There is no one flower which can be guaranteed to have the longest blooming time, as this depends hugely on the individual environment. You can take some seeds from the same plant, for example, and plant them in different places - even different parts... (read more)

In the UK, the number that gets drawn most frequently in the national lottery is 38, which has come up 236 times. After that, the most common numbers are 44, 23, 43, 40, and 31 in that order, with 31 having come up 228 times. This is just the regular... (read more)

You can buy Muji produts online from almost anywhere in the world. You can find a list of the countries they deliver to here. If you are buying online, you should go directly to the... (read more)

The Muji stores are a branch of the The Seiyu Ltd. This company was founded in Japan in 1963, though in fact it started as Seibu Stores, and this company itself has origins going back to early in the 20th century - so it's hard to speak of the founder... (read more)

It used to be thought that eating anything at night made you put on more weight than eating the same food during the day, but it increasingly looks as if this may not be true - it's... (read more)

Hanlon's razor is a saying: 'Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity'. It has come to be called Hanlon's razor (similar to Occam's razor) after an author of the same name who put the saying in a book he was compiling... (read more)

Incest is usually defined as a sexual relationship between people who are too closely related by blood. 'Too closely' in the vast majority of cultures means brothers and sisters, parents or grandparents and children. There have been a very few exceptions... (read more)

Self monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) is recommended for everyone with type 1 or type 2 diabetes. There are different types of meter available - you can find information about the different products and their pros and cons here.... (read more)

It's not possible to get an accurate list of inhabited castles online. If you need this exact information you should probably apply to the Scottish Tourist Board and use the contact section... (read more)

Haggis is a traditional Scottish dish which involves stuffing the stomach of a sheep with other offal such as lamb lungs and heart. You also use some trimmings or offcuts of beef or lamb - these... (read more)

The International Monetary Fund was first created in 1944 in what came to be known as the Bretton Woods Agreement. The goal then was to try and maintain stability in currencies and financial markets around the world, in order to avoid repeating the terrible... (read more)

Los Angeles itself just means 'the angels', as is well known. However, the name has a more complicated history than most people realise. In 1769 a Spanish Captain, Fernando Moncado, was leading... (read more)

The first implant operation was carried out on a woman named Timmie Jean Lindsey in March 1962 - just over 50 years ago. Mrs Lindsey was a 30 year old mother of 6 children from Austin,... (read more)

Megan Fox is apparently 5 ft 4 inches (163 cm). This is a surprise to many people as she has worked as a model and everyone expects her to be much taller. Her first actual film role was in 2001, when she appeared in a comedy film called Holiday in the... (read more)

Murphy's law is a saying: 'If a thing can go wrong, it will'. It sounds like a joke, but in fact is a very useful maxim to bear in mind when you are planning any project, from a party to a major operation. One of the main mistakes that we tend to make... (read more)

All over Spain you can find quiet areas and small beaches if you have the time to explore - i guess a smaller, quieter beach is what you are looking for as a couple, rather than one with too many families, crowds of people doing watersports etc. But one... (read more)

The 2000 Japanese movie Battle Royale was directed by Kinji Fukasuku. His son Kenta wrote the screenplay, taken from the original novel, which was written in 1999 by Koushon Takami. Both the novel and... (read more)

To find out the most searched words of all time may be difficult, and you would probably need to use the special Adwords tool to find out. However, as the number of internet users is growing every day, it makes sense that the figures for last year would... (read more)

The number 4 is considered particularly unlucky. This is mainly because of the sound of the word, which is very similar to the word for 'death'. Just as many westerners fear the number 13 and avoid it, some Chinese people try to avoid the number 4. For... (read more)

At present in the UK, the screening programme is aimed at women between 50 and 70, though this will shortly be extended to women over 47. If you are more at risk, for instance through previous problems or having a close relative with breast cancer, you... (read more)