It's False - It's in fact thankfully much lower - only about 80,000 people die annually, on average, due to natural disasters.

It's False - "Fragrant Flower" the python measures 48.5 feet or 14.85 metres from head to tail.

It's True – this produces the irritating whining noise you can hear when you are trying to get to sleep at night and a hungry mosquito has got into your room.

It's False - The lightbulb was invented in 1879 by Thomas Edison, while the telephone was invented Alexander Graham Bell in 1876. So far three years people had to chat in the dark!

It's False - A fox lives in a den.

It's True Your nails grow at about 10mm a year (although this varies between people) which is about the same rate at which the spreading of the earth’s crust from the middle of the Atlantic is pushing America and England apart.

It's False It’s actually four minutes. There are 24 hours in a day and 60 minutes in an hour, meaning that there are 24 times 60, which is 1440 minutes in a day. There are 360 degrees in a circle, so 1440 divided by 360 equals 4. So 4 minutes per degree of longitude as you go around the planet.

It's False Good news girls, several trials including one on medical students have failed to find any link between the amount of chocolate someone eats and the number of spots they develop. It certainly does, however, cause sensations of satisfaction, and obesity.

It's True - The other types of radiation are known as alpha rays and beta rays.

It's False - It tastes great with fish and chips because it's the chemical name for vinegar.