A Dachshund (a.k.a. a sausage dog) was originally bred to hunt in low, narrow badger burrows. In fact, the term 'Dachshund' translates from German as 'badger dog'!

Britons eat over 22,000 tonnes of french fries a week.

One is the only number with letters in reverse alphabetical order.

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