FANCY THAT!

Facts to make you go“WOW!”

The US Navy’s official term for UFOs is UAPs – Unexpected Aerial Phenomena.

◆ JOHN BRAYSHAW DUG UP A FORD POPULAR THAT A PREVIOUS RESIDENT HAD BURIED IN HIS GARDEN 70 YEARS BEFORE.

◆ July was once called Quintilis as it was the fifth month in the old Roman calendar.

◆ JOANNA LUMLEY WAS THE FIRST WOMAN TO PLAY DR WHO – IN THE COMIC RELIEF SPECIAL, THE CURSE OF FATAL DEATH.

◆ TOM CRUISE WENT UNDERCOVER AS A DELIVERY MAN FOR HIS ROLE IN THE MOVIE COLLATERAL.

◆ Motorbikes used to be home delivered in boxes rather than picked up at a showroom.

◆ Arthur Wellesley, the Duke of Wellington, was known as the Iron Duke.

◆ A REDUPLICATION IS TWO WORDS JOINED TO FORM A NEW ONE, LIKE BOW-WOW OR HELTER-SKELTER.

◆ July’s birthstone is the ruby, which symbolises contentment.