1. If you were to spell out all the numbers in order and try to find the letter "a" you'd get all the way to one thousand before it occurs.

2. In 2002, a policeman in Brighton was called to a noise disturbance of a different kind. Michelle Cassonss's alarm clock was apparently annoying neighbours with the sound of a radio breakfast show.

3. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple.