George Lucas, whilst on a visit to the set of Star Trek, invented the Vulcan Salute (as seen in this picture). He uses it often to tease Leonard Nimoy.

Trinity College, Dublin, offers a degree in Handbags and Shoes of Post World War II Europe.

An elephant’s trunk can lift the equivalent of two family sized cars.

Fiscal experts predict that the value of water will be greater than oil by 2110.

The best travelled people in the world are from Luxembourg.

An original copy of The Muddle Poem by CS Lewis recently sold for £125,000.

In Tunisia it is legal to work as a prostitute but illegal to strip.

In Wales it is against the law to keep a dragon as a pet.

Pi (3.1459 ...) is the only non-whole number that is recognised as an integer.

The Albanian Government has a recorded TV message in case of an invasion by giants.