- On average, Hispanic men produce slightly more testosterone than African and Caucasian men and quite a lot more than Asian men. (USA Today, 11th March 2009)
- Over their adult lifetimes, women will spend almost a year deciding what to wear. (Daily Telegraph, 9th July 2009)
- Freddy Mercury's middle name was Pluto (his full name was Farrokh Pluto Bulsara). (Popbitch)
- Europe will hunt more whales than Japan this year; Norway, Denmark and Iceland plan to hunt 1,478 whales and Japan 1,280. (The Guardian, 19th June 2009)
- There are more than 250,000 Patels in Britain. Over half of them are married to people whose original surname is also Patel. (BBC News website, 11th June 2009)
- When unlocked bikes were left in British cities to test how long it was before they were stolen, London proved the least honest city (the bike lasted 17 minutes) and Liverpool the most honest (four hours). (Daily Mail, 15th June 2009)
- 46 per cent of Pakistanis think inflation is the most important issue facing their country; 10 per cent think that terrorism is. (International Republican Institute)
- In Britain, the cost of motoring has fallen by 13 per cent in real terms since 1997, while bus and coach fares have increased by 17 per cent above inflation. Rail fares have risen by 7 per cent above inflation. (The Independent, 8th May 2009)
- All nine members of the Politburo standing committee (China's leaders) are engineers. (Business Week, 24th April 2006)
- In 2008, more babies in the US were named after David Beckham than Barack Obama. (The Guardian, 8th May 2009)
