Santa Speed
According to the Telegraph (UK), Santa would have to travel at over 10 million km/h, or about 3,000 kilometres per… Read More
Fact-a-day archive
Everyone is celebrating
Times Square, New York, hosts 1 million people each New Year’s Eve to watch the ball drop. Around the world,… Read More
So much to buy
According to BankservAfrica, the value of all transactions in South Africa in December 2018 was R59 billion, 15% up from… Read More
Wrap it up
A 2017 study estimated that Britain would use 108 million rolls of wrapping paper in December 2018. Often wrapping paper… Read More
So Many Visitors
The period 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018 saw 5.3 million passenger arrivals at Cape Town International Airport. Cape… Read More
Reforestation in Europe
Around the 1900s there were hardly any forest areas left in Europe. After WW2, most European countries embarked on massive… Read More