Scotland only has one lake.

The factory of the future will have only two employees, a man and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog. The dog will be there to stop the man touching the equipment. WARREN BENNIS

Snails will sleep for up to three years if the weather isn't good enough.

Word of the day: PSITHURISM - the sound of leaves rustling in the wind.

If you play bee sounds to snapdragons, they increase their nectar production.

In 2023, a Canadian court ruled that the thumbs-up emoji is legally binding. 👍

‘Computers in the future may have only 1000 vacuum tubes and perhaps weigh only 1.5 tons’. Popular Mechanics, 1949

Nobody knows why cats wiggle their bottoms before they pounce.

Goldfish have teeth in their throats. (📷BiotopAG)

At least 20 different species of birds use a similar call to warn each other that there are cuckoos in the area.

In 1902, Parliament ruled that cars must drive on the right-hand side to approach London’s Savoy Hotel. (📷: Steve F)

Thimble-knocking was a 19th-century practice where sex workers knocked at people’s windows with a thimble to let them know they were available.

In 1719, prisoners in Paris were offered freedom on the condition that they married a sex worker and moved to America.

Female dragonflies fake sudden death to avoid unwanted male suitors.

In the late 1920s, Louis Armstrong came across some buskers playing his music and told them they were going too slowly. The next time he saw them they were playing faster and had a sign which read ‘PUPILS OF LOUIS ARMSTRONG’.

Marriage is a wonderful invention; but, then again, so is a bicycle repair kit. BILLY CONNOLLY

The inventor of the vacuum cleaner, Hubert Cecil Booth, was once arrested for vacuuming up silver dust at the Royal Mint.

BIGOT, n.: One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not entertain. AMBROSE BIERCE

A recent court case in Canada dealt with a dispute between two businessmen over the profits from their shady dealings. The two businessmen had drawn up a contract which had a section called ‘Shady Deals’.

Edinburgh’s Nastiness Act of 1749 banned throwing your bodily waste out of a window during the day but allowed it from 10 p.m. till 7 a.m. The act has never been repealed.