Julie Howlin

The Hayward Gallry in London is the only gallery in the world to be built in the Brutalist style of architecture, which was popular in the 1960s. Ten things you might not know about it.

Twister got off to a rocky start because some retailers decided it was too racy to sell. They called it ‘sex in a box’ and boycotted it. Ten things you miht not know about the game of Twister.

As a schoolboy, Jon Pertwee worked as a circus performer riding the wall of death on a motorcycle with a toothless Lion in the sidecar

"There is but one just use of power and it is to serve people." George W Bush. 10 quotes on his birthday.

London bus route 186 runs from Brent Cross Shopping Centre to Northwick Park Hospital Social Club.

10 fun facts about the number 186.

"It takes a great man to be a good listener." 10 Calvin Coolidge Quotes.

There are 184 paths by which a chess rook can travel from one corner of a 4 × 4 chessboard to the opposite corner without passing through the same square twice. Ten fun facts about 184.

The title of Noel Coward's spooky play is taken from Shelley's poem To a Skylark, ("Hail to thee, blithe Spirit! / Bird thou never wert"). This, and nine more facts about it.

Once, Estée Lauder went to sell perfume to a Department store, but they turned it down. She went out into the shop and smashed a bottle of that perfume on the floor. When customers asked what that fragrance was, the store had to change their minds and place an order. 10 Estée facts.

The chemical symbol for strontium is Sr and its atomic number is 38. Facts about Strontium.

The first colour photograph was taken by Tomas Sutton in 1861. He used Red, Green and Blue filters which he layered and then projected onto a plate. It was a picture of a multicoloured ribbon. Ten facts about photgraphs for Natinal Camera Day.

Earrings were often primarily worn by men rather than women. Friezes from the Persian Empire during the Achaemenid dynasty (550–330 BC), show warriors wearing earrings. Otzi the Iceman had pierced Ears and so did Tutenkhamen.

10 things you might not know about earrings.

Ganymede was named after a beautiful boy in Greek mythology who was carried off by Zeus disguised as an eagle. He became the cup bearer to the gods. Zeus, of course, is the Greek equivalent of the Roman god Jupiter. 10 facts about a moon.