Fancy That!
Facts to make you go“WOW!”
WOW! The world record for playing an 18-hole golf course with the fewest shots in the quickest time is 65 shots in 44 minutes.
◆ THE WORLD’S FIRST COMMERCIAL DROMEDARY DAIRY OPENED IN SAUDI ARABIA IN 1986, SELLING CAMEL MILK AT £1.20 A LITRE.
◆ Sacramento is the capital of California.
◆ THE BIRDS ATOP LIVERPOOL’S ROYAL LIVER BUILDING ARE CALLED BELLA (WHO FACES THE SEA) AND BERTIE (WHO LOOKS INLAND).
◆ Two-thirds of American teenagers say they prefer to communicate with their friends online rather than face-to-face.
◆ CORNWALL COUNCIL SPENT 90 MINUTES THIS YEAR DEBATING WHETHER THERE SHOULD BE AN APOSTROPHE IN LAND’S END.
◆ The Dickin Medal is the equivalent of the Victoria Cross for animals in war.
◆ TESCO GOT ITS NAME BY MERGING THE NAMES OF PARTNERS TE STOCKWELL AND JACK COHEN.
◆ Only 1% of the world’s fresh water is readily available. The rest is underground or in glaciers.
◆ 39.2 MILLION OVERSEAS TOURISTS VISITED THE UK LAST YEAR.
◆ HMP Lindholme’s three-mile fence is the longest perimeter of any UK prison.
◆ The auction of one of William Shatner’s kidney stones raised $25,000 for charity.
◆ HELEN GURLEY BROWN’S BEST-SELLING BOOK HAVING ITALL WAS ORIGINALLY TO BE CALLED THE MOUSE BURGER.
◆ The first reference to video pirates was in 1969.
WOW! THE VAULTS OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND ARE OPENED BY KEYS MORE THAN THREE FEET LONG.
◆ “Shipping” is when fans of TV series and film franchises imagine romantic relationships (shortened to “ships”) between characters who are not romantically involved on screen.
◆ THE ANCIENT PERSIANS USED TO MAKE IMPORTANT DECISIONS TWICE – ONCE WHEN DRUNK AND ONCE WHEN SOBER. ONLY IF BOTH DECISIONS TALLIED WOULD THEY TAKE ACTION.
◆ Horseshoe crabs have blue blood.
◆ The Carbuncle Cup is annually awarded to Britain’s worst-looking buildings.
◆ THE FIRST ZIPS WERE DESIGNED FOR SHOES IN 1893.