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This is the kind of fact that pops up in a pub quiz, along with What was John Wayne's birth name?, leaving best friends purple-faced and arguing the toss, until bluntly presented with the facts.



Well here it is. Hard to believe, yes, but true. For the simple fact is the African continent is far bigger than we think, as it can contain the area of Western Europe, the United States of America, China, India, Japan and still have… Continue

The hit success of the internet comedy series, 'Svengali' asks questions about the future of TV.



Made by the team behind 'Wedding Belles', 'Svengali' is jointly self-financed by director Philip John, writer Dean Cavanagh and actor… Continue

Nmap.org has created this incredible map using favicons of the 300,000 biggest websites on the Internet (according to Alexa).



The size of the favicon corresponds to sites with the most traffic. The smallest icons--those corresponding to sites with approximately 0.0001% reach--are scaled to 16x16 pixels. The largest icon (Google) is 11,936 x 11,936 pixels, and the whole diagram is 37,440… Continue

Axel Roessler made this beautiful, haunting film, 'It's a Small World', by animating old Polaroid pictures, found in a discarded photo album, bought at the Melrose Trading Post fleamarket. It's an incredible piece of work and if you'd like to see more of Axel's work check his site Country Trouble. Soundtrack by Bertram… Continue

The best tip I can give on how to get the job you want is to never forget the interview is also your chance to ask questions. And asking the right questions can often be the key to getting hired.



You’re in the room, you think you’ve given a good performance, and now your interviewers ask:



‘Do you have any questions?’



Most times we mumble and mutter something like, ‘Nope, nothing,’ and shuffle off expecting the… Continue

It's that time of the year when someone will say,"The newspaper is dead" and the usual Yes/No/Pavlovian response will follow. It's been going on since the former journalist and actor Peter O'Toole said, after one particularly bad review, "Today's newspapers are tomorrow's fish and chip wrappers."



Well, here it is again, as a new site allows you to make your very own newspaper… Continue

Well, we all knew it was bound to happen sooner or later, and now it has.



In my day it was toilet seats, door handles, or, as many a mother would claim, hanging around with those girls who smoked and wanted to go up the park for 'a bit'.



Now, we know that was all superstitious nonsense, duff gen, not worth the paper it was printed on. For today the real culprit has been named and shamed and I think we can all agree, we had a… Continue

It was originally Descartes who said 'Cogito ergo sum' - I think therefore I am - a catchy little statement that supposedly defined existence. This was later revised in the 20th century by philosopher A J Ayer who thoughtfully… Continue

My good friend Woody has a saying, 'No matter who you vote for, the government always gets in.'



It seems a fair comment especially when governments take a high-handed attitude towards policy.



Such high-handedness can be seen in the way the present government are attempting to… Continue