- The reason why the Scala cinema went bankrupt and closed in 1993 was because it screened A Clockwork Orange without permission, was sued and lost. It is now a nightclub. [via overyourhead]
- Sleeping too long (over eight hours a night) is bad for your health, and might even be riskier than sleeping too little (under 6.5 hours a night).
- Because they were used so rarely, automated public lavatories in Richmond cost the council eight pounds per pee.
- Pashto (sometimes called Afghani) is the official language in Afghanistan. Sadly learnt when the Pashto service reporter for the BBC was shot dead last weekend).
- The Xbox 360 might finally turn a profit for the first time at the end of this fiscal year.
- Oxfam has an online charity shop.
- Dannii Minogue (singer, X-Factor judge, sister of pop princess) and Julian McMahon (Nip-Tuck actor, son of former Australian Prime Minister) were married for two years.
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