Dry cleaning fluid easily becomes haunted so dry cleaners will not clean any clothes that were worn at the time of a person�s death.

The Norman conquest came just after the less successful Bernard and Frank conquests.

The choice of the current Dalai Lama was called into question immediately after he was selected when monks outside the deliberation chamber reported hearing the words “eeny, meeny, miney, moe.”

The Littlest Hobo was not always down the road, as stated in the opening theme tune. In several plots the Dog ascended to a higher plane, parellel universes and the seaside town of Withernsea.

Carutters Shripmlighter was the worlds first Bungee jumper. He attempted the feat in 1822 by attaching a piece of garter elastic to the top of the Clock Tower on the houses of parliament and leaping in to the thames. The attempt ended in failure as, although the elastic was long enough and strong enough, he tied it around his neck, resulting in a messy (but by all accounts amusing) result.

For the past 15 years train announcers have had to use special voice mufflers as to not deafen passengers. This is due to National Rail installing 25 15inch subwoofers into each carriage.