Fancy That!
Facts to make you go“WOW!”
WOW!
The World’s heaviest leek was grown last year by Paul Rochester and weighed 10.7kg.
◆ The average age of a first time mother in the UK is 31.
◆ More people live in Yorkshire than Scotland.
◆ The taste of Pear Drops comes from the artificial flavour isoamyl acetate.
◆ 290 million litres of milk is thrown away in the UK each year – imagine how many cups of tea that would make!
◆ Gangnamstyle, by South Korean rapper Psy, was the first song to be viewed a billion times on youtube.
WOW! Britons bought 311 million pairs of knickers last year.
◆ A Danish study of marriage records found that librarians and farmers were the professions least likely to divorce.
◆ Scottish trains were delayed by a yacht on the line in 2015.
◆ The highest possible break in snooker is 147.
◆ Northern Ireland has the Uk’s highest percentage of dog owners (40%) compared to 14% in the East of England and 10% in London.
◆ A clepsydra was an early form of clock based on flowing water.
◆ Aztec women beautified themselves with a skin cream made of chilli powder.
◆ St Anthony of Padua is the patron saint of lost things.
◆ Two billion ready meals were bought in Britain last year, with the average person eating one a week.
◆ Richard III was the last English king killed in battle.
◆ Wedge shoes were invented by Salvatore Ferragamo in the 1940s, due to a lack of steel to make traditional heels.
◆ A Dutchman called Ceisjan van Heerden won a Welsh bookshop in a raffle last year.
◆ Sweetcorn leaves were used as chewing gum by Native Americans.