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The 10 Greatest Sayings of Oscar Wilde (0)

4/07/10 •

Oscar Wilde (1854- 1900) was born in Dublin and educated at Oxford.

He wrote one novel, The Picture of Dorian Grey, and a number of plays which include the very well known, The Importance of Being Earnest.

Wilde was considered a master of social comedy, being the expert craftsman of witty sayings and paradoxes. There are far too many to list all at once so I have compiled a list of what I beleive to be the 10 best.

Fact of the Day: Another Shakespearian First (0)

4/05/10 •

The first recorded use of the word ‘puke’ in the English language comes from no less a source than William Shakespeare, who used it in the famous ‘All the world’s a stage’ speech in As You Like It – where he refers to ‘the infant, mewling and puking in the nurse’s arms.’

Adrenaline Junkie rides Rollercoasters naked for charity (0)

3/09/10 •

A rollercoaster fan has let it all hang out for charity – by taking on some of the countries biggest rides NAKED

Richard Jones, 27, rode Nemesis at Alton Towers in the nude after traveling across America and Europe to tackle 298 different roller coasters and clock up a total of 10,000 rides.

Fact of the Day: Prussian Kings Unusual Tastes (0)

3/06/10 •

Prussian king Frederick the Great is said to have enjoyed drinking coffee made with champagne instead of water, and occasionally, flavoured with mustard.

Fact of the Day: Wig makers debt leads to revolution (0)

3/05/10 •

The Boston Massacre of 1770 – which left five people dead and sparked a series of rebellions that culminated in the American Revolution – was sparked by an argument over whether a British soldier had paid his wig-maker’s bill. He had, but by the time anybody found that out, it was too late.

Top 10 Most Addictive Websites (0)

3/05/10 •

A list of the 10 most addictive websites of 2010 which includes the likes of Fark, despair.com, 2leep and many more.

Snow sculpture gets a frosty reception (0)

3/04/10 •

Given the amounts of snow North American has been getting recently, its not suprising that a large number of snow sculptures have been appearing. However, a New Jersey family was told by police to cover up their snow sculpture after complaints from neighbours that it was offensive.

4th March: One Buffalo too many !! (0)

3/04/10 •

Here is one for all the literary people out there. ‘Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo’ is an entirely grammatically correct sentence

4th March: Charlie Chaplin looks nothing like himself (1)

3/04/10 •

Charlie Chaplin once entered a Charlie Chaplin lookalike contest (which were popular across America when Chaplin first became famous in 1915) in a San Francisco theatre. He lost – not even making it as far as the final round