Interesting Fact # 828 - Life for Sale

A 44 year old Briton living in Australia has sold his life on eBay for £192,000.

(Ian Usher put his "entire life" up for sale - house, car, job and even his friends. How much would you sell yours for?)

On This Day

1967 - The world's first ATM was installed by Barclay's Bank in North London.

(We also call the a hole in the wall or a cash machine.)

Interesting Fact # 827 - EU membership

Germany paid more than any other country for its membership in the European Union, 114 billion euros ($179 billion).

(Greece received the most money from the bloc, receiving 5.4 billion euros more from the EU than it paid in, making it the EU's biggest recipient for the second year running.)

Interesting Fact # 826 - Whiplash

A female driver is three times more likely than a man to suffer whiplash injuries if her car is hit from behind.

(Female passengers suffer from whiplash injuries when their car is hit from the front too. Believe me, I know.)

Interesting Fact # 825 - Broadband

An Ofcom report shows that more rural homes in the UK have broadband internet than urban dwellings do.

(59% of rural households have broadband compared to 57% of urban homes.)

Interesting Fact # 824 - University

You don't necessarily get expelled for cheating at a British university.

(A study of 86 UK universities by the Higher Education Academy and Joint Information Systems Committee found that out of 9,200 students caught cheating, only 143 were expelled. I think we are raising a generation of cheats. Just look at the games market, for every computer game sold there are hundreds of cheats and hack sites out there.)

Interesting Fact # 823 - Airports

If you wear a T-shirt featuring rude words, bombs or cartoon guns you can be prevented from boarding a plane in UK airports.

(Brad Jayakody, was wearing a Transformers T-shirt, which showed a cartoon character holding a gun. He was stopped from boarding a flight by the security at Heathrow's Terminal 5. Better not wear a T-shirt with a frying pan either, Tom and Jerry reek havoc with them.)

Interesting Fact # 822 - Words

According to the BBC, in the UK, a child of three is expected to know about 300 words.

(According to US guidelines, by the age of three a child should be able to say around 500 to 900 words. Maybe that is what's wrong with our education system.)