The dating scene has changed. Sometimes back, young men attracted single women by writing beautiful poetry, singing for them at the dance, buying a bar of chocolate or some other mundane piece as a gift. Not so any more, most single women out there worship money, fame, power, expensive cars and the fact that you are already taken!

The origin of mayonnaise is one of the most disputed in culinary history. The French duke of Mayenne is one of the first to whose name it was attached, allegedly as early as 1589.

Some strange sex related studies seem to be in the offing at the moment. Here are three of the most intriguing ones I’ve found in the national press here in the UK over the last few days.

The oyster as an aphrodisiac.

It’s something we’ve all wondered about at one time or another. Do aphrodisiacs work?