Fancy That!

Facts to make you go“WOW!”

Britain produces more than twice as many varieties of cheese as France does

WOW! Only six people know the secret formula of WD-40.

◆ MILTON KEYNES BOASTS MORE BRIDGES THAN VENICE. ◆ 43% OF MILLENNIALS SAY THEY HAVE NEVER WRITTEN A LETTER.

◆ The European Patent Office has details of over 1,200 inventions relating to cat litter.

◆ AROUND 70,000 BRITISH WOMEN MARRIED AMERICAN GIS STATIONED HERE DURING THE WAR.

◆ Testudinate means “pertaining to tortoises”. ◆ Voice calls are only the 10th most-used function on mobile phones, with most users texting, emailing and watching videos more frequently. ◆ A LARGE GROUP OF PENGUINS IS CALLED A “ROOKERY”.

◆ TheBirdie Song was composed as the Chicken Dance by accordionist Werner Thomas of Davos, Switzerland around 1960. ◆ The first knitting union was founded in Paris in 1527, and was for men only.

WOW! JAPAN HAS THE WORLD’S HIGHEST AVERAGE LIFE EXPECTANCY, AT 84-YEARS-OLD.

◆ There are nine windmills in the Greater London area.

◆ LUCKY STRIKE CIGARETTES WERE NAMED AFTER THE GOLD RUSH OF THE LATE 1800S. ◆ Up until the late 16th century, sugar was so expensive it was nicknamed “white gold”. ◆ THE FIRST EVIDENCE OF DINOSAURS WAS A TOOTH DUG UP BY ENGLISH OBSTETRICIAN GIDEON MANTELL IN 1822. ◆ JANUARY KING IS A VARIETY OF WINTER CABBAGE.

◆ Scottish surgeon and lecturer Joseph Bell was a pioneer in forensic science.

◆ THE AVERAGE BRIT EATS 9,000 PEAS PER YEAR.