Fancy That!

Facts to make you go“WOW!”

◆ MCDONALD’S ONCE EXPERIMENTED WITH BUBBLEGUM-FLAVOURED BROCCOLI.

◆ Raquel Welch was born Jo Raquel Tejada. Joan of Arc spelt her name Jehanne ◆ HI-DE-HI WAS FILMED AT WARNER’S HOLIDAY CAMP AT DOVERCOURT, ESSEX.

◆ A bailiwick is a place run by a bailiff.

◆Abracadabra, After Geography, Pendulums, Fat Man and Bobby, Magic Circle, Four Sides Of The Circle, Four Sides Of The Eternal Triangle and Beatles on Safari were all considered as titles for the Beatles seventh album, before they settled on Revolver.

◆ AUGUST IS THE UK’S MOST POPULAR MONTH FOR WEDDINGS. ◆ Pop star Bruno Mars was born Peter Gene Hernandez but given the nickname Bruno as a toddler because he resembled the wrestler Bruno Sammartino.

◆ THE EUROPEAN BISON IS EUROPE’S HEAVIEST ANIMAL, AT AROUND 1,400LBS.

Cats have five toes on their frontpaws and four toes on their rear paws

◆ Norwich has more medieval churches than any city north of the Alps.

◆ A “BARBECUE STOPPER” IS AN AUSTRALIAN TERM FOR TOPIC THAT’S LIKELY TO CAUSE A HEATED DEBATE AT A SOCIAL GATHERING.

◆ 63% of Britons say life was better when they were growing up with only 21% saying life is better today. The flap of skin overaturkey’s beak is called asnood ◆ 52% OF BRITONS BELIEVE IN THE SUPERNATURAL.

◆ The honey mushroom fungus of Oregon is the largest single living organism on Earth and covers more than three square miles. Kleenex tissues were developed from the filters in gas masks