Curiosities

dangers of DDT (#291-1997 Jun p34)

cost of rail and road transport (#290-1997 May p34)

World Citizen Movt & Garry Davies (#289-1997 Apr p34)

eco-friendly car insurance (#288-1997 Mar p34)

history of Israel (#288-1997 Mar p34)

animal suicide (#281-1996 Jul p34)

DNA - does it change? (#280-1996 Jun p34)

features on a globe (#280-1996 Jun p34)

how much energy to make a car? (#279-1996 May p34)

collecting expired medical goods (#278-1996 Apr p34)

why do women live longer than men? (#278-1996 Apr p34)

Muslim women and the veil (#277-1996 Mar p34)

overpopulation in England (#277-1996 Mar p34)

slavery reparations (#276-1996 Feb p34)

small ovens in Africa (#276-1996 Feb p34)

Muslim women & the veil (#275-1996 Jan p34)

culture of exchanging gifts (#274-1995 Dec p34)

efficacy of vaccination (#274-1995 Dec p34)

seedless grape seeds (#274-1995 Dec p34)

pros & cons of water fluoridation (#273-1995 Nov p34)

immunization effectiveness (#272-1995 Oct p34)

origins of names for gypsies/Rom (#272-1995 Oct p34)

efficacy of vaccines (#271-1995 Sep p34)

overpopulation of England (#271-1995 Sep p34)

evidence for matriarchies (#270-1995 Aug p34)

origins of cooking grain (#270-1995 Aug p34)

Britain's colonial riches (#269-1995 Jul p34)

origins of cooking grain (#268-1995 Jun p34)

whereabouts of Bernadette McAliskey (#268-1995 Jun p34)

activist Wangari Maathai (reader's answer) (#267-1995 May p34)

democracies & human rights (#267-1995 May p34)

'different kettle of fish' phrase (#266-1995 Apr p34)

gases heavier than air (#266-1995 Apr p34)

East-West hemispheres (reader's answer) (#265-1995 Mar p34)

heavy gases (reader's answer) (#265-1995 Mar p34)

'crack' & cocaine (#264-1995 Feb p34)

'different kettle of fish' (#264-1995 Feb p34)

longest colonial rule (#264-1995 Feb p34)

IMF power (#263-1995 Jan p34)

origins of female genital mutilation (#263-1995 Jan p34)

longest colonial rule (#262-1994 Dec p34)

number of Holocaust deaths (#262-1994 Dec p34)

Aotearoa pronunciation (#261-1994 Nov p34)

Malta under colonial rule (#261-1994 Nov p34)

meaning of Bee Gees lyric (#260-1994 Oct p34)

Wales & colonial rule (#260-1994 Oct p34)

Yeats' 'filthy modern tide' (#260-1994 Oct p34)

difference between 'ethnic' & 'tribal' (#259-1994 Sep p34)

duck mating (#259-1994 Sep p34)

ozone hole smaller? (#259-1994 Sep p34)

did Ringo play on Strawberry Fields? (#258-1994 Aug p34)

Filon drug (#258-1994 Aug p34)

women prime ministers (#258-1994 Aug p34)

cruelty free lists (#257-1994 Jul p26)

Yeats' 'filthy modern tide' (reader's answer) (#257-1994 Jul p26)

Filon drug (#256-1994 Jun p34)

origin of 'Diggers' term (#256-1994 Jun p34)

microwaves pros & cons (#255-1994 May p34)

why do we clink glasses? (#255-1994 May p34)

correct term for N American Indians (#254-1994 Apr p34)

origin of Australian 'Diggers' (#254-1994 Apr p34)

characters & alphabets (#253-1994 Mar p34)

covenant cheque book (#253-1994 Mar p34)

