Wrexham

Wrexham is a town in Wales. There is evidence of human habitation in the area from 8000 BC and the town is believed to have got its name from its use by neolithic tribesmen as a site for scrapping their unwanted pigs.

Wrexham became famous for its leather industry and the leather-makers guild continues to be at the heart of the town's civic life - they recently appointed David Dickinson as their ceremonial grand-master.

During the Industrial Revolution Wrexham became a centre of the iron industry after the founding of the Bersham Ironworks by John Wilkinson - known as 'Iron-Mad Wilkinson. Following in his footsteps, a steelworks was opened by 'Steel-Crazy Stephenson' and a condom factory by 'Rubber-Loving Johnston.'

Anteaters

Anteaters are, by extraordinary coincidence, animals that eat ants and they came third in the 'Most Unimaginative Name Competition 2006.' As well as ants, anteaters sometimes eat termites and sandwiches.

Contrary to popular opinion, anteaters are not natural allies of aardvarks.

Anteaters walk on their knuckles because deep down they want to be monkeys.

Anteaters have astonishingly long tongues. As such, lesbianism is rife amongst anteater populations.

Wallabies

Wallabies are marsupials that aspire to be kangaroos.

Kissing

In Continental Europe it is traditional to greet friends with a platonic kiss, although the custom varies from country to country. In France, for instance, they greet each other with a kiss on each cheek while in Belgium you would greet your friend with three kisses on alternate cheeks. The Italian politician, Silvio Burlosconi, insists on being welcomed with a kiss on all four cheeks.

In the Anglo-Saxon world, by contrast, kissing is considered to be an erotic activity involving the touching of lips and, if your luck is in, tongues. Anthropologists believe kissing may have evolved from primitive grooming behaviour or mothers masticating food for their young. Other, more sensible anthropologists think that it is just fun.

Nuts

Nuts come in numerous varieties and in all shapes and sizes. The walnut is generally regarded by nut experts as the Prince of the nut world, although at a recent conference in Geneva academics from Oxford University proposed that the hazelnut be promoted to parity with the walnut at the top of the nut tree. Understandibly, the suggestion was angrily shouted down by the audience.

Some nuts are poisonous - the macadamia nut for example, as well as mixed nuts in arsenic which were briefly marketed by KP as an exciting alternative to dry-roasted peanuts.

Peanuts are not, in fact, nuts at all. Rather, they are dried peas. In view of this, the European Commission is currently considering whether they should force nut sellers to sell them as pea-based nut substitutes.

Nuts is also an informal word for testicles - doctors say that if yours are actually the size of a nut then you should seek medical help immediately.