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Facts to make yo ou go“WOW!”
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THE FINNISH WORD KALSARIKÄNNIT MEANS TO GET DRUNK AT HOME, ALONE, IN YOUR UNDERWEAR.
◆ The term “Space Opera” was coined by writer Wilson Tucker for a sub-genre of melodramatic sci-fi.
◆ THE TOWN OF BORING, IN OREGON, HAS THE MOTTO: “THE MOST EXCITING PLACE TO LIVE.”
◆ A tiger beetle can run at up to 5.6mph. Relative to its size, that’s the equivalent of a human running at 480mph.
◆ GERMAN STRONGWOMAN KATHLEEN KRAUSSE HOLDS THE RECORDECORD FOR ROLLING UP SEVEN FRYING PANS IN A MINUTE WITH HER BARE HANDS.
◆ The term “surfing the internet” was coined in 1992 by New York librarian Jean Armour Polly.
◆ Bombel, the world’s smallest horse, is shorter than a greyhound and stands just 1ft 10in at the shoulder.
◆ WATERLOO BRIDGE IS LONDON’S ONLY BRIDGE DESIGNED TO BE SELFCLEANING WHEN IT RAINS. .
◆ The Romantic Novelists’ Association is 60 years old this year.
◆ THE 12-PART SERIAL DALEKSMASTERPLAN IS THE LONGEST STORY IN THE HISTORY OF DR WHO.
◆ London’s first traffic island was built in St James Street in 1864.
◆ ACHILLES’ STATUE IN HYDE PARK WAS THE FIRST STATUE OF A NAKED MAN ON PUBLIC DISPLAY IN LONDON - UNTIL A FIG LEAF WAS ADDED TO COVER HIS MODESTY.
◆ 81-year-old Mavis Margaret Paterson is the oldest woman to cycle from Land’s End to John O’Groats.
◆ ALLEGRAEBORIS IS A DUET FOR VIOLIN AND VIOLA SPECIALLY COMMISSIONED FOR BORIS JOHNSON’S FIRST WEDDING.
◆ The 35th wedding anniversary is coral.
◆ There were once up to 10 daily postal deliveries in London, allowing same-day conversations by post.
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