Without birth we would not exist. It is a fundamental starting point of life which implies creativity and the beginning of something positive.

Some believe that we all have extra sensory perception to some degree but that most of us choose not to develop it.

When I was at school, our teacher told the class “You are what you eat.” My friends and I would laugh and call each other ‘hamburger’ and ‘biscuits’.

Computer games have been criticised for quite some time over a whole range of issues. Now, however, it seems that computer games have also become a feminist issue.

What have the following countries got in common: Australia, Japan, the United Kingdom, Iceland and Madagascar?

Paul Hunn of north London holds the world record for the loudest burp: he can burp at a volume of over 118 decibels.

Question: What animal is over 30 feet long, has a big head, enormous eyes, a mane like a lion, a long neck, a body like a snake and lots of arms like an octopus?

Which form of energy is free during the day, produces no dangerous waste products and will be available for the next 4 billion years?

This is a story about how I stopped watching TV and began reading again for pleasure, after ten years in which I hardly turned a page.

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