Sharlto Copley, star of District 9, owns a vineyard in South Africa – the photo shows him selecting grapes.

The length of your nose is directly proportioned to the length of your sternum (breast bone).

The wood used in the electric chairs used in most US prisons is salvaged from the USS Washington.

Vodka is regularly used in Siberia as a fuel for tractors.

Bertonolii mens shoes are the most expensive in the world, the cheapest pair currently on sale are $48,000.

Stephen King was voted the Best Looking Author by the Maine Literary Society.

New Guinea has more indigenous species of mammel than the whole of South America.

Every winner of a Nobel Prize is automatically granted Swedish citizenship.

In the British singles charts any song that has entered at number 16 has always reached the top 3.

The Romans in Britain celebrated their highest festivals by eating badgers.