Susan Boyle has a prosthetic left hand.

The Fijian village of Ooea-ouia-ooai is the longest place name with no consonant.

The # symbol's correct name is the Rotary Hash Marker, and was used originally to denote meetings of the Rotary Club in the local press.

West Street is the commonest street name in the world.

The term "Tango" in the phonetic alphabet was named after General T Howerd's dog.

William Wrigley, the confectionery magnet and owner of the Chicago Cubs baseball team, is credited with inventing mascara with Eugene Rimmel.

Coconut milk is used as a hair restorer in many parts of South East Asia.

The Swanne Theatre Company, Missouri, is world's oldest continuously touring theatre group, having been touring since 1865.

The NASA Mars rover, Spirit, was voted "Greatest Machine of All Time" by the International Institute of Engineers in May 2009.

White handkerchiefs outsell any other colour by at least 100:1.