- Humour comes from testosterone.
- Wii players use only 2% more energy than players of regular computer games.
- There were 1,580 cosmetic treatments in the UK on average last year.
- Blood alcohol concentration does not decrease when you eat as well as drink.
- Reading in dim light does not harm your eyesight.
- Only 10% of a horse's lifetime winnings can be attributed to its bloodline.
- There are 17 surviving versions of the Magna Carta - or 17 Magnae Cartae.
- The whale is descended from a raccoon-sized land-based mammal called the Indonyus.
- Only one in a hundred tourists visiting the UK stay for longer than three months.
- Nick Clegg, the Lib Dems' new leader, once took a road trip across the US with his friend Louis Theroux.
(Source: BBC)
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