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The province of Quebec has a wooden railway 20 miles in length. The rails are of maple. This railway is used for hauling timber.
— The Nelson Evening Mail, November 1 1906
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The German word for ‘train’ is ‘Schienengefuhrtes Sonderzug mit feststehender Lokomotive’.
Bathtime is a good time for kicking.
Margaret Atwood’s real name is OW Toad.
The first President of Zimbabwe was a Methodist minister called Canaan Banana.
Marais Erasmus is currently the best-paid cricket umpire.
Lurchers sleep a lot.
Henry VIII’s sixth wife collaborated with Thomas Tallis to rally her husband for war.
Exercise makes you look better naked. So does tequila.
Helpful Books have misspelled their name in their e-mail address.
Cadets at the Virginia Military Institute are issued Howl and other poems by Allen Ginsberg.
Yakult was discovered by a mystical order of Scandinavian monks.
The magnitude of human suffering down the centuries is somewhat quantifiable.
Juliet Stevenson will skin your rabbits for an extra tenner.
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