Between 1870 and 1891, the Afghanistan postal system required postmasters to cancel letters by biting off the corners of the stamp.
One in five Birmingham's Policemen is married to a nurse.
If ALL the Chinese jumped on and off their seats in unison, the vibrations would set of a tidal wave that would engulf the United States.
The average American clerk produces 4.4 lb. of waste paper a day.
The Irish 33rd Baron of Kinsale holds the unique privilege of retaining his hat in the presence of Royalty.
A fly landing on the rail of a liner can cause the vessel to list by one-tenth of the with of an atom.
One hundred and fifty eight West German airforce Starfighters crashed in twelve years.
St Nicholas, the original Father Christmas, is also the patron saint of pawnbrokers.
There are enough Smiths in England and Wales to fill Wembley stadium 8 times over.
A Dunlop Press conference called "Total Mobility" had to be postponed because of a rail strike.
Altogether about 100,000 million people have walked on the earth, which is approximately equal to the number of stars there are in the milky way. So a star shines for every man who has ever lived.
The highest number in the language of the Yancos tribe in the Amazon is poettarrarorincoaroac or three.
To thank their staff for their good work, the Ford Motor Company devised a system of rewards, graduated according to rank. Managers were to recive champagne, foremen and supervisors cigars, and shop-floor workers two free cups of tea.
The Price of a small car in 1970 would buy 4000 haircuts in Portugal, 2400 in the UK, 2400 in Sweden and 700 in the USA.