In fact

In the year 2008-09, 84.4 per cent of the programmes shown on BBC3 were repeats. The Telegraph, 28th April 2010

The soft drink Fanta was invented in Nazi Germany, to replace Coca-Cola after Pearl Harbor ended its import to the country. Slate, 5th August 2010

In Britain, only 18 teachers have been struck off for incompetence in the past 40 years. Panorama, 5th July 2010

Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan are the only doubly landlocked countries in the world (that is, landlocked countries totally surrounded by other landlocked countries). Wikipedia

From 1989 to 2006, deaths from breast cancer fell by 30 per cent in Britain, more than in any other major European country. World Health Organisation

47m Americans have a criminal record. National Post, 31st July 2010

Scotland and Wales together now account for more than a quarter of all Labour MPs. The Times, 9th May 2010

Ron Wayne was one of the three founders of Apple Computer in April 1976, but 12 days later sold his 10 per cent stake for $2,300. His shares would be worth $22bn today. San Jose Mercury News, 2nd June 2010

In 2009, the book most pirated over the BitTorrent filesharing network was the Kama Sutra, followed by Adobe Photoshop Secrets. The Independent, 4th September 2009

Shirt swaps in football began in 1931, when France beat England for the first time—the French players were so happy they asked the English for their shirts as keepsakes. New York Times, 6th July 2010