In the eleventh century, forks were considered scandalous. During a royal wedding in Venice, the bride (niece of the Byzantine Emperor)...

Here’s your useless, (but fascinating) fact of the day, even if (like me) you don’t know a thing about art! The Ghent Altarpiece aka The...

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. I’ve discovered a useless (but interesting) fact: Almost all of us are pronouncing Dr. Jekyll wrong! Even the...

The clothes make the Medieval man. A suit of chain mail armor is like the bespoke suit of our day and age. Did you know it cost the...

Here’s an interesting fact of the day for you: There was once a sadistic and evil teenager...who happened to be the Roman emperor. At one...

One of my favourite things to do on summer evenings is watch for the twinkling of fireflies in my garden.