In fact, it's full of appendices and other 'materia medica'. Here is a look at some famous doctors who have featured in television shows over the last 50 years.
Francis Bacon's work 'Instauratio Magna' described his plan to develop a new approach to the systematic development of learning, set out in six stages. It is considered the first statement of what is now known as the Scientific Method.
Emmie and her pony have been having fun together at home for a while now, and they're ready to make a trip to Pony Club. Emmie and her pony live in Australia.
This quiz is part of kyleisalive's challenge to "spice up the site". The Spice Girls recorded "Goodbye" as a musical farewell to Geri Halliwell, the first member of the group to leave. How many of these other famous 'goodbyes' can you identify?
Professor Platypus' time travel museum transports visitors to whichever century they choose, but they must leave everything as they find it. Oh no! One of today's guests has stolen a great treasure. Detective Dingo is on the case.
The term Mesoamerican refers to cultures that developed in a region that extended from central Mexico to Costa Rica before the time of Spanish colonization. Match each of these sites with the culture considered responsible for building it.
"We are picking up the mission Jesus left for us / We are doing what He told us". ('On Mission', Amena Brown) Such was the vision of the Jesuit missionaries in the 17th and 18th centuries, whose work inspired the 1986 movie 'The Mission'.
Thelma Thylacine has been recruited to invite some endangered Australian animals to become members of a virtual zoo, so that they will not be forgotten should the worst happen to them. Can you identify the recipient of each invitation?
In Terry Pratchett's "Lords and Ladies", Nanny Ogg tries very hard to avoid identifying 'Them' precisely, using such terms as 'The Fair Folk', 'The Gentry' and 'The Shining Ones', but the elves arrive in Lancre anyway.
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, threw a party to celebrate the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest finals. Can you match some of her literary vampire guests with their favorite songs? No knowledge of songs or singers required.
"In Siberia's wastes / The ice-wind's breath / Woundeth like the toothed steel" (James Clarence Mangan) - sort of makes you wonder why the Russian Tsars were so keen to acquire it during the 17th Century.
Canada's Signal Hill was originally used for exactly that purpose - sending and receiving signals between shore and ship. While that function has been left behind, it remains a site of historical interest. Let's find out why!
This 1978 spoof of low-budget horror/sci-fi movies has become a cult classic, despite receiving poor reviews from critics. Come along for the laughs, rather than the screams.
Lynne Truss's book "Eats, Shoots and Leaves" is an inspiration for those of us with an obsession about the correct use of punctuation. Release the inner stickler in yourself! Punctuation conventions are British, not American, where these differ.
Ice cream, gelato, sorbet - these frozen treats are enough to make you shiver in anticipation! Let's look at some frozen delights from around the world.
The wealth of mammalian fossils found at the important site of Riversleigh in Queensland, Australia can truly be described as footprints on the sands of time, leaving evidence of a world that has long since disappeared.
The Spanish Inquisition, with its 'autos-da-fé', was one of the more infamous periods in the history of Christianity. As Monty Python informed us, "Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition," but here it is.
When the TV weather report says there will be fresh breezes tomorrow, they are predicting a specific range of wind speed (29-38 kph, 9-24 mph or 17-21 knots). Match what you will see out your window with the term used to describe the wind speed.
The titular boy in Nick Hornby's 1998 novel may be the boyish 36-year old Will, or it may be the prematurely adult 12-year old Marcus - or both. This is about the novel, not the 2002 film starring Hugh Grant, or the 2014 television series.
This was one of the most popular Australian advertising campaigns of the early 21st century. If you missed the television ads, you can visit the website where they have been stored, along with much more entertaining information.
This was the motto of the 21st Winter Olympics, held in February of 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia. How much do you remember of the events that transpired at these games, whose logo was Ilanaaq the Inukshuk?
For over a hundred years, schoolchildren in the UK have played paper chase, a game in which one or more children are chased down by the rest of the group. The game has been referenced many times in popular culture - here are some of them.
As well as being my birthday (and that of my twin brother), March 26 has a lot of interesting historical activity. Births, deaths, and everything in-between!
Beatrix Potter's drawings of the furry friends that featured in many of her books are often remembered, along with their names, after the details of the story have faded with the passing years. Let's visit some of them!
How likely do you think each of these events is - not possible, possible (but not likely to occur), probable (more likely than not to occur) or certain?
Let's visit the world of playground games and chants, where an unlucky child may find themselves confessing to having eaten a horse. Many variants of these exist around the world, and details have evolved over time, but the children play on.
Make sure you've got your Jaffas and Maltesers handy - you'll be wanting some chocolate before you finish sampling the delights offered in this film, starring Juliette Binoche, which was released in 2000.
In the first segment of 'Treehouse of Horror VII', we discover that there is a fourth child in the Simpson family - Hugo, Bart's (originally) conjoined twin. Can you identify which character was responsible for each of these quotes?
"Anyone for Tennis" was a song written by Eric Clapton and Martin Sharpe, released by Cream in 1968, but the phrase leads to multiple levels of cultural resonance. Let's explore!