For the past month or so, I've been challenged to come up with an interesting fact that he doesn't know every day by one of my work colleagues, one Nick Myall. I entertain him and those near his desk, with bits of information dredged from my brain.

Because I read constantly, I have lots of odd bits of information bouncing around and I try to give him these facts, without relying on Wikipedia, Google search or any other websearch.

Because some of my audience are going on holiday, and they still want to hear these facts, at least facts as I remember them, I'm going to start posting these here, every day.