Before Sir Isaac Newton discovered gravity in 1666, people and objects floated in the air unless they were tethered down. The discovery on the 2nd September meant everything suddenly fell to earth. This was the real cause of the Great Fire of London.

For certain medical conditions it is possible to have Guinness prescribed on the NHS.

The game of cricket was called after the insect of the same name because of the similarity between the sound of the bat on the ball and the noise made during mating.

A football weighs less than an elastic band ball of the same size would.

A glass of red wine every day provides protection against all known diseases. (Botherer) What air?:-)

The word kara-oke is Japanese for I will survive

In Dad's Army, Captain Mainwaring's famous line, "You stupid boy," was originally written as "You f***ing tw*t, Pike," and was only changed at the very last minute after concerns were raised among BBC bosses.

hen dropped from an aeroplane, elastic band balls of 1.41M diameter do not bounce.

imagine a 'W' at the beginning of the last sentence and it might make sense.