Chris Brown has taken up flower arranging to calm him down – the photo shows him with one of his trademark arrangements.

The Greek king Pelias was afraid of the dark and insisted that all the streets in his capital Lolcos were lit by lantern. After inventing street lighting the tiny village (pop 103) can claim to have literally changed to way we see the world.

The Damon Blue butterfly eats exclusively tree bark.

The Inuit people have two different languages, one for summer and one for winter.

Converse trainers are the best selling footwear in the world.

The movie Casino couldn’t be filmed in Las Vegas because the Nevada Gaming
Commission wouldn’t grant them a licence.

Biting / chewing your fingernails is the world’s most common “bad habit”.

The Polish version for meatloaf is skrzynka wołowiny, which means beef box.

The largest car park in Panama City is at the Sante Rosa cemetery.

Canada has the longest single sewer track at over 9,000 miles.