- Twenty-three wedding cakes were made for the nuptials of Charles and Diana.
- That third brake light, the one in the rear window, is called a chimsil.
- Aircraft oxygen systems have just about 12 minutes worth of reserves.
- And when deployed, the oxygen flow can be so light that passengers can be confused into thinking something is wrong, and pulling oxygen masks from the ceiling.
- Sticks and stones may break your bones, but words can be even more painful.
- Most people have an above average number of feet.
- Shetland is the fattest part of the UK.
- There are more than 150 books with the "...before you die" premise in their titles.
- Life really does imitate art.
- Almost a third of BT payphones have been removed in the past six years.
(Borrowed from the BBC)