Only 1% of British roads are motorways, but they carry 20% of the traffic.
A man appeared in an Indian court in 2003 for allegedly smuggling ovens and toasters forty years ago. The customs
department had accused the man of illegally importing the goods from Poland in 1963.
In America lightning kills more people than any other natural disaster, an average of 400 dead and 1,000 injured
yearly.
The average cost of a British wedding in 1996 was said to be £9,427.
