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ALASKA
Alaska is the only state in the USA whose name can be typed on a... MORE

ALCOHOL
Research has shown that around 4,500 years ago workers on the pyramids had three drink-breaks... MORE

ALEXANDER I
Tsar Alexander I of Russia considered trousers - instead of knee-breeches - to be subversive.... MORE

St ANDREW
Andrew, the patron saint of Scotland, is also patron saint of Greece, Russia, Amalfi (Italy),... MORE

ATLANTIC
The word 'Atlantic' originally referred to Mount Atlas in Libya. It was subsequently applied to... MORE

CATHERINE I
Born Martha Skavronsk, but rechristened Katarina Alexeyevna when she became the mistress of Peter the... MORE

CELIBACY
Celibacy, which has been the cause of so much introspection within the Catholic Church for... MORE

CHESS
According to followers of Freud, chess is a symptom of the Oedipus Complex: the object... MORE

CRIME
There are 26,294 prisons, penal or correctional institutions in Malaysia, more than any other country.... MORE

CZECH REPUBLIC
In November 2010, the Transport Minister of the Czech Republic was banned from driving for... MORE

DOG
The first mammal to orbit the earth was the Russian dog Laika, sent into space... MORE

ESTONIA
Estonia has one of the greatest discrepancies in the world between male and female life... MORE

FISH
Aristotle recognised 117 species of fish. The first fish in space were South American guppies... MORE

GEORGIA
The area of the republic of Georgia is less than half the area of the... MORE

HAIR
Hairiness, said Aristotle, is a sign of 'abundance of residual matter', which, he went on... MORE

HEALTH
The UK National Health Service is the third largest employer in the world after the... MORE

ICICLES
Medical authorities in the region of Samara in central Russia reported that six people had... MORE

St MATTHEW
In 2001, the Russian Orthodox Church named the apostle Matthew patron saint of Russia's tax... MORE

MONDAY
Monday is the only day of the week that is an anagram of a single... MORE

MUSHROOM
A person who studies mushrooms and fungi is a mycologist. If you eat them, you are... MORE

OCTOBER
The Welsh for October is Hydref (originally Hyddfref), a word signifying the lowing of cattle.... MORE

OLYMPIC GAMES
Nobody knows when the first Olympic Games took place. There was certainly such a festival at... MORE

PETER the GREAT
Peter the Great of Russia trained bears to serve alcoholic drinks to his guests. ... MORE

PREGNANCY
Nobody knows who first discovered what causes pregnancy. Aristotle certainly understood how babies were made:... MORE

TRANSPLANTATION
The World Transplant Games have been organised under the aegis of the World Transplant Games... MORE