In Iraq, “Saddam” is also a term for someone’s car bumper

Mature-lady porn site, MILF Hunter, is in the top 3000 visited websites in the world…of any kind 

English fans are much more likely to keel over with a heart attack while watching sport than Australian fans Up to 22 per cent of women say that sport is an aphrodisiac

The Alphabet Song, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and Baa Baa Black Sheep are sung to the same tune: a 1765 French song titled Ah! Vous Dirai-Je Maman 

Most people have worked eight jobs by the age of 40

In New Zealand, more people die every year playing lawn bowls than scuba diving

During World War II, the Oscar statue was made of plaster because metal was a crucial war-time material 

It’s against the law to stare at the mayor of Paris 

Only six per cent of coupons printed are ever redeemed
 
The average caterpillar has 2000 muscles in its body – a normal human body has just 700

Thirty million years ago, there were palm trees in Alaska 

The average office chair with wheels will travel 13km every year 

Twenty per cent of men say that TV has taught them more than their parents ever did
 
American inventor Gail Borden perfected condensed milk. He’s now buried beneath a headstone shaped like a milk can 

On any given day, half the world will eat rice 

The world’s oldest pig lived for 68 years 

Each year, India increases its population by 20 million people

The Earth weighs 100,000 tonnes more today than it did this time a year ago 

In hospital, male patients fall out of bed twice as often as females patients do