Why do people get so upset at the historical inaccuracies and distortion present in blockbuster historical epics (e.g. see the Wikipedia entries on King Arthur or U-571) After all, we go to films for entertainment, not historical education, or at the very least we know that this is the film's main purpose (well, making money for anonymous film ( Read more... )

Hmmm... not sure about this. According to boffins at the University of Paisley (oops, slipped into tabloidese there, for the authentic Beeb/broadsheet feel replace "boffins" with "scientists") having penetrative sex the night before giving a public speech means you're less stressful than those that don't. I strongly suspect that this is a result ( Read more... )