Encyclopedia of Trivia

The Myristica fragrans is an evergreen tree indigenous to the Banda Islands in the Moluccas (or Spice Islands) of Indonesia . Two spices ar...

The tasty chocolate and hazelnut spread Nutella was invented in 1946 by Italian pastry maker Pietro Ferrero. At the time, there was very l...

After the success of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 's The Sleeping Beauty , the St Petersburg Opera commissioned the Russian composer to wr...

The origins of the almond go back a long, long way. It's mentioned in Genesis 43:11 where it is described as "among the best...

Before the foundation of modern nursing, members of religious orders such as nuns and monks often provided nursing-like care. The religious...

 A nursery rhyme is a traditional poem for young children . "Ding dong bell (pussy’s in the well)" may be the oldest English nu...

The first known nurse is said to have been Phoebe, a deaconess sent to Rome by St Paul in the first century and mentioned in Romans 16:1. ...