Fancy That!
Facts to make you go“WOW!”
WOW!
AMERICA SHREDS 7,000 TONS OF WORN-OUT MONEY EACH YEAR.
◆ Chaucer was the first writer to ususe the wor rd “cele brity”.
◆ THE AVERAGE GOLF BALL HAS 336 DIMPLES.
◆ Radio Caroline was named after John F Kennedy’s daughter.
◆ A ONE-MINUTE KISS BURNS 26 CALORIES.
◆ In Vietnam, it’s considered bad luck to have three people in a photo as the one in the middle might die.
◆ THE STATUE OF LIBERTY’S MOUTH IS 3 FEET WIDE.
◆ The world’s largest hula hoop was five metres wide and spun by Ashrita Furman.
◆ THE FIRST MOTORWAY SERVICE AREA OPENED AT WATFORD GAP ON THE M1, IN 1959.
◆ There are 22 stars in the Paramount studios logo.
◆ THE LARGEST ANTS’ NEST EVER FOUND HAD A MILLION QUEEN ANTS AND 306 MILLION WORKER ANTS, AND WAS THE SIZE OF 650 FOOTBALL PITCHES.
◆ Mary Baker Eddy was the first woman to found a major religion – Christian Science, in 1879.
◆ THE EIFFEL TOWER HAS 1,792 STEPS.
◆ Cartomancy is a form of fortunetelling using a deck of cards.
◆ HAZARDOUS, HORRENDO OUS, STUPENDOUS AND TREMEN NDOUS ARE THE ONLY FOUR ENGLISH WORDS THAT END IN “DOUS ”.
◆ Chile is the world’s lar rgest producer and exporter o of copper.
◆ MARY DAVENPORT-ENG BERG WAS THE FIRST WOMAN TO CONDUCT A SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA – IN 1914.
WOW!
The average person will spend 25 years asleep.
◆ QUEEN MARY I BECAME ENGLAND’S FIRST QUEEN, IN 1553.
◆ THE LONDON DEPARTMENT STORE FORTNUM & MASON CLAIMS TO HAVE INVENTED SCOTCH EGGS IN 1738.
◆ The microwave oven was invented by Percy Spencer, who first used it to make popcorn.