ALL THE FACTS...
- The Holborn area of London has the highest concentration of key cutting salons in Europe
Fruit machines originally paid out in fruit
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Many people think asthma can be cured by prayer
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Several banks used recycled crisps to make their cheque books
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There are more bread-ovens than men in Bologna
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Winston Churchill invented the hat
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Sugar Ray Leornard first developed the breed of dog known as The Boxer
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A gameboy has better spatial awareness than a woman
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No professional boxing took place between 1972 and 1978
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There are on average 4million looking in exactly the same direction as you any time you are on the toilet
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The theme from 'Get Carter'' is exactly the same as the theme from 'Chariots of Fire'
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Cillian Murphy wrote the script for the pilot of children's TV show The Tweenies
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The bottom half of Gary Barlow's legs are completely hairless
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Peter Shilton was 67 when he played his last England match
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Robin's Hood Bay in Yorkshire is where Robin Hood is buried
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In many North American colleges extra credit is given for bringing a muskrat pelt to the first class of term
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The cub scout 'whittling' badge has been achieved more times than any other award
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Coracles were once banned in England
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There is more water in a potato than a full bath
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Elvis was a huge fan of the Asian sport of Kabadi
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Ian 'H' Watkins from Steps was once featured on Junior Masterchef. He cooked Monkfish
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There is no biological difference between a Lion and a Tiger
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The island of Guernsey is unique amongst islands in that it is not attached to the sea bed and, as such, one can swim underneath it
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The main export of Ghana is fromage frais
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Foreskin contains no pigment
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BMW originally manufactured man-hole covers in the 19th century. The name originally meant nothing but the acronym for Bavarian Motor Works was adopted in 1982
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The pygmy people have no sense of direction
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Dirk Bogarde was a trained hypnotherapist
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The BBC news contains one made up story each week by decree of the Queen
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The penalty for driving without a licence in Poole, Dorset is community service as the Town Cryer until such time another offender can take over
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Toothpaste was invented by the Medici family whose names translates as Colgate in German
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When Ugandan people reach their 100th birthday they receive a mammogram from the state
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A surprisingly high proportion of postal workers become hermits in later life
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A cross between a moose and a cow is called a 'Macau' and is named after the island they were first bred
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The melody of the National Anthem of Finland was borrowed by Berlin for their hit 'Take My Breath Away'
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Yellow is the only colour not to appear in any of Shakespeare's plays
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In the USA the weight of your body, but not your head, is included in your baggage allowance on many major airlines
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There are no recorded instances of a man being able to multi-task
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You will reserve over 200 restaurant tables in your lifetime
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The brain of a dolphin can hold roughly the same amount of data as an iPod
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Jurgen Klinsmann is Helmut Kohl's nephew
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Footballer Stewart Downing was so named, as his parents hoped that one day he might become Prime Minister
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For seven weeks in the 16th Century the capital of England was Westward Ho!
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The microwave was invented by a transvestite
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Belgium is home to a breed of bird that is born without legs. They develop once the chicks are 2 years old
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The Womble 'Uncle Bulgaria' never in fact visited Eastern Europeh
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The first recorded instance of a gate was in the Basque country in the 8th Century AD
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Rap, as in Rap Music, stands for 'Randomly Articulated Poetry
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If you laid every bone in your body end to end you would die
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Jason Orange once sold soldering irons door-to-door
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The shortest word in the English language is 'off'
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The most terrifying thing a child can hear is the sound of a clown lactating
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According to The Bible it is actually a sin to eat salad
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Cows actually cry milk
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The tallest structure in the Arctic Circle is a pyramid of beer bottles made by a bored Finnish reindeer farmer
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The mother invention is necessity. The mother of neccessity is not recorded on the birth certificate.
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A towel can only be folded 4 times
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According to some sources, two of the horsemen of the Apocolypse are called Darren
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NASA astronauts use Boggle sets to communicate while on missions
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The moon is hollow
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A serious fear of umbilical chords is yet to be named
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Hugh Laurie's birth name was Genesis-Macadamia Eriksson III
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Stevie Wonder was only 9 weeks old when he recorded his first single
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A law in Kentucky forbids local men from waxing their backs on the third Tuesday in Lent. Nine people have been put to death for infringing this law.
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Only 19% of Canadians understand basic homeopathy
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The odds of dieing in a car crash are dramatically reduced by never leaving your house
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A monkey would actually be more useful to you than a camel on a desert trek, because they are more entertaining when dressed in a tuxedo
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The most common name in the world is actually Barabus
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The Super Mario Brothers, Mario and Luigi, both suffered from colour blindness
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Contrary to popular belief, the 3 most important considerations when buying a house are not 'location, location, location', but 'door, roof, windows'
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Contrary to what his name may suggest, cult science fiction author Neil Gaiman is not, in fact, a man
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The beaver is the only mammal capable of assisted flight
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The sky is shrinking at average of 100 acres every day
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Mars is the only planet in the solar system that is less interesting than scientists originally claimed
