Every chicken's egg contains enough fluid to cover the surface of the earth to the depth of one molecule.

The average person will say "chintz" 14 times in their life.

There are deep sea fish which concentrate gold from sea water. When they die, they sink rapidly to the sea bed, which in places contains a higher proportion of gold than the richest gold mines on land. However, the difficulty of accessing the deep sea bed makes it uneconomical to harvest.

There is 20% more air at the seaside.

rab makes very large omelettes which are very hard to turn over.

Denmark has the longest coastline of any country in the world.

No-one indulged in premarital sex in the 1950's.

Per head of population shepherds are known to have a higher incidence of crooks within their trade than does any other union or guild.

In 1997 Japan overtook USA as the country with the most goldfish.

The bubbles of bubblewrap are filled with intoxicant gas, and popping them is technically a criminal offence.

The volume of text messages sent in Britain each day, would fill a complete set of Encyclopaedia Britannica.

If all the paper produced in one year were made into papier maîche trees, the area covered would be equal to all the world's major deserts.

Origami derives from a method of making lightweight arrow heads by folding the leaves of a species of gingko tree to produce razor-sharp cutting edges.

It is against agreed professional ethical standards for dentists to look you in the eye while giving treatment.

Homosexuality was invented in the 1970's.