Portsmouth Interesting Facts
Interesting facts about Portsmouth, Hampshire England. Portsmouth appears on the oldest surviving route map of Great Britain
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The Voynich Manuscript
What’s intriguing about Voynich Manuscript is that it’s written in a language that nobody can decipher.
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The Shrovetide Spectre
When is Shrove Tuesday? It is Easter that fixes the date of Shrove Tuesday (Pancake day). See our pancake jokes. A Welshman, an Englishman and an American were having a drink.
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Snails
Will and Guy’s collection of interesting snail jokes, stories and pictures.
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Fantastic Illusion
Fantastic illusion with spinning dots. What Guy found was that he could control the spinning by widening his eyes, developing a sort of far-away look.
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Olympic Scandals
Olympic scandals, bribery and dishonour. Guy feels outraged by Boris Onishchenko’s cheating in the Pentathlon fencing. Aside from drug taking this was the most blatant, and especially the most pre-meditated, cheating unearthed at any Olympic Games
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Prince William and Kate Baby
Prince William and Kate baby. The first child of The Duke and Dutchess of Cambridge will be the third in line to the British throne.
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15 Untranslatable Words
Funny untranslatable words in English. Here are examples where a single foreign word or phrase conveys the concept, but all attempts at translation into English leave something missing.
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Cousins’ Day
This is the day to try and remember all the names of our parent’s children.
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Interesting Articles for January 2014
Interesting Articles for January 2014, selected by Will and Guy
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Cake Art
Cake Art. Beautifully decorated cakes can be a joy to behold, but cakes decorated to resemble famous pieces of art raise the bar of artistic appreciation to a new level!
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Funny Archaeology Jokes
Funny archaeology jokes. Archaeologists are fickle. They’re always dating other people. See more archaeological humour.
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Funny Syndromes
Funny syndromes as in amusing, and also funny as in peculiar. Capgras Delusion
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Funny Ancient History Jokes
Funny ancient history jokes. Philogelos, or ‘The Laughter Lover’, a book of wisecracks.
