[Alasdhair]

Wahey! I'm good at these.

- The parts of your eye that are sensitive to black and white work far better in the dark than those the see in colour, so that's why you see in black and white in the dark.

- On average you will eat at least 8 spiders in your life time whilst you sleep.

- In the UK, there are 16 tie related deaths, 12 toaster related deaths, and 3 sex toy related deaths a year.

- You will most probably break your toe three times a year without knowing.

- It is physically impossible to lick your own elbow... But many people still try.

- A word may be registered into the dictionary if it is published three times by different sources.

- By UK law, publishing counts as it being shown to more than 3 people.

- In playing cards Clubs represents 'Soldiers', Diamonds represent 'Merchants', Spades represent 'Peasants' and Hearts represent 'The Upper Class'

- Mayflies and Fruit Flies are not actual flies as they have four wings, rather than the two needed to be classified as a fly.

- In an average year, the earth has 50,000 earthquakes.

- The parachute was invented 100 years before the aeroplane. Fuck knows what they did with it.

- All foods spoil over time, apart from honey.

- 1,500 left handed people die a year as a direct result of using right handed appliances.

- Pogonophobia is the irrational fear of beards. (Bill Bailey taught me that one)

- Gerontophobia is the fear of old people.

- Ephebiphobia is the fear of teenagers.

- Lachanophobia is the fear of vegetables.

- Kathisphobia is the fear of sitting down.

- The animal that kills the most people in the world is the mosquito due to the infections it carries.

- On average a human will consume 60,000lbs (27216KG) in it's life time.

- Ants never sleep.