In 536 A.D., there was a worldwide dust cloud that blocked out the sun for a year, resulting
in widespread famine and disease.
The most common reaction from men confronted by TV Licensing Enforcement Officers is, 'I
thought my wife was dealing with it.'
A kilogramme of houseflies contains more protein than a kilogramme of beef.
Despite popular belief, studies show men are not more flatulent than women.
The acnestis is the part of the back that is impossible to scratch.
After George W. Bush was re-elected president in 2004, the number of calls from US citizens
to the Canadian Immigration authorities jumped from 20,000 to 115,000 a day.
Thomas Edison proposed to his second wife in Morse code.
Until 1857, it was legal for British husbands to sell their wives.
The going rate was £3,000 or £23,000 in today's money.
Some species of scorpion survive on just one meal a year.
In space you cannot cry because there is no gravity to make the tears flow.
Australia has 10 times more camels than koalas.
In 1987, American Airlines saved $40,000 by removing an olive from each salad in First
Class.
The statue of Winston Churchill in Parliament Square is electrified to stop pigeons perching
on its head.
Bill Clinton was mauled by a sheep at the age of eight and didn't learn to ride a bicycle
till he was 22.
To protect its public image Google own hundreds of other domains including googlepoo.com and
googlesucks.com.
Victorian guidebooks advised women to put pins in their mouths to avoid being kissed
in the dark when trains went through tunnels.