in fact - Nov/Dec 2008
- Honey bees can be trained to count up to four
- Liverpool lost almost half its population between 1937 and 2001.
- Paul Newman was number 19 on Richard Nixon's enemies list.
- Ho Chi Minh worked as a pastry cook at the Carlton Hotel in London in 1916.
- More women than men accepted a place at medical and dentistry schools in 2007, with 5,128 women enrolling compared to only 3,929 men. 79 per cent of first year student vets in 2007-8 were women. 63 per cent of students enrolled with the Law Society in 2007 were women.
- In 2005, black American women were just behind white non-Hispanic men in graduation rates per capita, at 37 per cent compared to 39 per cent. If current trends continue, they will soon overtake them.
- People born in December are most likely to submit a claim for motor insurance.
- Of the top ten cities in the EU for car thefts, seven are in Italy (including the top five of Caserta, Catania, Napoli, Torino and Roma) and three are in Britain (Manchester, Nottingham, Hull).
- Barack Obama's 4th October rally in Anchorage, Alaska had four times as many attendees as Sarah Palin's rally at the same time in the same city.
- Last September, Aston Martin sold 150 cars in Britain. This September, it sold three.
- Since 1929, Republicans and Democrats have each controlled the presidency for nearly 40 years. As of 10th October 2008, a $10,000 investment in the S&P stock market index would have grown to $11,733 if invested under Republican presidents only, or $51,211 if Herbert Hoover's presidency during the depression is excluded. Invested under Democratic presidents only, it would have grown to $300,671.
- Aerosmith have made more money in royalties from the video game Guitar Hero: Aerosmith than from any of their albums.
- Liverpool lost almost half its population between 1937 and 2001.
- Paul Newman was number 19 on Richard Nixon's enemies list.
- Ho Chi Minh worked as a pastry cook at the Carlton Hotel in London in 1916.
- More women than men accepted a place at medical and dentistry schools in 2007, with 5,128 women enrolling compared to only 3,929 men. 79 per cent of first year student vets in 2007-8 were women. 63 per cent of students enrolled with the Law Society in 2007 were women.
- In 2005, black American women were just behind white non-Hispanic men in graduation rates per capita, at 37 per cent compared to 39 per cent. If current trends continue, they will soon overtake them.
- People born in December are most likely to submit a claim for motor insurance.
- Of the top ten cities in the EU for car thefts, seven are in Italy (including the top five of Caserta, Catania, Napoli, Torino and Roma) and three are in Britain (Manchester, Nottingham, Hull).
- Barack Obama's 4th October rally in Anchorage, Alaska had four times as many attendees as Sarah Palin's rally at the same time in the same city.
- Last September, Aston Martin sold 150 cars in Britain. This September, it sold three.
- Since 1929, Republicans and Democrats have each controlled the presidency for nearly 40 years. As of 10th October 2008, a $10,000 investment in the S&P stock market index would have grown to $11,733 if invested under Republican presidents only, or $51,211 if Herbert Hoover's presidency during the depression is excluded. Invested under Democratic presidents only, it would have grown to $300,671.
- Aerosmith have made more money in royalties from the video game Guitar Hero: Aerosmith than from any of their albums.
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