"According to my Christian beliefs, there is no sex before marriage, so I never had a wife. People who get married just argue all the time, and that's not good for your health. That's why I have lived so long, that and the fact I have never been curious. People who know too much always come to a nasty end. Better to stay stupid and not wonder too much about anything. The less you know, the longer you live. Ignorance is long life and happiness."

2 THE number of teenage thieves that an Austrian computer store owner caught by putting CCTV footage of them on You Tube.

Thomas Karer installed the video surveillance gear after a spate of thefts at his store in Grieskirchen. The two teenagers were filmed stealing a 1,500 laptop.

Online viewers recognised the pair and told Karer who alerted the police.

1 THE number of steps that a British man is 'running' every five seconds in a bid to do the London Marathon in slow motion. Greg Billingham, who is raising money for a leukaemia charity, set off with 36,000 other runners last Sunday and is expected to finish the 26-mile course today. His boss, Steve WoodfindenLewis, said: "Greg is a character and it's characters that make the world."