monroe in a publicity photo for the film How to Marry a Millionaire. On her birth certificate as Norma Jeane Mortenson, she was...

Written, produced, directed and starring Charlie Chaplin, this American silent comedy-drama film, was Chaplin's first full-length film as a directo...

Monroe often referred to Marilyn Monroe in the third person, with an inner switch turning “Marilyn” on and off. From being totally incognito in pub...

One day, while filming a scene in the movie Jailhouse Rock, Elvis Presley swallowed a tooth cap. As a result, he was hospitalised for several days ...

Under deadline, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller was locked them in their hotel room by their music publisher. It took five hours for them to write fo...

This was the first film featuring Elvis Presley that was inducted into the Library of Congress National Film Registry. The band featured in the fil...

This photo was taken to promote the film The Seven Year Itch. The filming took place at 1am as thousands of fans watched Marilyn Monroe on a subway...

Masks help in reducing the spread of infectious disease by catching microbes expelled by the wearer. Through sneezing, large droplets can travel as...

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) Am...

The bubbles in champagne give the tipple its aroma and taste, as well as its fizz. Each glass of champagne releases approximately 20 million bubble...

Talking of silent movies back in the early days, because there was no sound, and therefore no language barrier, they soon became global phenomena s...

A large-scale study by the Reading Agency, showed the immense benefits of reading, including increased self-esteem, reduced anxiety and stress, com...

Two meals a day, breakfast and dinner, was the norm in the early 19th C. The 7th Duchess of Bedford is said to have complained of “having that sink...

The idea of a traditional fruit cake seems to be witnessing a new trend. Apparently, as many as 13% of brides (grooms take less of a part in this d...

As part of studies on the heart rates of couples, one experiment had couples sat facing each other. It showed that after a while, their hearts beat...

Unicorn symbolises innocence, purity and feminine power, often seen as the counterpart of the lion, which symbolises the masculine virtues. Some be...

Interesting trivia on movies: In Terminator 2: Judgement Day, Arnold Schwarzenegger was paid around $21,000 for every one of the 700 words he said ...

The line comes from Jerry Maguire, a 1996 American romantic comedy-drama sports film starring Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Renée Zellweger. The...

Initially, movie theatres were trying to appeal to a highbrow clientele, and so popcorn was not a welcome snack. However, when films added sound, t...

Early readers develop vocabulary necessary to communicate, and therefore, more likely to attempt to formulate their thoughts before allowing demons...

Cool cat is an expression defining someone stylish and admirable. In the 1920s, the world of jazz gave us the use of the word “cat” referring to a ...