- If you break down on a motorway slip road, you will be in a live lane and should call the police before you call your rescue service (I didn't learn this from personal experience - it happened to a friend).
- Donkey's years is a play on words from donkey's ears, i.e. something very long.
- Mistletoe injections can be used as part of cancer treatment (again, not me).
- Musician Moby is descended from Herman Melville.
- Venus spins backwards compared to the other planets in our solar system.
I'm happy to be corrected.
