What Are the Antipodes?
What Are the Antipodes? The antipodes are places on the opposite side of the world to each other, such as New Zealand in the South Pacific, and Iceland near the Arctic...
Read MoreWhat Are the Antipodes? The antipodes are places on the opposite side of the world to each other, such as New Zealand in the South Pacific, and Iceland near the Arctic...
Read MoreWhere Was the First Postage Stamp Used? The first Postage “label” or stamp was used in England in May, 1840, it was the world’s first adhesive postage stamp used...
Read MoreWhen Was the Gunpowder Plot? “Remember, remember the fifth of November, gunpowder, treason and plot; for I see no reason why gunpowder treason should ever be forgot.”...
Read MoreHow Did Botany Bay Become Famous? On 29 April 1770, Botany Bay was the site of James Cook’s first landing of HMS Endeavour on the land mass of Australia, after...
Read MoreWhen Was Slavery Abolished? The first big step to rid the world of slavery was taken in 1811 when Britain abolished slave-trading. In 1833 an Act of Parliament was...
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