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2m

The amount student William Bowden found in his bank account after an error linked with his new Visa Electron card. The 16-year-old treated himself to a deluxe shopping spree with the money, which he presumed to be part of a large student grant. Owing to the mistake, William now owes Lloyds TSB 300, a debt he plans to settle himself after his mum refused to pay.

28,000kg

The weight of the thousands of strawberries eaten at Wimbledon this year.

23

The age of Ian Curtis when he hanged himself. The memorial stone for the Joy Division frontman was stolen last week from a cemetery in Cheshire. Inscribed on the stone was the epitaph 'Love Will Tear Us Apart', the title of the band's best-known song, released in April 1980 just weeks before Curtis died.

2,321

The number of days for which Ingrid Betancourt was held hostage by the Farc rebels in Colombia before she was freed after an audacious sting by the country's military.

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