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Wonderful creatures - also known as the peewit in imitation of their display calls, their common name describes their wavering flight. Their black-and-white colouring and round-winged shape in flight make them distinctive, but its the splendid crest that make them particularly stand out. Unfortunately they've suffered significant declines recently (largely due to intensive farming methods, loss of wetlands etc) and is now a Red List species.
Women are infinitely superior to men in pretty much every respect. Not only stronger but more compassionate, sensitive, and caring, less egotistic, less inclined to be violent or abusive, better at socialising, better with children, more intuitive and or perceptive, more emotional intelligence, far better communicators, more self-aware, more responsible. Oh, and cleaner.
The Electric cab fleet of the 1890s were nicknamed "Hummingbirds" due to the strange humming noise they made. Electric vehicles had a number of advantages over their early-1900s competitors as they didn't have the vibration, smell, and noise associated with petrol-powered cars and didn't require gear changes. The cars were also preferred because they did not require a manual effort to start whereas petrol cars needed a hand crank to start the engine.
After enjoying success at the beginning of the 20th century, the electric car began to lose its position in the car market. By the 1920s improved roads improved travel times, creating a need for vehicles with a greater range than that offered by electric cars, whilst worldwide discoveries of large petroleum reserves led to the wide availability of affordable petrol. Electric cars were limited to urban use by their slow speed (no more than 15–20 mph) and low range (30–40 miles), and petrol cars were now able to travel farther and faster than equivalent electrics. The invention of the electric starter in 1912 eliminated the need of a hand starting crank, while the invention of the muffler significantly reduced the noise levels.
But it was the initiation of mass production of cheap petrol-powered vehicles by Henry Ford that proved crucial (by contrast, the price of similar electric vehicles continued to rise; by 1912, an electric car was almost double the price of a petrol car). Most electric car makers stopped production at some point in the 1910s.
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, a tiny Welsh village on the isle of Anglesey, has the longest place name in Europe.
Translated to English, it’s a name that describes the town’s location: Saint Mary's Church in the hollow of the white hazel near a rapid whirlpool and the Church of St. Tysilio of the red cave.
Lincoln was indeed among the tallest buildings in the world in medieval times, albeit not for 400 years. After the earthquake in 1185, there was extensive re-building as little had survived except the west front, but it wasn't until 1310 that the Cathedral’s central tower was rebuilt which, with its additional spire, brought the height to around 525 feet (160 m). Unfortunately, a storm destroyed this spire in the 1540s and was never replaced.
Myth, I'm afraid - there were quite a few in fact, including Old St Paul's Cathedral, Rouen Cathedral, the Yongning Pagaoda, Cologne Cathedral, Lincoln Cathedral, the Washington monument and quite a few others.
Probably me over-thinking it, but I can't help feeling that the root of it is another sign of the avoidance of facing death, which is rapidly becoming another taboo subject in our sensitive-flower age. People talk about 'celebrating life' rather than 'mourning', which is fine as far as it goes, but for me there's something psychologically important about acknowledging the final reality, and a short period of silence just seems more appropriate to me.
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