National Raisin Reserve

Somewhere in California there lies a huge secret warehouse full to the brim with raisins, overseen by a secretive cartel called the Raisin Administrative Committee. Surely someone should make a thriller novel out of this. Find out more about the mysterious National Raisin Reserve over at Wikipedia ... Read More...

Districts of Republican Subordination

It has a certain feel to it, like a name from a 1970's Fantasy novel - The Districts of Republican Subordination (formerly the Gharm Oblast)... It's actually an obscure area of what is now the country of Tajikistan. Find out about the Districts of Republican Subordination on Wikipedia   ... Read More...

Danish Protest Pigs

When Prussia denied them the right to fly their national flag at protests, some Danish farmers used their tremendous ingenuity to breed a type of pig that they could use instead... Find out more about the strange Danish protest pigs over at Wikipedia ... Read More...

Grahame Donald

We've featured a fair few charmed military mavericks on the Dabbler, such as Adrian Carton de Wiart and Mad Jack Churchill, and this next chap might be the luckiest of the lot -Air Marshal Grahame Donald managed to fall out of his Sopwith Camel, and whilst plummeting to his certain death, ... Read More...

Sigurd Eysteinsson

This is very 'Game of Thrones' indeed - a viking warlord who managed to be killed by the already severed head of one of his enemies... Click here to find out how Sigurd Eysteinsson died over at wikipedia ... Read More...

Hyperforeignism

Choritzio! As many people like to say. This kind of mispronunciation is known as 'hyperforeignism', and there are some excellent further examples to discover on Wikipedia... Take me to Wikipedia to find out more about hyperforeignism! ... Read More...

Crush, Texas

Two large steam trains, hurtling towards one another in order to crash in front of a large crowd? What could possibly go wrong? Find out all the things that went horribly wrong in Crush, Texas over at Wikipedia ... Read More...

Franco-British Union

In the light of momentous global events, France currently seems to be keen to cosy up with Putin's Russia, but what if Les Rosbifs put aside hundreds of years of gentle antagonism and became close allies with our gallic chums? Turns out there is some precedence in this matter... Read more about the Franco-British ... Read More...

Torches of Freedom

Smoking is a feminist act. Well, it is according to Edward Bernays - a master of the dark art of persuasion in advertising and marketing. One of his most notorious stunts was re-branding cigarettes as 'Torches of Freedom' to appeal to women and encourage them to smoke more. Light up against ... Read More...