If you get all of these, you can claim to be a genius — Think yourself to be a genius and a science type? Here is your chance to find out, because if you get these 30 hilarious jokes then you are probably a genius or at least super intelligent! Disclaimer: I can’t promise getting all these jokes proves you are genius or even…

If you want proof of just how often luck is at the heart of invention, here it is — Percy Spencer was born in the US in 1894, and grew up to become a prominent physicist and inventor focused on radar and microwaves. But, at no point during his career, did he set out to focus on food. Yet, he is the man who invented the microwave oven. The…

Everyone thinks the Wild West was a story of a lawless wilderness, but it wasn’t, here’s the real story — If you believed popular culture, you would think that the Wild West was a story of wild adventure filled with gunslingers and lawlessness. However, that is not even close to the true story. But then, what is the true story? Well, before I get to that, first thing’s first, the…

Blink and you will miss these genius punchlines — Everyone loves a good joke, here are three exceptionally clever ones. Disclaimer: much bad dad jokery ahead, you have been warned. Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson decide to go camping. They pitch up their tent on the top of the hillside, then go to sleep. During the night, Holmes prods…

Homes used to be affordable, here is the real reason why they increasingly aren’t — Any person who has desired to purchase a home will attest that doing so is becoming increasingly difficult. The question is, why? It’s complex is the answer. To explain, firstly, if you look at the data, it would seem that the older generations have not per se had it better. …

Cleopatra had two great-grandparents, normal people have eight — Everyone knows the tragic story of the fated last Queen of Egypt, Cleopatra VII. Her love affairs with Julius Caesar and Mark Anthony are legendary, as is the fact that she took her own life by killing herself with snake poison, and all to stop the all-powerful soon-to-be first Roman…

Ever wondered why rich people keep getting richer? Here is the perfect example of why — It’s really common for rich people to take out mortgages for the homes they buy, even though they could easily pay for them outright. The question is, why do they do this? The simple answer is, it’s profitable to do so.

Everyone thinks Wild West cowboys wore cowboy hats, but they didn’t — Gunslingers and outlaws from the Wild West wear cowboy hats right, everyone knows that. Except everybody is wrong about that, it’s a myth. To explain, the Wild West, also known as the Old West, encompasses the area known as the American frontier. But this is where things get complex, the…

Without World War I, the probability is universal suffrage would be a rare thing — Wherever the Anglo world has influence, it’s a fair bet you will find a form of universal suffrage. But here is the thing, if World War I had not happened, and Germany had never decided to become aggressive, it is highly probable that democracy of the universal suffrage kind would…