Happy Birthday

How many people do you need in a room to have a good chance that _at least two_ of them share the same birthday?

Off and ov again

The romanisation of your last name can give clues to when and where you came from.

You're a War Profiteer, Harry

As an Australian, your first encounter with Meriton may have been a hotel party in one of their serviced apartments in your late teens. Less well known is its founder and owner, billionaire Harry Oskar Triguboff.

You're in Big Truffle

The dark underbelly of truffle flavouring.

Wheely Cool

The wheel may only have been invented as a functional device once in history.

Water is a Dam Pain

In history class, the Mesopotamians and Egyptians are often presented as the earliest examples of how access to water is essential for the rise of civilisation.

The Cure is Free

Everyone and their mum has a "cure" for hiccups. What if I told you that there is actually a well-tested solution?

Nibbling Babka

So dominant was his outdoor record that it stood for 26 years, until 2020.

Window of Taxation

Wealth taxes are back in the minds of the public in the UK.

Onfim-pressionist

Musings of a Child.

Curie-ous about rice cookers?

How does a rice cooker know when the rice is done?

Druze you believe in reincarnation?

One god and reincarnation.