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Date: 16 October 2009
Find out how Halloween and its traditions first started, how the jack o’ lantern came about, and how the festival is celebrated in other parts of the world…
Author: Gareth Brereton
Date: 8 July 2009
Since this year marks the 40th anniversary of the Moon landing, we at Stanfords decided to muster up some interesting facts about the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon…"
Bibendum - the 'Michelin Man' revealed
Author: Gareth Brereton
Date: 10 June 2009
Following a recent store promotion involving prominent map and book publishers {error}, and the antics of a certain member of staff who (rather enthusiastically) volunteered to brave the streets of London dressed as the ‘Michelin man’ (or ‘Bibendum’ as he is known in his native France), we at Stanfords decided to look into the story behind this iconic character…and came across some surprising facts in the process!
Author: Rachel Ricks
Date: 28 January 2009
Darwin exploded the established creationist beliefs, demonstrating through years of experiments and discoveries the evolution and natural selection of living beings. However, who was the man behind the marvel? I went to a special Darwin exhibition at the Natural History Museum in London to find out more...
Author: Rachel Ricks
Date: 24 November 2008
At Stanfords, we’re lucky enough to work together with people from all over the world. From burning shepherds, and carps in the bath to an ugly old woman who leaves presents, here a few of us share how we celebrate Christmas when we’re back home…
Top 10 strange place names around the world
Author: Rachel Ricks
Date: 24 September 2008
There are some unusual, attractive and just plain funny names of countries, islands, towns and even glaciers all round the world. Here are our favourites…
What if the world were a village..?
Date: 24 October 2007
The population of the world is enormous, and the figures are often hard to understand, so a popular children’s book investigates what the world would be like if we imagined it as a village of just 100 people...
Date: 22 October 2007
The Economist's “Pocket World in Figures” reveals fascinating facts about our planet such as where people live the longest, which is the biggest island and who glugs the most wine...
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