Hear Ye, Hear Ye… Tennis players from around the land… The Championships have begun. What’s the big deal? This is Wimbledon, arguably the most prestigious tennis tournament in the world. This year it the tournament will be played between…
Actually burgers don’t grow on trees, but now they grow in labs! The world premier of the first cultured beef burger was held a few weeks ago in London, England. It was cooked up and served to two food experts.…
Since 1 January 2008 the Welsh Government has pledged to plant a tree for every child born or adopted in Wales. The program is called “Plant!” and is helping to create a welsh national forest of native trees. There are…
Hear ye, hear ye! On this Friday, the thirteenth day of December, the Prince of Wales set foot on The South Pole! Hear ye, hear ye! All rejoice! Prince Harry was part of a three team South Pole Expedition organized…
Spellers beware! The United States National Spelling Bee has changed the rules of the spelling bee competition. Starting this year the contestants will not only have to be able to spell complicated 5 or 6 syllable words, but they will…
The world’s first underground railway is the London Underground, known lovingly as “The Tube“. It opened on January 9, 1863 and carried its first passenger the next day between Paddington and Farringdon. The Metropolitan Railway, as it was called then,…
Today marks the 20th birthday of the text message. On December 3rd, 1992 text engineer Neil Papworth from the UK, sent out the very first text; “Merry Christmas!” to his employee Rich Jarvis who was at a Christmas party…
London, St James’s Palace announced that Prince William and Catherine Duchess Of Cambridge are expecting a baby. The Duchess, widely known as Kate, was admitted this afternoon to King Edward VII Hospital in Central London with a form of acute…
The Telegraph reported a very hilarious story: A young undercover police officer, who we will call Don Joe, was doing undercover work in a market town in the county of Sussex in South East England. He was dressed in an…