2 THE number of dolphins saved last week by the world's tallest man. Bao Xishun, who is 7ft 9ins, used his extra-long arms to reach into the dolphins' stomachs and pull out dangerous plastic shards that they had swallowed. Vets at the Royal Jidi Ocean World aquarium in Fushun, northeast China, turned to him for help after they were unable to extract the shards. The heads of the dolphins were held back and towels wrapped around their teeth so Bao was not bitten.

He then extended his arm length of 1.06m into the mammals' stomachs and did the deed.

20 THE number of years since a Swedish police station has had to order toilet paper, after an administrative error meant it ended up with two decades' worth of bog-roll.

An employee at the barracks in Hagfors ticked the wrong box in 1986, ordering 20 pallets of toilet roll instead of 20 packets. The stock of roll has now finally run out and a new order has been filed.

10 THE number of tonnes of snow that a UK company is offering on eBay to the winner of a charity auction that ends tomorrow. The 'White Christmas' lot will be delivered by the SNO! zone company on Christmas Eve.

Refrigerated trucks will bring the snow to any property in England or Wales with reasonable access and enough outdoor space, though the eBay listing warns: "There is no guarantee attached to how long the snow will last and there is no provision for the snow to be removed."

Proceeds will go to the NSPCC children's charity.