Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' cloakroom in the ancestral castle of Blenheim.

More than 95% of paper is made from wood cellulose.

The lump of flesh just in front of your ear canal and next to your temple is called a tragus.

The biggest volcano in the world is Maund Load, in Hawaii.

The smallest horse in the world is called Black Beauty and is only 18 and a half inches tall.

In the 19th century, refined ladies called trousers, a pair of dittoes.

Barnacles have 24 legs.