The first ever credit card was issued by American Express back in 1951.

Queen Elizabeth II is one of the 10th wealthiest women in the world.

In 1974, David Kunste became the first man to walk around the world.

The average person spends the equivalent to 41 days a year surfing the web.

Football (soccer) is the most attended or watched sport in the world.

Swedish confectionery salesman Roland Ohisson was buried in a coffin made entirely of chocolate.

The largest web bookshop, Amazon.com, stores almost 3 million books.

The undersea section of the channel tunnel, at 24 miles (39 km), is the longest undersea tunnel in the world.

There are more TV sets in the US than there are people in the UK.

Philips and Sony developed the CD in 1980.