Kirsty Ally (shown in this picture with her lucky boomerang Cyril) won the title of Californian Women’s Boomerang Champion from 2001 to 2004.

“Yellow” by Coldplay was the first song to ever be registered by the US patent office.

Scientists in Australia have taught a chimpanzee over 700 words.

The largest supermarket in the world is the Tesco in Yeovil, England.

Cat food has twice the nutritional value of dog food.

The first recorded wooden leg belonged to Pontius Pilate.

Teflon was original going to be called Slip-e-zee but the name had already been copyrighted.

Mary Todd, the wife of Abraham Lincoln, is recognised by many as being the inventor of the Baked Alaska.

The first road side cafe recorded was on the Viae publicae on the outskirts of Rome. The cafe opened in 566 B.C. and continued trading for the next 350 years.

Dehydrated Salmon eggs over 400 years old have been re-hydrated and reached adulthood.