Interesting Facts

Camelot, the company that runs The National Lottery in the UK, has reduced the odds of winning the jackpot by 320%. (They have added an extra 10 numbers, which means people will have to choose 6 numbers out of 59 not 49. The odds of matching six numbers from 49 balls was 14 million to one - with 59 numbers those odds jump to a whopping 45 million to one. And there will be no more maximum number for rollovers - which means that jackpots could keep rolling and get bigger and bigger, and people will get greedier and greedier. Another change means that people will get something for matching 2 numbers - a free Lucky Dip ticket for a future draw. Wow!)

As we informed you a long time ago, The Red Lion is the most common pub name in the UK, now here are the top 10 in England:- The Red Lion 518  The Crown 436  The Royal Oak 434  The White Hart 320  The White Horse 300  The Swan 270  The New Inn 267  The Rose & Crown 252  The Kings Head 240  The Bell 238  I am happy to say I have visited at least one pub with these names, but I haven't done what tomorrow's interesting person has done.)

Americans consume three times more paper per person than the average European, and 100 times more than the average person in China. (The average per capita paper use in the USA in 2001 was 700 pounds (320 kg). The average per capita paper use worldwide was 110 pounds (50 kg). Barely a third of the paper products sold in America are from recycled sources — most of it comes from virgin wood. There's nothing wrong with recycled paper, the United States Environmental Protection Agency‎ (EPA) found that recycling causes 35% less water pollution and 74% less air pollution than making virgin paper.)