random

*Michael Jackson's goddaughter says his favourite meal was fish and chips
*Jesus Christ was said to be born more than 1200 years before the crib was invented
*Africa has less than four per cent of the world's air traffic. Yet accounts for a third of its air disasters

random facts

*The word"trousers" comes from the Gallic name "trews" ,a close-fitting tartan garment formerly worn by scottish and Irish highlanders
*Humans shed over 30 meters of eyelashes in their lifetime
*It's a myth that we use chalk to write on blackboards; it's actually gypsum, which is chemically different from chalk

the ashes fact

*Australia's loss at lords in the second test was their first defeat at the ground to the poms in 75 years

*So far, 64 Ashes series have been played, with Australia winning 31 and England 28. The remaining five were drawn

*In the 12 months before this year's Ashes, participation in cricket rose by 24 per cent in the UK

random facts

*The number of computer-related injuries had risen 732 per cent in 12 years
*During their war agenst soviet invaders in the '80s, Afghanistan's Mujahadeen fighters wern't allowed to take boys with no facial hair onto the battlefield
*During a normal non-swine flu winter season, there are an average of 2000 to 3000 flu related deaths in Australia

trivia of the day

*Apple shifted 5.2 million iphones in the last business quarter
*Aussie video game sails grew by 47.6 per cent in 2008. PC games sails, however, only increased by 4.2 per cent
*More british tourists die wile on holiday in Australia than any other nationality