The Oliver Stone movie, Platoon, was largely shot in his garden because of budget constraints.

The Faroe Islands and the United Kingdom have the same odds of reaching Mars in the next 50 years according to some bookmakers.

Each year the Italian motor giant, Fiat, buys more rubber than the whole of the Italian condom industry.

Some Native American tribes believed that drinking the juice of crushed cicadas would give you super-human strength.

Australian actress, Mary Maguire provided the template for the confectionery Cherry Lips.

Albert Fosslake of Toronto, Canada, was the world's first professional arm wrestler.

The largest laptop ever made was 64 inches across and weighed 23 kilograms.

When the Latvian postal service decided to issue a set of religeous stamps they almost caused a riot. Instead of the Madonna (mother of Jesus Christ) they inadvertantly released stamps with the image of Madonna the pop star.

The fastest animal is the Falling Eagle from Central America - from an altitude of 20,000 feet it can dive bomb at up to 200 mph.

During the French Revolution the National Assembly gave away confectionary to the people so long as the people said everything was good - hence bonbons.

There are more people named Jones in Egypt than Wales.

In 1978 the Danish Government banned Scooby Doo because it portryed their national dog in such a poor light.