http://quezi.com "Now You Know" Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:37:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://quezi.com/11744 http://quezi.com/11744#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:14:50 +0000 eiffel http://quezi.com/?p=11744 What’s wrong with Alexander Dumas’ The Three Musketeers? They are musketeers in name only. I believe that there is no mention of their using muskets in their adventures, or even mention of their having them. The first French unit of musketeers was formed in the 1622 by Louis XIII, creating the Mousquetaires de la Garde, and [more...]]]> http://quezi.com/11744/feed 0 http://quezi.com/11728 http://quezi.com/11728#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:32:36 +0000 eiffel http://quezi.com/?p=11728 Many of its visitors have described the Louis Tussaud Waxworks in Great Yarmouth as the worst waxworks museum in the world. Some of them have gone further and described it as the worst museum in the world. And yet, in some ways, that’s its charm. Louis Tussaud was the great grandson of Marie Tussaud, who established [more...]]]> http://quezi.com/11728/feed 0 http://quezi.com/11736 http://quezi.com/11736#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:10:51 +0000 answerfinder http://quezi.com/?p=11736 Google Street View has just announced that the Shambles in York is Britain’s Most Picturesque Street (link to the Shambles on Google Street View). But what are The Shambles? The Shambles is a street in York, in the county of Yorkshire, where the upper rooms of the late-medieval buildings jut over the narrow cobbled street. It [more...]]]> http://quezi.com/11736/feed 0 http://quezi.com/11720 http://quezi.com/11720#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:16:20 +0000 answerfinder http://quezi.com/?p=11720 Madame Tussaud’s in London, is world famous for its waxworks of politicians, movie stars, musicians, television celebrities, and sports stars. But what would you have seen in their exhibitions in the 19th century? Madame Marie Tussaud came to Britain from France in 1802 and travelled around the country with her exhibition of effigies of royalty and [more...]]]> http://quezi.com/11720/feed 1 http://quezi.com/11717 http://quezi.com/11717#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:55:19 +0000 eiffel http://quezi.com/?p=11717 If you worry about radon radiation, radio waves emitted by cellphones, potential risks of cancer from the fumes of hot cooking oil, and many other things, you may cringe at reading about dihydrogen monoxide (DHMO). You can at least be reassured that dihydrogen monoxide in pure form is not carcinogenic, but you will not be reassured [more...]]]> http://quezi.com/11717/feed 0 http://quezi.com/11708 http://quezi.com/11708#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:13:08 +0000 eiffel http://quezi.com/?p=11708 Tall bikes are bicycles with an extended frame that puts the rider’s seat more than two meters above the ground. They originated in the 1800s, a period when all kinds of bicycle variations were being explored. The Lamplighter’s Bicycle was a tall bike adapted for use by lamplighters, who would ride from lamp to lamp to [more...]]]> http://quezi.com/11708/feed 0