Fancy That!
Facts to make you go“WOW!”
◆ Pubs near Newgate Gaol used to offer “Hanging Breakfasts”, with views of the executions, in the 19th century.
◆ The first non-stop flight across the Atlantic was completed in 1919.
WOW! ACCORDING TO AN OLD SAYING, GIN GOES IN YOUR MOUTH AND COMES OUT OF YOUR EYES.
◆ Martian rovers are tested in an indoor sandpit in Stevenage.
◆ THE TERMS “LOW TEA” AND “HIGH TEA” WERE COINED ACCORDING TO WHETHER TEA WAS TAKEN AT LOW COFFEE TABLES OR HIGH DINNER TABLES.
◆ One in four married couples in Britain sleep in separate beds.
◆ KISSING IT BETTER REALLY WORKS, BECAUSE A CHEMICAL IN SALIVA BOOSTS THE FORMATION OF BLOOD VESSELS THAT AID HEALING.
◆ MADAME LABROUSSE BECAME THE WORLD’S FIRST WOMAN RACING CAR DRIVER WHEN SHE ENTERED THE PARIS-SPA RACE IN 1899.
◆ The Flocken Elektrowagen of 1888 was the first electric car in the world.
A new type of snake, the 3ft-long barred grass snake, has been found living in England.
◆ RAIN FALLS AT AN AVERAGE SPEED OF 14MPH.
One in eight cat and dog owners say they won’t go on holiday without their pets
◆ GIRAFFES ONLY SLEEP FOR TWO HOURS A DAY, WHILE KOALA BEARS ONLY WAKE UP FOR BETWEEN TWO AND FOUR HOURS.
◆ Antarctica receives less snowfall than any other continent.
◆ IN NORSE MYTHOLOGY, MANI, THE GOD OF THE MOON, WAS THE BROTHER OF SOL, GODDESS OF THE SUN.
WOW! Bird’s Custard was developed by Alfred Bird who invented an eggless instant custard powder in response to his wife’s egg allergy.