Fancy That!

Facts to make you go“WOW!”

WOW! ◆ WOMEN’S CRICKET BALLS ARE LIGHTER THAN MEN’S AT 4.94 - 5.31 OUNCES COMPARED WITH 5.5 - 5.71 OUNCES, AND HAVE A CIRCUMFERENCE OF 8.25 - 8.88 INCHES, COMPARED TO 8.81 - 9 INCHES FOR THE MEN’S GAME.

◆ A “bat-horse” used to carry the pack containing an officer’s kit.

◆ ONE REASON GARDENING MAKES PEOPLE HAPPY IS BECAUSE THE BACTERIA MYCOBACTERIUM VACCAE, FOUND IN SOIL, TRIGGERS THE FEEL-GOOD CHEMICAL SEROTONIN IN OUR BRAINS.

◆ “Sobremesa” is a Spanish term for the time spent at the table talking and relaxing after a meal.

◆ TIGHTROPE WALKING IS CALLED FUNAMBULISM, FROM THE ANCIENT GREEK WORDS FUNIS (“ROPE”) AND AMBULARE (“TO WALK”).

◆ It takes six gardeners six weeks to give the Hampton Court maze its annual prune.

◆ COMEDIAN FRANK SKINNER’S REAL NAME IS CHRISTOPHER COLLINS.

◆ 100 children a day receive Premium Bonds as a

gift. ◆ THE NEW MISS ENGLAND, BHASHA MUKHERJEE, HAS TWO DEGREES IN MEDICINE, SPEAKS FIVE LANGUAGES AND HAS A GENIUS-LEVEL IQ OF 146.

◆ The last invasion of mainland Britain was during the Battle of Fishguard in 1797. The French invaders surrendered after two days.

◆ The acronym in TheMan FromU.N.C.L.E. stands for United Network Command for Law and Enforcement.

WOW! “GAS PIPES” WAS VICTORIAN SLANG FOR TIGHT TROUSERS.

◆ Germany’s state railway commissioned 30 VW campervans built to run on rails in 1955.

◆ THE POT ON THE LABEL OF A MARMITE JAR IS AN ACTUAL MARMITE – THE FRENCH TERM FOR A TYPE OF COOKING POT.

◆ Kate Warne became America’s first female private eye in 1856.

Asardine is a young pilchard

Astudy has founddog owners to be an average of 2.2lbs lighterthan those without acanine companion

This year, Frank Zapata became the first man to cross the Channel on a hoverboard

The very first withdrawal from a cash machine was made by On TheBuses actor Reg Varney in 1967