* Several insects have the capability of surviving very low temperatures by producing Glycerine to avoid freezing.

 

* Apart from Antarctic the other continents are wider in the North than in the South.

 

* In 2006 the U.S. Government published manuals in the Internet showing how to build an atomic bomb.

 

* The English goalkeeper Alex Stepney dislocated his jaw whilst rebuking one of his team mates.

 

* The dessert ´Peach Melba´ was named after the Australian diva Nellie Melba. In 1882 a chef created it in her honour.

 

* The name of the Japanese Mafia ´Yakuza´ stands for the numbers 8-9-3 which is a loosing number in a card game.

 

* Saddam Hussein had a copy of the Koran written with his own blood.

 

* During bright light a goats pupil becomes square.

 

* Loch Ness contains 7450 billion litres of water.

 

* An ostrich egg is equivalent to 25 chicken eggs and needs 90min to cook.

 

v Serbia alone produces a third of all raspberries worldwide.

 

* On his 21st birthday, John F. Kennedy, was given 1 million dollars as a present.

 

* Quentin Tarantino was an usher in a Porn cinema.

 

* Nokia uses the notes 13-17 of a Waltz composed by the Spaniard Francisco Tárrega for their famous ring tone.

 

* The first kiss of a black and white couple shown on TV was in the series ´Star Trek´. 

 

* British man Andrew Lee died after eating an excessive amount of extra hot chilli sauce.

 

* From 200 decibels sound can kill by destroying the lungs .

 

* The footprints of the Apollo astronauts left on the moon are owned by the USA according to a contract with the United          Nations.

 

* More Italians live in New York than Rome, more Irish than in Dublin and more coloured people than in any city in the world.

 

* Until 2011 French Police were permitted to consume beer or wine providing it was while eating a meal.

 

* ´=´ in maths has been used only since 1557.

 

* The ´OK´ was used first in an article in the ´Boston Morning Post´ and was supposed to be a funny variation for ´all correct´.

 

* The first remote control appeared on the market in 1950 and was called 'Lazy Bones'.

 

* Monopoly was invented in 1930 to occupy the unemployed during the 'Wall Street Crash'.

 

* Silvio Berlusconi's first job after leaving university was selling vacuum cleaners.

 

* 45% of all Indians have a mobile telephone but only 31% have access to sanitary facilities.

 

* Before George Clooney had been judged the 'Sexiest Man Alive', he worked in a woman's shoe shop.