Countries of the World

Have you ever looked up at the night-time sky, admired the stars, and wondered what space smells like? Well, according to some former astronauts, space has a lingering and distinct odour. Oddly enough, it has been described as smelling a lot like hot metal or searing steak!

Counterfeiting money had some serious repercussions in the past, such as in England where 313 people were hanged for passing phony bank notes in 1817! Things were even rougher in ancient China, where anyone caught faking the emperor’s paper currency would have their hearts cut out.

The harmonica was the first instrument John Lennon learned to play. When John was a teenager, his parental guardian Mimi Smith said ‘The guitar’s all very well, John, but you’ll never make a living at it.’ And how wrong she was…