James Bond is a British literary and film character. He is often depicted as a peerless spy, notorious womanizer, and masculine icon. He is also designated as agent 007 (always articulated as “double-oh-seven”) in the British Secret Intelligence Service, or MI6. Are all James Bonds British? 4 Answers. Well, JamesRead More →
The green is due to chlorophyll produced on the peel of orange citrus to protect itself from sunburn. The green color has no impact on flavor—in fact, some growers believe that citrus with regreening can have more sugar than deep-orange fruit. What were oranges original color? Before the late 15thRead More →
The Stone is a dark rock, polished smooth by the hands of millions of pilgrims, that has been broken into a number of fragments cemented into a silver frame in the side of the Kaaba. Although it has often been described as a meteorite, this hypothesis is still under consideration.Read More →
It Was Once Banned in America This is one of the most exciting facts about bowling because Americans love bowling and cannot get enough of it, but back in the 15th century, the sport was banned to stop soldiers from gambling on the game. Why was bowling banned in someRead More →
Horses were first introduced to Native American tribes via European explorers. For the buffalo-hunting Plains Indians, the swift, strong animals quickly became prized. What animal did horses evolve from? The evolution of the horse, a mammal of the family Equidae, occurred over a geologic time scale of 50 million years,Read More →
Tennis balls of the ‘optic yellow’ colour, it turns out, were not introduced into Wimbledon until 1986. Before this, they were most often white. Who invented yellow tennis balls? And here is David Attenborough’s contribution to tennis: “Yellow tennis balls, which look better on colour TV, were the idea ofRead More →
Raymond Burr, the burly, impassive actor who played the defense lawyer Perry Mason and the police detective Robert T. Ironside on television, died on Sunday at his ranch in Dry Creek Valley, near Healdsburg, Calif. Did Joan Crawford appear in Perry Mason? When Joan Crawford needed to skewer her opponentRead More →
verb (used without object), o·rig·i·nat·ed, o·rig·i·nat·ing. to take its origin or rise; begin; start; arise: The practice originated during the Middle Ages. Is originally a verb or an adverb? As it was in the beginning. How do you use original in a sentence? before now. The sedimentary rocks were originallyRead More →
Poodles have a long hunting history in Europe. They were originally bred to be water retrievers. The name “poodle” comes from the German word Pudelhund — “pudeln” means “to splash” and “hund” means “dog.” It was shortened to Pudel — or poodle, in English. When were standard poodles first bred?Read More →
Despite Barker’s initial preference for another of the pilots, a sitcom about a Welsh gambling addict, “Prisoner and Escort” was selected. It was renamed Porridge, a British slang term for a prison sentence from the 1950s; Barker, Clement and La Frenais actually came up with the same title independently ofRead More →