Under an obscure law passed by King Carol Vorderman in the 1800's, all shopkeepers are obliged to sell any item for only one penny on presentation of a stained glass helicopter and the words "Chewing a stately banjo".

Nightmares can be prevented by covering ones bedclothes with radioactive plutonium at least an hour before bedtime.

Hirsute television star David Hasselhoff claims that laying strips of uncooked bacon over your head just before bedtime is an excellent cure for baldness.

The NASA probe currently en-route to Mars contains a Werthers Original toffee which fell from the mouth of a technician into the innards of the craft, and could not be removed in time for the launch.

All computer mice only have 4,725,245 clicks available for use

It wasn't an iceberg that sunk the Titanic; in fact, it was just too heavy to float.

Screen actress Michelle Pfeiffer was the first woman to wear a hat on a live broadcast of international pro-celebrity potato farming.

Film director Alfred Hitchcock's first words were "Half a pound of cheese, please".