Akon was arrested in 2008 in Paris for “crimes against fashion”.

The highest paid attorney in the world is Howard J Kent Jr in New York.

MSN chat was originally designed as way for prisoners to talk to each other while on lock down.

The most expensive mud is collected from Sierra Nevada in Spain where glacial water mixes with soil millions of years old.

The phrase “on the side of the chips” originated during the potato famine in Ireland, meaning to love someone.

George Bush Snr is the most qualified US President of all time.

The French have a law which translates as “The defence of the stupid”. A person is not guilty of a crime if they are too stupid to consider the consequences of their actions.

Before the steering wheel was introduced most cars where steered by pedals.

Smoking is the second most lethal activity in Switzerland, more people die from skiing accidents.

Beta, the second letter in the Greek alphabet, is the highest scoring tile in “Classic Scrabble”.