In the 19th century, tobacco was used for ‘rectal inflation’: blowing smoke up the anus to resuscitate the drowned.
The Dyslexia Research Centre is in Reading.
On average, every square mile of sea on the planet contains 46,000 pieces of rubbish.
Kuku kaki kakak kakak ku kayak kuku kaki kakek kakek ku is an Indonesian tongue-twister meaning ‘My sister’s toenails look like my grandfather’s’.
Fred Baur (1918–2002), the designer of the Pringles can, had his ashes buried in one.
Captain John Smith of Pocahontas fame was the first man to use the word “awning “.
A greetings card that can play ‘Happy Birthday’ has more computing power than existed in the whole world in 1950.
Ultracrepidarian is someone who doesn’t know what they’re talking about.
If you forget the foreign punctuation mark tilde (~) over an N when asking how old someone is in Spanish,"Cuantos años tienes? ",you will end up asking them how many anuses they have. ( "Cuantos anos tienes?)"
