08 June 30: Anaesthesia

The 1 or 2% of people who are redheads may require as much as 20% more anaesthesia than blonds or brunettes.

08 June 29: Venice

The world's first major film festival was held in Venice in 1938.

08 June 28: Chain

On December 11, 2004, over 5 million people joined hands to form a human chain, 1,050km (652.4 miles) long from Teknaf to Tentulia, Bangladesh.

08 June 27: Zoomimetic

zoomimetic: ‘imitating an animal or part of an animal’

08 June 26: Hummer

On July 19, 2007, Paris Hilton attempted to demonstrate her environmental consciousness by telling Us Weekly magazine that she had ordered a Hummer Hybrid.

08 June 25: Voices

A UK woman with a lifelong inability to recognize voices is a medical mystery.

08 June 24: Embrace

Spider monkeys embrace to keep the peace.

08 June 23: Household

Year by which South Korea intends to have a robot in every household: 2013

08 June 22: Eusocial

‘Some insects, such as ants and bees, live in eusocial groups, in which different members carry out specialized jobs to help maintain the colony.’

08 June 21: Ozone

‘A major component of smog, ozone is a by-product of chemical reactions involving nitrogen oxides and other pollutants. It oxidizes lung tissue, causing inflammation. This exacerbates asthma and leads to other respiratory problems.’

08 June 20: Venography

venography: ‘injecting radioactive material into veins for medical examination’

08 June 19: Dyslexics

‘All dyslexics are not alike. According to new research, Chinese- and English-speaking people with the disorder have impairments in different regions of their brains. The findings shed light on the neurological basis of dyslexia and reveal fundamental differences in how brains process the two languages.’

08 June 18: Birdseed

People dish out 500,000 metric tons of birdseed each year in the United States and the United Kingdom.

08 June 17: Cereal

Mothers who eat at least one bowl of cereal per day are more likely to bear sons.

08 June 16: Choice

Researchers have found patterns of brain activity that predict people’s decisions up to 10 seconds before they’re aware they’ve made a choice.

08 June 15: Arsenic

Scientists warn that some rice products for infants contain worrisome levels of arsenic.

08 June 14: Mobile

Minimum number of South Africans who do their banking entirely by mobile phone: 500,000

08 June 13: Quinquagenarian

quinquagenarian: ‘person between the ages of 50 and 59’

08 June 12: Theory

Decision theory has boomed in the past decade.

08 June 11: Prison

Chances that a resident of Florence, AZ is living in prison: 3 in 4

08 June 10: Rococo

During the Rococo Period, men's clothing became so colourful that women began to feel threatened.

08 June 9: Splashy

152,000 votes were tallied in an online Greenpeace poll last fall to name a humpback whale in the South Pacific; 79 percent favoured the name Mr. Splashy Pants.

08 June 8: Blood

In an average healthy adult, the volume of blood is about one-eleventh of the body weight.

08 June 7: Arabica

Arabica coffee normally contains less caffeine than the robusta variety.

08 June 6: Balaniferous

balaniferous: ‘acorn-bearing’ (balanoid: ‘acorn-shaped’)

08 June 5: Memory

A team of neuroscientists reports results suggesting that the continuing activity of a particular enzyme is somehow necessary to maintain long-term memory, something that's not predicted by most current hypotheses on the mechanisms of memory.

08 June 4: Memorials

At least 700 9/11 memorials have been constructed so far in New York City.

08 June 3: Salt

In space, salt and pepper are available, but only in a liquid form.

08 June 2: Shaadi

Number of different skin tones that members of the South Asian matchmaking site Shaadi.com can register as having: 6

08 June 1: Academy

The 1st Academy Awards ceremony was held Thursday, May 16, 1929, at the Hotel Roosevelt in Hollywood to honor outstanding film achievements of 1927 and 1928.

08 May 31: Orbit

The sun rises and sets every 90 minutes in low Earth orbit.

08 May 30: Jaculation

jaculation: ‘the act of throwing or hurling’