Interesting Facts

English football fans face being breathalysed before being allowed into matches. (Trying to enter a sports ground while drunk is actually a criminal offence, and only fans who appear to be drunk will be tested. The project, which will run indefinitely, was launched at Cambridge United's match against Burton Albion, and if successful, may be roled out to other venues. Anyone found to be over the limit will be given the boot (sorry).)

Radiohead has decided to release their new album, Rainbows, on the web. Nothing new there, but you can download it from their official website and they will let you decide what to pay for the 10 mp3 files - that's right, you can decide to pay anything, from nothing to £100. (A survey of music fans who downloaded Radiohead's new album found that 29% paid either nothing or just 1p. More than half gave up to £10.)

According to the Times, Hitler received 1,000 letters a month of fan mail. (Of course fan is short for fanatic, so....)