More money is spent on lipsticks each year than cancer research.

The Jack Russell is the world's 4th most common dog, yet it was only "developed" in the 1850's by the Reverend Jack Russell.

The International Atomic Energy Agency states that honey is nature's best absorber of radioactivity - the US government stock piles honey for nuclear emergencies.

Funplex (2008) by the B-52's was the first official Number 1 download album in North Korea.

Some spider toxins (neurotoxins) will "dissolve" Super Glue and are used in some A&E departments.

The LA gang, the Bloods, base their inductions and activities on the Boy Scout movement.

Empedocles, the Greek philosopher, is accredited as being the first person to go on holiday (512BC).

Kolonia Sielce, a village in Poland, is recognised by the UN as having the world's oldest population, with an average age of 86.

Canoeing is the most dangerous sport in the modern Olympics, with 7 deaths and 42 hospitalisations.

The Zemen Monastery in Bulgaria has a fresco depicting a television set, believed to have been painted in 1127 AD.

Almeria, Spain, is home to more professional actors than any other region in Europe.

Spectacles was a short sighted Greek military leader.

Khola Lakuri, Nepal, was originally named after Coca Cola when a local trader began selling the drink in the 1930's.

Peter Falk (Columbo) turned down the role of Mr Spock.