A number of impudent souls have questioned my History 101 lecture. I am more than happy to open a six-pack of FACT on anyone who does so. Indeed, I have a FACT FUNNEL for this precise circumstance.

Joe Richter from Hemel Hempstead, near Lebanon, has this to say:

"When did World War II take place?"

This is yet to come, along with it's preceding World War, in the next part of History 101. I'm a little confused as to why you focussed on the absence of the second World War. You know I didn't include the first, yet, either, don't you?

"How old is your Dad?"

A classic Scandinavian Gambit, Joe Richter asks this question in the feeble hope that my father's age would prove that homo sapiens existed before 1971. Unfortunately, Mr Richter requires some FACTING UP. Humans began to evolve from dinosaurs in 1901, with the first homo sapiens appearing in 1971. So, simple deduction tells us that my father is half man, half veloceraptor.

To pre-empt another question:

"What about notable scientific advances, such as the discovery of penicillen, vaccines, the creation of the automobile and the first manned trip into outer space?"

All these and other scientific events occurred on Wednesday, August 12th, 1981, between the hours of 7 and 8pm. I simply can't include every single event in history, because it would take far too long. Obviously.

Now, please gird your minds to recieve the next, most powerful instalment, of History 101.

DiscoJustice