by Rob Tyler | Dec 3, 2020 | Uncategorised
Before Coca-Cola got in on it, Santa used to look a lot less jolly — even spooky. It wasn’t until 1931, when the beverage company hired an illustrator named Haddon Sundblom for magazine ads that we got the jolly old elf. Now, kids won’t get...
by Rob Tyler | Oct 30, 2020 | Uncategorised
According to the Oxford Dictionary, “lotium” was a word for “stale urine used by barbers”. They used it as a kind of shampoo.
by Rob Tyler | Oct 23, 2020 | Uncategorised
• • Golf was invented in Scotland, and can be traced back to 1457.G..gentlemen O..only L..ladies F…forbidden GOLF
by Rob Tyler | Oct 16, 2020 | Uncategorised
• • For every £100 you spend at local businesses, £68 will stay in the community
by Rob Tyler | Oct 9, 2020 | Uncategorised
There is a McDonald’s in every continent except Antarctica.
by Rob Tyler | Oct 2, 2020 | Uncategorised
Viagra, when dissolved in water, can make cut-flowers stay erect for up to a week longer than they usually would. Try...
by Rob Tyler | Sep 25, 2020 | Uncategorised
The Brits invented the first adhesive postage stamp used in a public postal system, back in 1840....
by Rob Tyler | Sep 18, 2020 | Uncategorised
The inventor of the Pringles can is now buried in...
by Rob Tyler | Sep 11, 2020 | Uncategorised
High heels came into circulation on the shoe circuit in roughly 10 BC. They were worn by men of the Persian Cavalry to help their boots stay in their stirrups when...
by Rob Tyler | Sep 4, 2020 | Uncategorised
The average person will spend six months of their lifewaiting for red lights to turn green....
