- Three of the world's top 5 supercomputers are in the US.
- Humans are more likely to be killed by a hippo than a lion.
- Teeth grinding is known as bruxism.
- Spin doctors were used in the Iron Age.
- School phobia is a condition recognised by doctors since the 1960s.
- Whisky should be stored upright, unlike wine.
- "Wrap rage" is a term coined to describe the anger felt by people trying to get into bonded plastic "clamshell" packaging.
- Male and female candidates to be officers in the British Army have to do different amounts of press-ups, but the same number of sit-ups in a physical test.
- For three decades, the BBC took a very dim view of Enid Blyton's work.
- Swindon has the UK's highest broadband use.
(Borrowed from the BBC)