Fancy That!
Facts to make you go“WOW!”
WOW! DRIVERS IN CHINA WHO DAZZLE OTHER ROAD USERS WITH FULL-BEAM HEADLIGHTS ARE MADE TO STARE INTO THE LIGHTS FOR A MINUTE AS PUNISHMENT!
◆ The female Y chromosome carries around 1,000 genes while the male X chromosome has just 80.
◆ THERE ARE STILL 1,480 GASLIGHTS IN LONDON’S STREETS.
◆ Circus showman Gerry Cottle has a grandson called Whistle.
◆ YOUR LIVER HAS 500 DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS.
◆ Wrestler “Stone Cold” Steve Austin got his ring name after his wife told him to drink his tea before it got stone cold.
◆ TAXI WAS ORIGINALLY AN ABBREVIATION OF“TAXIMETER” – THE NAME OF THE METER THAT INDICATES THE FARE.
◆ A MAN’S PEA COAT TAKES ITS NAME FROM THE DUTCH WORD PIJJAKKER, WHICH REFERRED TO THE TYPE OF CLOTH IT’S MADE FROM.
WOW! Two thousand years ago, the global population was just 300 million, which is less than the population of America today.
◆ IT IS COMPULSORY FOR AUSTRALIANS TO VOTE IN THEIR GENERAL ELECTIONS.
◆ Judi Dench had “Carpe diem” – seize the moment – tattooed on her wrist for her 81st birthday.
◆ The Rolling Stones once performed the jingle for a Rice Krispies advert.
◆ THE QUEEN ONCE DROVE A TUBE TRAIN FROM GREEN PARK TO OXFORD CIRCUS.
◆ THE TERM “VEGAN”, FOR SOMEONE WHO DOESN’T EAT MEAT OR USE ANIMAL PRODUCTS, WAS COINED BY VEGAN SOCIETY FOUNDER DONALD WATSON IN 1944 – ALTHOUGH IT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN USED IN SCIENCE FICTION FOR SOMEONE FROM THE VEGA SOLAR SYSTEM.
◆ “An apple a day keeps the doctor away,” was coined as an advertising slogan by JT Stinson at the 1904 St Louis World Fair.
◆ A STUDY BY THE NATIONAL TRUST FOUND NINE IN TEN CHILDREN CAN IDENTIFY A DALEK BUT ONLY THREE RECOGNISE A MAGPIE.