Greenland most peaceful area (#253-1994 Mar p34)

covenant cheques, UK (#252-1994 Feb p34)

men's physical cycles (#252-1994 Feb p34)

origin of phrase 'the enemy within' (#252-1994 Feb p34)

cannibalism a racist myth? (#251-1994 Jan p34)

origin of phrase 'the enemy within' (#251-1994 Jan p34)

origin of term 'Poms' (#251-1994 Jan p34)

storks & childbirth (#251-1994 Jan p34)

camel's milk & malnutrition (#250-1993 Dec p34)

storks & childbirth (#250-1993 Dec p34)

Elzeard Bouffin true figure? (#249-1993 Nov p34)

HIV & mosquitoes (#249-1993 Nov p34)

origin of word 'poms' (#249-1993 Nov p34)

cannibalism a racist myth? (#248-1993 Oct p34)

Elzeard Bouffin true figure? (#247-1993 Sep p34)

Pope's testicles (readers' answers) (#247-1993 Sep p34)

cotton toilet paper (#246-1993 Aug p34)

VEGFAM aid agency (#246-1993 Aug p34)

HIV/mosquitoes (#245-1993 Jul p34)

phrase 'ethnic cleansing' (#245-1993 Jul p34)

politically correct terms (#245-1993 Jul p34)

Pope's election & testicles (#244-1993 Jun p34)

Britain's WW1 payments (#243-1993 May p32)

mosquitoes & HIV (#243-1993 May p32)

synchronized menstruation (reader's answer) (#243-1993 May p32)

why ozone hole is worse in Antarctic (#243-1993 May p32)

Britain paying still for WW1 (#242-1993 Apr p34)

'charity begins at home' (#242-1993 Apr p34)

meat and debt (#242-1993 Apr p34)

origin of 'charity begins at home' (#241-1993 Mar p34)

synchronized menstruation (#241-1993 Mar p34)

origin of phrase 'basket case' (#240-1993 Feb p34)

origins of phrase 'Dutch courage' (#240-1993 Feb p34)

waterless toilet (#240-1993 Feb p34)

fluorescent lights (#239-1993 Jan p34)

waterless toilet (#239-1993 Jan p34)

leaded versus unleaded (#238-1992 Dec p34)

trees and global warming (#238-1992 Dec p34)

trepannation (#238-1992 Dec p34)

trees and global warming (#237-1992 Nov p34)

trepannation (#237-1992 Nov p34)

water & electrical torture (#237-1992 Nov p34)

croissant & anti-Islamic feeling (#236-1992 Oct p34)

leaded versus unleaded (#236-1992 Oct p34)

Queen Charlotte Sophia's African descent (#236-1992 Oct p34)

'Dutch' terms (#235-1992 Sep p34)

leaded versus unleaded (#235-1992 Sep p34)

electrical torture (#234-1992 Aug p34)

leaded versus unleaded (#234-1992 Aug p34)

left/right origins (#234-1992 Aug p34)

Geneva Convention origin (#233-1992 Jul p34)

left/right origins (#233-1992 Jul p34)

why do men have nipples? (#233-1992 Jul p34)

car running off manure (#232-1992 Jun p34)

direction of writing (#232-1992 Jun p34)

left-right origins (#232-1992 Jun p34)

why do men have nipples? (#232-1992 Jun p34)

cruelty-free products, UK (#231-1992 May p34)

Football War (#231-1992 May p34)

infant vs child mortality rate (#231-1992 May p34)

left/right origins (#231-1992 May p34)

eucalyptus' impact (#230-1992 Apr p34)

how do flies land on ceilings? (#230-1992 Apr p34)

what are 'ghost acres'? (#230-1992 Apr p34)

Football War (#229-1992 Mar p34)

origins of Panama hat (#229-1992 Mar p34)

Saharan nomads' dark colours (#229-1992 Mar p34)

was Beethoven black? (#229-1992 Mar p34)

origin of rickshaw (#228-1992 Feb p34)

was Beethoven black? (#228-1992 Feb p34)

Football War, Honduras-El Salvador (#227-1992 Jan p36)

GNP & GDP (#227-1992 Jan p36)