That in Ireland there is an annual race on lumps of floating seaweed.
That this is a small part of the bags and clothing amongst lost property left on London tube trains last year. In addition there were 92,000 books, bank cards and personal documents, 13,000 sets of keys and £203,583 in cash.
That a local council in England has decided to change the name of the reflective road markings known as 'cat's eyes' in favour of 'road studs' after confused tourists and worried children thought real animals parts were used on British highways. The initial confusion was caused after signs saying 'warning cats eyes removed' was taken literally by tourists and young children.