Un-named in the bible but who gave them the names, Balthazaar, Caspar, Melchior?? (Is History/myths the correct category for this question? Is the Bible a myth? but that's another question)
Hi, someone once told me a story about a very popular greek king (don't know if it was exactly a king) who one day entered the forum/akropolis (or some other building) and forgot by mere mistake to...
Please don't be offended. Did Islam came before Christianity? In other words, did the prophet Muhammad came before Jesus? Or was it the other way around?
Help! What is the piece of classical music which was played at the end of last nights new BBC Sherlock Holmes (starring Rupert Everett). It is a also at the end of the film "Master &...
Should politicinas be paragons of virtue or should they be 'just like the rest of us' and human. As an example if they have an affair - is this really an issue (after all a high percentage...
What exactly are the usual 'legal reasons' for which a person actually convicted of a crime and sentenced to six months imprisonment STILL cannot be named afterwards in newpaper and media reports...?
on an episode of the quiz with stephen fry called QI t'other night he mentioned something blahblah morphic or something, and gave an example of tits in england learning to peck at frozen milk tops at...
The answers are items on a Xmas shopping list: 1. Choice part of the theatre? 2. Where Charley's dramatic aunt came from! 3. It will spoil a chat if he changes the subject! 4. Is it a metal...
Why do some brand name drinks change taste when you go abroad? Coca-cola seems to taste the same in the US as in Britain and the rest of the world, but in Spain Irn Bru tastes like...
The ab editor said The UK has no written constitutional right to free speech why is that? I know they don't have a written constitution but why? And are there laws protecting civil and democratic...
Anyone round here been to the Urals? How much of a 'natural barrier' are they? Are they in the same league as, say, the Himalayas ? big enough to prevent casual migration?
i was watching a true story on from america on reality tv on sky and people on it were becoming violently ill with food poisoning, it seemed that everyone takes their own family to the...