FACT #267

Veteran campaigner Mary Whitehouse's last recorded letter was a diatribe against Silentnight bed manufacturers for suggesting "relations between a hippo and a duckling".

FACT #266

Since 2003 Babybel have had to settle 568 lawsuits from park-goers who have tripped over rogue cheeses.

FACT #265

When completed, the Burj Tower in Dubai will be visible from anywhere in the world.

FACT #264

Anybody awarded the Freemanship of Ipswich is entitled to eat the town's owls.

FACT #263

In 1987 Paul Daniels' son Martin founded the Black Sheep Society, a support group for lacklustre celebrity offspring. Current members include Natalie Cole, Eric Douglas and Jordi Cruyff.

FACT #262

The growth of the internet over printed materials means libraries, which previously only sank into their foundations because of the weight of their books, are in danger of blowing away in high winds.

FACT #261

Slovenian keyboards are laid out differently to ours, as 'Qwerty Uiop' is the country's most notorious serial killer and the western design was thought to be offensive to his victims' families.

FACT #260

Stuart Hall will compere all the events at the 2012 Olympics in London.

FACT #259

Geese have six senses: sight, sound, taste, touch, smell and peck.

FACT #258

In medieval England, those purchasing land often required having one or more limbs amputated to provide the seller as collateral and avoid reneging on the loan. An expensive purchase came to be known as costing "an arm and a leg."

FACT #257

An entire generation raised in the 1980s still believes Jesus Christ came down from heaven in a motorcar.

FACT #256

Despite thousands of reports from backpackers, Lonely Planet refuse to recognise the existence of a "Little Yorkshire" district in Beijing.