GIANT SQUIDS . Sadly they are not terrorizing England yet however an 18 foot tentacle could be made into mucho fried squid….

Historians have turned up what they believe to be the UK’s first Indian resturant which opened in 1809. Apparently the resturant failed because the British couldn’t comprehend that a resturant might actually be open at reasonable hours.

The world has reacted with shock as the Danish Air Force admits to killing Rudolf the Reindeer. How will Santa guide his way on foggy nights? Who will deal with the abominable snow man? What about the island of misfit toys? The world awaits Santa’s next move.

September 30th: Today in 1997 Ultima Online becomes the first of the modern massive multiplayer games. There were many multiplayer games before Ultima Online, but it the first to mix the popular offline style of roleplaying grapical roleplaying game with thousands of players playing interactively. The game is still available, but it has long since [...]

September 29th: Today in 1829 the London Metropolitan Police Force was formed by Sir Robert Peel. Peel’s name is where the slang ‘Peelers’ or ‘Bobbies’ for policemen comes from. The force is the first regular police force on a modern model and was quickly copied by other nations around the world.

September 28th: Today in 1066 William the Conqueror lands at Hastings and begins his campaign to become the King of England. Sadly this lawful claim was resisted by an oathbreaking saxon ‘King’ Harold.

September 27th: Today in 1822 Jean-François Champollion announces he has translated the Rosetta Stone, giving the world the ability to read ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs for the first time since the language was lost in antiquity.

September 26th: Today in 1580 Francis Drake completed his trip sailing around the world and returned to England with treasure robbed from the Spanish. The trip took three years and led to the British claims of control of New Albion (roughly from San Fransisco north along the Pacific coast).

September 25th: Today in 1066 Harold Godwinson effectively ended the Viking threat to England at the Battle of Stamford Bridge. Harold Godwinson defeated a viking who could serve a model of a viking stereotype, Harald Hardrada. The battle was suprise to the vikings who thought they were going to be negotiating the ransoms of hostages [...]

Due to a flood of content spam I have banned two words in comments, using either will get your message immediately deleted. One is casino, so if you want to talk about casinoes use the code phrase ‘Suckerhouse’ and the other is some obscure drug name that you probably would never use anyway, but if [...]