Gary Neville is obsessed by falconry, he is part owner of the Tarporley Falconry School.

William Shakespeare's works included the words blog, log on and download.

Italians celebrate the festival of St Mark by giving presents of Mozzarella.

Arnold F. Willatt, inventor of the modern perm, was jailed in 1926 for cutting womens hair while traveling on public transport. He was stealing samples to work on.

The notion of "counting sheep" to fall sleep has been twisted over the years. Shepherds would originally count sheep in order to stay awake.

The dust from cutting rubies is used in some expensive lipsticks.

There are more geniuses in California than the rest of the USA combined.

Pomegranates are known to induce epileptic fits in horses.

The Ukranian Government considered putting a Magic Eye picture of Kiev on their currency.

Only 12% of Russians have access to mains electricity.