In fact

In Britain, 47% of households with a cat have at least one person educated to degree level, compared to 38% of homes with dogs. The Veterinary Record, February 2010

Half of Turkey’s 400 or so murders a year are “honour killings.” Guardian, 4th February 2010

The 2010 Super Bowl had an average of 106.5m viewers—beating the US record for a television audience previously set by the final episode of M*A*S*H in 1983. New York Times, 8th February 2010

More than 4,400 people were caught cheating in last year’s GCSEs and A-levels in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. BBC News, 3rd February 2010

Ryanair has been ranked as the seventh least ethical company in the world. Irish Times, 1st February 2010

There are 700 varieties of cheese made in Britain—100 more than France produces. Financial Times, 18th December 2009

Vermont has suffered more deaths per capita in the Iraq war than any other US state. Military Times, 26th January 2010

Half of British children aged five to nine own a mobile phone. News of the World, 10th January 2010

If the Tories win the election with a majority of 326 seats, just over half of their MPs will be privately educated (down from 62% in 1992) and only 6% will be old Etonians. When the last OE prime minister Alec Douglas-Home was in office (1963-64), 20% of Tory MPs were old Etonians. Byron J Criddle, Aberdeen University