Countries of the World

The green pot in the picture is called ‘mushy peas’, an accompaniment unique in its distinctive taste and near radioactive coloring. Who would have thought that this uranium-hued paste also makes a great dip for a chip!

There’s a persistent belief that the works of Shakespeare were actually written by someone else – the Earl of Oxford, Francis Bacon and Christopher Marlowe being the top candidates. This questioning of authorship is mostly due to the bias of 19th century scholars who couldn’t accept that such brilliant literature was written by a mere commoner.

How does Santa Claus manage to deliver all the Christmas presents in just one night? According to calculations, his sleigh would have to move at 3,780,000 kph and he would have to make roughly 1,000 deliveries per second. At such speeds, his reindeer would instantly be burned into a crisp, and Santa himself would be squashed into a pulp.