Fancy That!

Facts to make you go“WOW!”

WOW! THE AVERAGE MOTORIST SPENDS 20% OF THEIR DRIVING TIME STARING AT A RED TRAFFIC LIGHT.

◆ LivingEyes by the Bee Gees was the first CD ever played in public, when it was played on Tomorrow’s World in 1981.

The 8’2” Sultan Kosen of Turkey is the world’s tallest man

◆ THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF A THUNDERBIRDS PUPPET WAS 22 INCHES.

◆ Holland isn’t really a country, it’s just two of the twelve provinces that make up the Netherlands.

Dogs and cats can be allergic to humans

◆ The Jeddah Light in Saudi Arabia is the world’s tallest lighthouse, standing 436 feet tall.

◆ GRAND

CENTRAL TERMINAL IN NEW YORK CITY HAS MORE PLATFORMS THAN ANY OTHER RAILWAY STATION: 44.

◆ The Andes in South America is the world’s longest mountain range, spanning 4,700 miles.

◆ FRISBEE INVENTOR ‘STEADY ED’ HEADRICK HAD HIS ASHES TURNED INTO A FRISBEE WHEN HE DIED.

◆ President Lyndon B Johnson owned an amphibious car, and liked surprising his guests by driving them into a lake.

◆ JOHN TRAVOLTA’S MOTHER AND SISTER BOTH APPEAR AS EXTRAS IN THE OPENING SCENES OF SATURDAYNIGHT FEVER, WITH MOM AS A PAINT SHOP CUSTOMER AND SIS AS A PIZZA GIRL.

◆ The term discotheque originated in occupied France during

World War Two.

Roosters close their ears when they cock-a-doodle-doo

◆ Swedish blood donors get a text message to tell them when their blood has been used to help a patient.

◆ ATYCHIPHOBIA IS THE LATIN NAME FOR FEAR OF FAILURE.

◆ When Victorians had their photo taken, they didn’t say cheese. They said “prunes”, to make them look more serious.

WOW! THE GREAT

BARRIER REEF IS THE WORLD’S BIGGEST SINGLE STRUCTURE MADE BY LIVING ORGANISMS, STRETCHING MORE THAN 2,300 KILOMETERS AND COVERING AN AREA OF AROUND 344,400 SQUARE KILOMETERS.

In the Middle Ages, the ground underneath the Houses of Parliament was known as Thorney Island