Duracell, the battery-maker, built parts of its new international headquarters using materials from its own waste. | In Britain, there are approximately 50,000 pubs with 17,000 different names. | Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them would burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired." | The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds. | Each year, the Moon moves away from Earth by about four centimeters.