Considering the widespread presence of zombies in modern movies and television, this article can’t really be a surprise. At some point I...

Reading a poem recently, the following line caused me to pause: "And the nightingale thought, 'I have sung many songs, but never a one so...

Yet another wonder of cultural differences that I discovered through a chat with my boss, who is American. Let’s not get into the why we...

I must say, while my friends usually tease me about my tendency to jump from one rabbit hole to the next, few of them keeps feeding my...

Here I was, one evening, looking for a new rabbit hole, when a friend kindly obliged (you know who you are!!) by asking me why do people...

Granted, this rabbit hole is somewhat unexpected, but you can thank one of my friends for pulling that thread and leaving me researching...

Well, as a rabbit hole goes, I think it’s a good (and short) one! I was sitting at a café, sipping a lovely latte, when I wondered: where...

Did you ever wonder what this happy Hump Day every Wednesday is all about? Why am I curious about that, will you ask? Well, while I got...

Did you ever wonder whether earthquakes only exist on Earth?   So here I was with a friend, chatting away about random things, and we...

You should have seen this one coming really. If one asks ‘where does butter come from’, one ought to follow with ‘where does cheese come...

Did you ever wonder how screws came to be? Another question I had never asked myself. A screw just is, all you got to do is walked into a...

Did you know that we do not all get our milk in the same manner? Yes, technically, all animal milk comes from a mammal, whether it be a...

Did you ever wonder where that word came from? Personally, I think it is an odd-sounding word, but then the same can be said of the...

Butter, we all know it, we all use it, but did you ever wonder where it comes from? First thing first, the word butter comes from the...

Did you know that the apple is so much more than a mere fruit? The apple as we know it today comes from the malus sieversii tree, that...

Did you know that quicksand can be found pretty much everywhere in the world? What is a quicksand? A quicksand is defined as either a...

Did you ever wonder why black cats are a sign of bad luck? I guess I should start with a disclaimer, as black cats are not a universal...

Did you know that not everybody uses cardinal directions? I don’t know for you, but for me, cardinal directions are one of those things...

Did you know that Earth has 7 poles? You read right, there are 4 South Poles and 3 North Poles: 2 geographic poles, 2 magnetic poles, 2...

Did you know that the pain au chocolat, which nowadays is a French trademark, actually only made it to France in the 19th century? The...