Before the invention of the eraser, people used breadcrumbs to remove ink and graphite

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Until 2008, Cubans were not allowed to buy mobile phones or computers

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There are 16 million thunderstorms worldwide each year. That's about 44,000 thunderstorms a day or 1,833 thunderstorms an hour

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There are more stars in the universe than there are grains of sand on all the beaches on Earth

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Natural chocolate prevents tooth decay because the natural chemicals in cocoa beans fight against harmful bacteria in the mouth

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Salar de Uyuni - the world's largest dried-up salt lake

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Video games slow down the ageing process

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Shi Ping is world famous for his love of bees

He endured more than 300,000 bees on his own body at one time, which literally surrounded the man from head to toe!

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The teeth of mice are so strong that they can even chew through concrete

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People spend two weeks of their lives waiting for a green light

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US legislation allowed children to be mailed from 1913 to 1920

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There are currently 160 million orphans in the world. This is the highest number ever recorded

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Gold leaf is edible and widely used in cooking to decorate desserts

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Before Apple bought Siri, it was originally released as an app for Android and Blackberry

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If you start singing you can stop snoring

Snoring is caused by weak muscles in the soft palate

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Most of the dust that abounds in any home is made up of dead human skin particles

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Equestrian polo is thought to be the oldest team game in the world

The game originated more than two thousand years ago and was widespread in Persia and India. It was in India that the game was introduced to officers of the English army, thanks to whom polo spread to Europe

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Sweden has 267,570 islands - the most of any country in the world

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In ancient Eastern countries tickling was forbidden. It was considered a sinful arousal

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A giant bulb

Pete Glazebrook from Northern England looks lovingly at an onion he grew weighing almost 9 kilograms. It entered the Guinness Book of World Records as the heaviest bulb

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The leaves and flowers of white water lilies are coated with a substance that repels any dirt, so they never get dirty

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