Stendhal is the only major novelist of the nineteenth century who really knew how to boogie.

Against all advice, the Queen continues to insist that all bills placed before parliament are printed using half-potatoes.

On January 14th, 1911, Gustav Klimt gathered the whole population Vienna together in Josefsplatz and taught them to tap dance, a skill which was used to devastating effect in the subsequent Great War, and which is retained by every local even today.

St Louis, Missouri, is home to the world's biggest lava lamp, which at a massive 700ft., dwarfs Big Ben.

The stated aim of NASA is to make it possible to swing on a star and carry moonbeams home in a jar. It expects to achieve this within about eight years.

I know exactly what the inside of a gymnasium looks like.

Bertrand Russell was the original "Man at C & A"

Norman Rockwell had a slide-out section, enabling him to seat an additional two people.

If you buy a Picasso, it comes with a free pair of bicycle clips.

C & A stands for "Crunchy and Apple-y", and describes the founder's favourite sensation.

I just watched a clingfilm.

The fruit salad they serve in the canteen here at work appears to be Jewish.

Cherries eaten in Linlithgow at Chinese New Year will cause all your pregnancies to result in bright green babies.