The most dangerous stretch of water in the world: The Strid at Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire
Or so claims Tom Scott.With justification. Sort of. … Read the full post »
See the latest educative, quirky or amusing videos from YouTube star Tom Scott. He particularly makes educational videos about technology, language and history.
Or so claims Tom Scott.With justification. Sort of. … Read the full post »
Wage transparency is a strange concept for most of us: not so in some of the Nordic countries. And while Norway, Sweden and Finland differ in exactly the amount of access they give the public, fundamentally your tax return would be public knowledge there. … Read the full post »
In the Thames Estuary, near a town called Sheerness, a few dozen miles east of London, lies a World War 2 shipwreck that contains over 1,000 tonnes of unexploded bombs. Is it a risk to the area? Or is it just an interesting historical artifact? The trouble is, no-one’s quite sure… … Read the full post »
Zebra, pelican, puffin, toucan, pegasus: Britain names our pedestrian crossings after creatures, thanks to historical reasons. But do they actually make you safer? Well, not always. … Read the full post »
How Britain would have tried to survive a nuclear assault during the Cold War. … Read the full post »