Word of the Day: CONSECOTALEOPHOBIA - an irrational fear of chopsticks.

Dogs have musical tastes, and have been found to prefer reggae and soft rock over other genres.

At 188 years old, Jonathan the giant tortoise is the world’s oldest known living land animal. He was born three years before Charles Darwin met the giant tortoises that inspired his theory of evolution. (Image: Kevstan)

37% of Britons clean a hotel room before they stay in it.

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is worth more than the GDP of 125 of the world’s countries.

Female blanket octopuses are immune to the sting of Portuguese man-of-war jellyfish: they tear off their opponents' tentacles and brandish them as weapons.

Professionals who make non-conformist fashion choices, such as wearing bright or unusual socks, are perceived as being higher status and more successful.

The word 'rooster’ was adopted by American puritans in the 18th century because they didn’t want to use the word cock.

Male bottlenose dolphins have been observed to masturbate by wrapping a live eel around their penis.