Friends Of STAR

DID you know that 14% of people admit sleeping with a friend's lover?

Or that risk of early death is halved if you have lots of nookie.

A new book of fascinating information called Facts That Will Scare the Sh*t Out Of You , reveals some of the world's most mind-boggling nuggets of trivia.

From sex surprises to eating dogs, here james moore presents some of the best...

1. On any single day 400million people across the planet will have sex. That's 4,000 people right now.
2. As much as 6% of the world's population suffer from sex addiction.
3. Around 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens each year.
4. Women with boob jobs are three times more likely to take their own lives.
5. Men who have the most orgasms are at half the average risk of dying early, a study in Wales found.
6. The average human spends a total of three years on the toilet.
7. Desert rats can have sex 150 times in an afternoon.
8. Donald Duck was once banned in Finland because he doesn't wear trousers.
9. There are 6,000 dog restaurants in South ­Korea.
10. The average human body makes enough heat in 30 minutes to boil two pints of water.
11. Spiders were once thought to be a cure for malaria – provided they were eaten alive.
12. In Ancient Greece boxing matches only ended when one fighter was unconscious or dead.
13. 35% of people who use dating websites are married.
14. The average person travels four miles a year while making beds.
15. Rhubarb is poisonous if eaten in large doses.
16. Ancient Romans used urine in toothpaste.
17. The longest case of hiccups lasted 69 years.
18. There are about 70 shark attacks a year worldwide.
19. During the reign of Henry VIII an estimated 72,000 people lost their heads.
20. Fourteen years before the Titanic sank with the loss of 1,500 lives a novel called Futility told the story of a liner named Titan that hit an iceberg and went down.
21. More than half of women have faked an orgasm.
22. The acid in your stomach is so powerful that it can dissolve a razor blade in less than a week.
23. There are 700 species of bacteria in the human mouth.
24. When blonde hair became fashionable in Ancient Rome thousands of Nordic blondes were captured or slain so their hair could be used as wigs.
25. Crocodiles kill 800 people a year.
26. Parts of blowfish, a delicacy in Japan, contain a poison 500 times as strong as cyanide.
27. It is illegal to get a fish drunk in the state of Ohio.

Facts That Will Scare The Sh*t Out Of You, by Cary McNeal, is published by David & Charles, £7.99. Out now.