Thursday, 15 October 2026

Tigers

Tigers are apex predators, they can take down animals much bigger and stronger than themselves and often hunt everywhere from land to bodies of water. 

Did you know tiger urine often smells like freshly made popcorn, it's not understood why. 
Did you know tigers are know to hunt in water and the are documented cases of tigers taking out crocodiles. They have slightly webbed feet that allows them to swim very well and for very long distances. 

Wednesday, 14 October 2026

Ok Origin

The word ok , originated from sarcastic comment written by old  news papers. They would write Oll Korrect  when they were quoting someone they disagreed with. 

Later the word was shortened to Ok and the true meaning was lost. It was short so it was easy to remember. 

Tuesday, 13 October 2026

Hidden Island

Next to the Island of Great Britain, there is a submerged island called Doggerland. It has a land area of 188,000 square kilometres, roughly two thirds the side of Great Britain

The island wasn't always submerged, during the ice age it was above sea level and people were walking around on it. 

Sunday, 4 October 2026

Milky Way Galaxy

The Milky Way galaxy contains more than 100 billion stars. Every star has vast distances between  it and the next star. 

We don't know exactly how many stars there are in the milky way galaxy because we are a part of it. Our full view of the galaxy is obscured by dust, nebula formations, and other stars. Some estimates of the galaxy claim the number of stars is closer to 400 billion. 

Remember, one billion is one thousand million. 

Saturday, 3 October 2026

Food Hack

If you have an avocado or other fruit that isn't ripe, you can speed up the ripening by placing a freckled banana next to it. 
When a banana is covered in Brown dots or freckles, it is fully ripened and is giving off ethylene gas, this causes other fruits close by to ripen quickly. 

You could leave the freckled banana next to the fruit for a day then eat the fully ripened banana and then eat the other ripened fruit the following morning. 

Sunday, 27 September 2026

Light Speed Paradox

If you placed a light emitting diode on the end of a bullet and fired it, the light emitted by the diode would not go faster than the speed of light, even though  it is being transmitted from the end of a speeding bullet. 
What would happen is the time experienced by the light photons would slow down so time and space  would not allow the light to travel faster the maximum speed limit for light particles. 

So all particles with no mass can't travel faster than 299 792 458 meters per second. That is the fixed speed of light. 

Tuesday, 15 September 2026

Ringo Starr Narrated Thomas The Tank Engine

Ringo Starr, the drummer for the Beatles music band was the Original Narrator for Thomas the Tank engine. The Voice in the background telling the story about what is happening in each scene. 

He liked trains a lot because he took on other train related roles.