TODAY is World Animal Day, celebrated annually on October 4, the feast day of St Francis of Assisi, patron saint of animals. Daily Express :: Life and Style Feed
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October: Top 10 facts about the autumn month
THE month of October has now settled in comfortably, so let’s have a few facts. Daily Express :: Life and Style Feed
Read More »World Rabies Day: Top 10 facts about the disease
TODAY is World Rabies Day, celebrated every year by the World Health Organisation on the anniversary of the death in 1895 of Louis Pasteur, who developed the first successful rabies vaccine. Daily Express :: Life and Style Feed
Read More »Tourism: Top 10 facts about the world’s love for travel
SINCE 1980, the United Nations has celebrated World Tourism Day on September 27. The day was chosen as falling around the end of the holiday season in the northern hemisphere and its start in the southern. Daily Express :: Life and Style Feed
Read More »Autumn: With the seasons changing here are ten autumnal facts
WHETHER you think autumn begins on September 1 or at the autumn equinox on September 22 or 23, the season in now firmly with us. So here are some autumnal facts. Daily Express :: Life and Style Feed
Read More »Texas trivia: Here are some interesting facts about the US state
Texas has been very much in the news over the past week because of the devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey. Here are some facts from the state’s history. Daily Express :: Life and Style Feed
Read More »Kodak box camera anniversary: Top 10 facts about Cameras
ON September 4, 1888, George Eastman received a patent for his “Kodak” box camera, the first camera to use rolls of film. Daily Express :: Life and Style Feed
Read More »September facts: Top 10 things about the ninth month in the calendar
A NEW month begins today, so here are some September facts. Daily Express :: Life and Style Feed
Read More »Malaysia Independence Day: Top ten facts about the Asian country
Today is Independence Day in Malaysia, marking Malaya’s independence from Britain 60 years ago on August 31, 1957. Daily Express :: Life and Style Feed
Read More »Greenland: Top 10 facts about the world’s largest island
GREENLAND’S capital city, Nuuk, then known as the fort of Godt-Haab, was founded on August 29, 1728. Daily Express :: Life and Style Feed
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