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In 1973, the entire Internet consisted of only 43 computers.

iPhones in Venezuela cost the equivalent of £80,000 each.

Indonesia has a volcano that emits blue flames.

Iceland has more volcanoes than footballers.

More than half of the Earth’s surface is not subject to any nations laws.

It is illegal to sell Stilton cheese made in the village of Stilton.

In northern Italy, cheese is acceptable as security on a bank loan.

An Italian estate agent was the inspiration for the handsome, sadistic hero of Fifty Shades of Grey.

The film of Fifty Shades of Grey was banned in Cambodia because it depicted ‘insane romance’.

North Korea banned the disaster movie 2012 in cased it jinked the year 2012.

In French, Jaws became ‘The Teeth of the Sea’.

The spiders used in Spider-Man and Arachnophobia were social huntsman spiders and completely harmless.
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Spiders tune their webs like guitars.

Every year, spiders consume more food than whales.

Ogre-faced spiders attract prey with their excrement.

In 2017, Australian scientists discovered 50 new species of spider in one 10-day research trip.

10% of spiders are missing at least one of their legs.

In India, termites’ jaws were once used to close wounds.

In Brazil, fish skin is used to bandage burns.

The NHS costs the UK more than £116 billion a year.

The British eat more onions than the French.

Ancient Egyptian priests were not allowed to eat onions in case it boosted their libido.

The average person has sex 5,778 times in their lifetime.

Nicknames for 19th-century sex positions include The Ordinary, The Spiky Chair and The View of the Low Countries.
 
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Connoisseur said:
Spiders tune their webs like guitars.

Every year, spiders consume more food than whales.

Ogre-faced spiders attract prey with their excrement.

In 2017, Australian scientists discovered 50 new species of spider in one 10-day research trip.

10% of spiders are missing at least one of their legs.

In India, termites’ jaws were once used to close wounds.

In Brazil, fish skin is used to bandage burns.

The NHS costs the UK more than £116 billion a year.

The British eat more onions than the French.

Ancient Egyptian priests were not allowed to eat onions in case it boosted their libido.

The average person has sex 5,778 times in their lifetime.

Nicknames for 19th-century sex positions include The Ordinary, The Spiky Chair and The View of the Low Countries.
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A sex manual in Qing dynasty China outlined 48 different ways to fondle a mutilated foot.

Musical theatre is the genre of music least likely to be played in the bedroom.

In 1917, P.G Wodehouse had five musicals on Broadway at the same time.

Ostentation funk is a Brazilian musical genre that celebrates the middle-class lifestyle.

40% of working Britons have less than £100 in savings.

1.7 million Britons haven’t got a bank account.

The chief economist at the Bank of England has never owned a credit card.

The Pope doesn’t know how to use a computer.

Westminster Abbey has a cleric called Canon Ball.

The head of the UK police task force on knife crime is called Alfred Hitchcock.

The man who holds the British record for submitting Everest is a Mr K. Cool.

IKEA sofas have Swedish names, its rugs have Danish names and its beds have Norwegian names.
 
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