One in four lap dancers has a degree. Daily Telegraph, 27th August 2010
From 1900 to 2009, Australia had the best performing stock market in the world, with 7.5 per cent returns a year after inflation.Credit Suisse
In Britain, more than half the people in the Pakistani community marry a first cousin. Just 1.5 per cent of the population is of Pakistani descent, but a third of children who suffer from rare recessive disorders are. Dispatches, Channel 4, 23rd August 2010
Joe Biden is the first Catholic to be vice-president of the US. Wikipedia
Alcohol consumption in Britain dropped by 6 per cent between 2008 and 2009—the sharpest year-on-year decline since 1948. British Beer & Pub Association
Magazine publisher Tyler Brûlé says he is a descendant of Etienne Brûlé, the 16th-century French explorer who founded Toronto. The Independent, 1st August 2010
Over 50 per cent of this year’s graduates at Magdalen College, Oxford received a first. Evening Standard, 17th August 2010
China is now the second-largest world economy—but on a per-capita GDP basis it is 103rd, barely ahead of El Salvador. The Enterprise blog, 16th August 2010
The average English windfarm runs at 21 per cent capacity due to lack of wind. Daily Mail, 17th August 2010
An analysis of 52 depictions of the Last Supper from the 6th century to 1996 found the main dish swelled in size by 69 per cent. International Journal of Obesity, May 2010
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