A seahorse (also written sea-horse and sea horse) is any of 46 species of small marine fish in the genus Hippocampus. “Hippocampus” comes from the Ancient Greek hippókampos (ἱππόκαμπος), itself from híppos (ἵππος) meaning “horse” and kámpos (κάμπος) meaning “sea monster” or “sea animal”. Why is the seahorse special? Seahorses Read more…
Seahorses can coexist with many species of shrimp and other bottom-feeding creatures. Gobies also make good tank-mates. What can go with sea horses? Fish that are usually compatible with large adult seahorses include Royal Gramma Basslets, very small Anthias species, Ecsenius Blennies, small Cardinalfish, Dartfish and Firefish, larger Watchman Gobies, Read more…
The Trojan Horse is not mentioned in Homer’s Iliad, with the poem ending before the war is concluded, and it is only briefly mentioned in the Odyssey. Is the Trojan Horse in the Iliad or Odyssey? The story of the Trojan Horse is well-known. First mentioned in the Odyssey, it Read more…
The story of the Trojan Horse is well-known. First mentioned in the Odyssey, it describes how Greek soldiers were able to take the city of Troy after a fruitless ten-year siege by hiding in a giant horse supposedly left as an offering to the goddess Athena. Who told the story Read more…
2⁄3hp Benz Patent-Motorwagen Manufacturer Rheinische Gasmotorenfabrik Benz & Cie. (known today as Mercedes-Benz) Production 1886–1893 Powertrain Engine 1.0L (954cc) single cylinder engine 2⁄3hp (Ligroin) How fast was the Benz Patent Motor Car? The Benz Patent-Motorwagen had a single-cylinder 4-stroke engine that generated 0.55 kW and a top speed of 16 Read more…
“Only Fools and Horses” comes from an obscure saying, “Only fools and horses work for a living”, attributed to 19th-century American vaudeville. If you use your head you will find an easy way to make a few bob ’cause only fools and horses work! Where does the expression Only Fools Read more…
Peckham. Written by John Sullivan, Only Fools and Horses was set in Peckham in South East London. However, the show was never filmed there, instead being filmed primarily in West London and Bristol in the West of England. Where did Only Fools and Horses live? PeckhamPlot. Derek “Del Boy” Trotter Read more…
Proverb. only fools and horses work. A philosophy of life, holding that people who do not look for an easy way of earning a living are foolish. Where did Only Fools and Horses originate? Voted as the best sitcom of all time in the BBC’s Britain’s Best Sitcom poll, the Read more…
only fools and horses work. Where does the expression Only Fools and Horses come from? For the actual title he intended to use, as a reference to the protagonist’s tax and work-evading lifestyle, Only Fools and Horses. That name was based on a genuine, though very obscure, saying, “only fools Read more…
The average journey takes between 30 and 60 minutes in a horse-drawn carriage. How long did a stagecoach take from London to Cornwall? By the late 18th century the mail coach made the journey from Bristol to London in 16 hours and by the early 19th century Truro could be Read more…