FANCY THAT!
Facts to make you go“WOW!”
THE LAST FROST FAYRE ON THE FROZEN RIVER THAMES DURING THE MINI-ICE AGE WAS IN FEBRUARY 1814, WHEN AN ELEPHANT WAS PARADED ALONG THE ICE!
◆ Intelligent people – and left handers – have higher trace amounts of copper and zinc in their hair. ◆ FINGERNAILS AND HAIR DO NOT CONTINUE TO GROW AFTER DEATH. AS SKIN DRIES OUT, IT RETRACTS, MAKING THE NAILS AND HAIR APPEAR LONGER. ◆ February is one of the most commonly misspelled words in the English language.
◆ THE BRAIN CONTAINS 25% OF YOUR BODY’S CHOLESTEROL AND WITHOUT ADEQUATE CHOLESTEROL YOUR BRAIN CELLS WILL BEGIN TO DIE. ◆ The idea of women being able to propose marriage to men on Feb 29th in a leap year is believed to have originated in Scotland in 1288, by the then five year old Queen Margaret!
◆ THE CHILEAN EARTHQUAKE OF FEBRUARY 27, 2010 WAS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SHORTEN THE LENGTH OF THE EARTH’S DAY BY APPROXIMATELY 1.3 MICROSECONDS.
◆ Of the thousands of thoughts per day that every person has, it’s estimated that 70% of this mental chatter is negative.
February is the only month that can pass with no full moon – the last time that happened was last year
◆ MANY MOSQUITO SPECIES LIVE THROUGH THE WINTER AS ADULTS. IN AUTUMN, MOSQUITOS MATE, BUT ONLY THE MALE DIES. THE FEMALES SPEND THE COLD MONTHS HIDDEN IN A PROTECTED PLACE, SUCH AS AN ANIMAL BURROW OR HOLLOW LOG. ◆ The German word Backpfeifengesicht translates as “a face badly in need of a fist”!
The French have a term for people who sit for hours in coffee shops with justone coffee: seigneur-terraces
◆ IN 2017, A BRAND NEW HUMAN ORGAN WAS IDENTIFIED, HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT IN YOUR DIGESTIVE SYSTEM – YOUR MESENTERY HOLDS YOUR ENTIRE GUT IN PLACE. ◆ 6,000 South Africans have the surname February. ◆ IN 1988, BOUDICCA’S GRAVE WAS FOUND BY ARCHAEOLOGISTS UNDER PLATFORM 8 AT KING’S CROSS RAILWAY STATION. ◆ If you are on a fixed annual wage, you work for free every Feb 29th!
PEOPLE BORN ON FEBRUARY 29TH ARE CALLED “LEAPLINGS”.