- In the US, federal law states that children's TV shows may contain only 10 minutes of advertising per hour and on weekends the limit is 10 and one-half minutes.
- In The Wizard of Oz the Scarecrow was looking for a brain, the Cowardly Lion was looking for courage, and the Tin Man was looking for a heart.
- India has a Bill of Rights for cows.
- Instant coffee has been around since the 18th century.
- Insulin is produced in the pancreas.
- Iron deficiency causes the most common form of anaemia.
- Irving Berlin, who was born on 11 May 1888 and who composed three thousand songs in his lifetime, couldn't read music.
- Isaac Newton, Peter Tchaikovsky and Annie Lennox were all born on Christmas Day.
- Issur Danielovitch Demsky was born on 9 December 1916, but most people know him as Kirk Douglas.
- It costs more to send someone to reform school than it does to send them to Eton.
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