FANCY THAT!

Facts to make you go“WOW!”

◆ LOONEYVILLE IS A PLACE IN WEST VIRGINIA NAMED AFTER SETTLER ROBERT LOONEY.

◆ Nail polish remover can be used to take the stains off white china and buff up the white bits on scuffed trainers. ◆ TEXAS 42 IS THE OFFICIAL STATE DOMINO GAME OF TEXAS.

◆ It’s considered unlucky to say the word “rat” on the Isle of Man, where they call the rodents “long tails”. ◆ The bite out of the Apple logo was to give it a sense of proportion and stop it being mistaken for a cherry

◆ THERE WERE MORE THAN 1,000 ORGAN-GRINDERS BUSKING IN LONDON DURING THE 19TH CENTURY. THERE ARE AT LEAST 42 DIFFERENT RAILWAY FARES BETWEEN LONDON EUSTON AND BIRMINGHAM, RANGING FROM £6 TO £119.

◆ A “stoush” is an Australian term for a fight.

◆ A TUROPHILE LOVES CHEESE. ◆ Bramley Apples are named after a butcher called Matthew Bramley in whose garden the original tree stood. ◆ The Mediterranean Sea has an average depth of 4,900 feet.

◆ ATELOPHOBIA IS THE FEAR OF IMPERFECTION. Alan B Shepard Jr was the only man to play golf on the Moon – although Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin hit a golf ball into space while on a space walk.

◆ AUSTRALIA IS MOVING 7CM NORTH EACH YEAR.

◆ Specialist worker bees carry water back to the hive to keep the colony cool in hot weather. ◆ THE ORIGINAL “MAVERICK” WAS SAMUEL MAVERICK, WHO WAS FAMOUS FOR NOT BRANDING HIS CATTLE.

◆ Calling a loved one “Honey” dates back to Chaucer’s day in the 14th century.

Pineapple juice mixed with sand is said to be good for cleaning boat decks

The "bald" in bald eagle comes from piebald, which means having black and white patches, and refers to their white heads

The Himalayas take their name from a Sanskrit word meaning “Abode of Snow”

Cilantro is what the Americans call coriander