Animanga you oughta know: The Wallflower, or as it is better known, Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge, is a 25-episode anime directed by Shinichi Watanabe and broadcast by TV Tokyo from 2006. The anime was produced by Nippon Animation and stars Hirofumi Nojima, Shotaro Morikubo,and Tomokazu Sugita in the lead roles.

Today in History: The Anglo-American pamphleteer Thomas Paine published his famous Common Sense on January 10, 1776. This little book ignited the flame of revolution by arguing that the colonies had 'outgrown' the rule of the British throne.

Fact you oughta know: The word 'lesbian' comes from Lesbos, a town in Magna Graecia whose greatest product, the poetess Sappho, was one of their number. This is why lesbianism is sometimes called 'Sapphic love'.