- The study of stupidity is called ‘monology’.
- It is illegal to play tennis in the streets of Cambridge.
- During the reign of Elizabeth I, there was a tax put on men’s beards.
- Atilla the Hun is thought to have been a dwarf.
- Sir Isaac Newton was obsessed with the occult and the supernatural.
- One of Queen Victoria’s wedding gifts was a 3 metre diameter, half tonne cheese.
- Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, never phoned his wife or his mother, they were both deaf.
- It was considered unfashionable for Venetian women, during the Renaissance to have anything but silvery-blonde hair.
- Pogonophobia is the fear of beards.
- In 1647 the English Parliament abolished Christmas.
- Coffee is the second largest item of international commerce in the world. The largest is petrol. (hah, figures!!)
- St. John was the only one of the 12 Apostles to die a natural death.
Pretty interesting stuff - little bits of info you probably don’t need to know but want to know anyway! 
