Festin, mes enfants- festin! Buvez a profondement! Mystery over Viking treasure solved after runic inscription deciphered Archaeologists Discover...
Humans have polluted the sea with lead for far longer than we realised, study shows Ice age Europeans as young as 10 years old rocked cheek...
Love this song. Unclear why one would allow one's donkey to become inebriated in the first place though... Big Al Carson - Take Your Drunken Ass...
"A nearly 1,500-year-old section of the Bible has been unearthed during a recent study, according to scientists. The team used ultraviolet...
4,500-Year-Old Three Warrior Graves Found in Germany, One Still Wearing an Arm Guard
"Roy Hayward, who has died aged 99, landed on D-Day with the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry and was badly wounded in the Battle of Normandy. Stanley...
"Tributes have been paid to RAF hero Jack Hemmings - one of Britain's oldest Second World War veterans - after his death at 103. The...
Actually the first practical solar panel was in 1954- The History and Evolution of Solar Panels - Building For Humanity
Here's today's offerings- 3,500-year-old Town Found Near Alexandria, Egypt Dismembered Pregnant Woman Found in Ecuador Suggests El Niño Ritual...
A brief explanation. The Gregorian Calendar Britain didn't immediately adopt the Gregorian calendar because it came from the Vatican; remember,...
Used to be January 12th in Scotland originally. In England, it was 25th March from 1155-1751. Both would have changed in 1752 when the Gregorian...
Coal is just peat that's been underground for considerably longer. Folks still dig up peat to use for fuel, in the places it isn't banned yet anyway.
Absolute pleasure, old boy. Love Status Quo, me. :pipesmoke:
There's a Scottish joke in that song- "Holding Bobby's Boaby (manhood) next to mine"...:D:p Mates of mine who played in a club band years ago used...
"Wing Commander Jack Harris, who has died aged 104, flew 37 bombing operations as the pilot of a Lancaster, being awarded the DFC; he later served...
"Valérie André, a French aviator and parachutist who became the first woman to become a general officer in France, has died. She was 102. France's...
Yeah, been following that story. It's interesting. I remember my granny used to blame bad weather on the Apollo moonshots though.
UK Government hit everybody's phone with an automatic severe warning alert at 1800 tonight. Only caught it because I saw my phone screen brighten,...
The site seems to be a day behind these days. New evidence suggests megaflood refilled the Mediterranean Sea five million years ago Hidden...
