It's hard to describe an average UK summer because this island country has huge variations in temperature, rainfall etc from one day to the next, and even from one hour to the next sometimes. Also, being a long thin country it has great differences between... (read more)

The latest rumour is that she is dating Dane Cook, an American actor and stand-up comic. The two have known each other for years and are certainly friends, but the story that they are dating seems to have started in the National Enquirer, which isn't... (read more)

The original Guardians of the Galaxy were created by Marvel Comics. They first appeared in Marvel Super-Heroes in 1969. The writer who created the Guardians team, featuring... (read more)

The United States captured Guam on 21 June 1898 during the Spanish-American war. At that time Guam was officially a territory belonging to Spain, as it had been since the 17th century when it was taken over by Spanish colonists. On December 10 of the... (read more)

Red Nose Day is the main fundraising event of Comic Relief. Comic Relief itself started in 1985; it was launched by comedy scriptwriter Richard Curtis and comedian Lennie Henry, who like several other celebrities at that time (notably Bob Geldof) were... (read more)

The most obvious reason would be that you don't use it, don't enjoy it and really are getting nothing out of it. If you hold a Twitter account that you don't use, most of the posts you get really are pointless and you may as well not bother. However,... (read more)

Safari is a Swahili word meaning long journey. It originally came from the Arabic word safariyah, which just means a journey. Swahili has a large numer of words of Arabic origin due to many centuries of contact between East African and Arabic communities... (read more)

Minsk is the capital of Belarus and a very large city with almost 2 million people, so you can expect the attractions of any big city. One thing that makes Minsk unusual is its modern architecture. Although in its origin it's an old city - going back... (read more)

Various studies have been carried out on chamomile which suggests that it may have health benefits including aiding healing and helping to reduce certain types of anxiety. A study in 2009 seemed to show that the flower had anxiolytic... (read more)

London has 10 airports if you include the smaller domestic ones (one is actually a helipad) but if you are looking at international airports there are six. By far the biggest and most important of these is Heathrow, which has five terminals and two runways.... (read more)

The best reason of all is that you're happy like that. Some people do feel happiest living alone - they may even have relationships but prefer to remain independent. A lot of people now like to combine both worlds with, for example, LAT (living apart... (read more)

Michelle Obama was born Michelle Robinson in 1964. She attended Whitney Young High School in Chicago, where she was an outstanding student. In 1982 she went to Princeton University where her brother Craig was finishing his own degree. She studied several... (read more)

It's hard to get an exact answer, because there isn't always accurate information about when a company started trading. For instance, many companies that later became famous were small family businesses for a long time beforehand. However, if you type... (read more)

The Veronica Mars series was created by Rob Thomas. Rob Thomas was first known as a novelist - he is especially well known for his 1996 novel Rats Saw God - and was also a teacher... (read more)

Adele's full name is Adele Laurie Blue Atkins. She began singing at the age of 4; she was raised by a single mother who loved arts and music and always encouraged her daughter's talent. Even... (read more)

The film is an adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's novel, written and published as a serial story in the 1870s. There have been other adaptations of the same book, most famously a classic black and white version starring Greta Garbo. There are quite a few real-life... (read more)

Pi Day is held on 14 March because in the decimal form of pi (sorry, I can't find the symbol on my keyboard!) 1, 3 and 4 are the most important numbers - so we take the 14th day of the 3rd month to celebrate this. It is also Einstein's birthday, which... (read more)

The full name of MRSA is metecillin resistant staphylococus aureus. Staphylococus aureus itself is sometimes just called staph; it is quite a widespread bacteria which often causes mild skin infections, or if it gets under the skin (e through a break... (read more)

Man is the only animal that laughs at what we call jokes, but other primates can laugh too. Chimpanzees and other great apes can be seen laughing apparently just because they feel happy, but there is also evidence that they do have a certain sense of... (read more)

If you mean the letter that you have to show the UK Border Agency to prove that you have accommodation, it isn't the same thing but you may need your bank statement as part of the same process. The letter from your landlord or wherever you are staying... (read more)