Encyclopedia of Trivia

The Royal Danish Naval Academy was set up on February 26, 1701. It's purpose was to train  young men in seamanship, military tactics, a...

At least 4,000 species of bird are regular migrants, which is about 40 percent of the total number of birds in the world. When Christophe...

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (born as Maria Ludwig Michael Mies, was born on March 27, 1886, the son of a stonemason, in Aachen, Germany . He i...

In medieval times, childbirth was not so much a medical as a social occasion. The mother chose a midwife and a group of friends to attend...

The word midwife dates back to around 1300. The prefix mid simply meant "with" (like the German mit). A midwife was someone who at...

A Midsummer’s Night Dream was written by William Shakespeare probably for the wedding celebrations of Sir Thomas Hemage and The Countess ...

Astronomically, midsummer is the day of the summer solstice, or longest day, which usually falls on June 20 or 21. The last time it did not...