Fancy That!

Facts to make you go“WOW!”WOW!

◆ HOWLETTS WILD ANIMAL PARK HAS ASKED FOR DONATIONS OF PERFUME – OR SHOULD THAT BE PURR-FUME? – BECAUSE ITS TIGERS ENJOY THE SCENTS, WITH CHANEL BEING THEIR FAVOURITE.

◆ Johnny Cash got the idea for FolsomPrisonBlues from the 1951 crime movie InsideThe Wallsof Folsom Prison.

◆ One in eight people admit they’ve said they like foods that they don’t really like, in order to make themselves appear more cultured, with sushi, dark chocolate and rare-cooked steak topping the list of most lied-about foods.

◆ 98% OF PEOPLE IN THE UK TAKE MILK IN THEIR TEA.

Flamingos use less energy standing on one leg than two.

GLASGOW’S GALLERY OF MODERN ART IS EXHIBITING AN EMPTY ROOM THIS SUMMER, UNDER THE TITLE THISEXHIBITIONHAS BEENCANCELLED!

◆ George W Bush’s middle initial stands for Walker.

◆ THE FULL NAME OF KUNG FUFIGHTING SINGER CARL DOUGLAS IS CARLTON GEORGE DOUGLAS.

◆ MORE THAN HALF OF ALL UK WEDDINGS ARE ON SATURDAYS, WITH TUESDAY THE LEAST POPULAR DAY TO WED.

◆ The collective noun for moles is a labour or company.

◆ THE DRUM ON THE BEATLES’ SGTPEPPERLONELY HEART’SCLUBBAND ALBUM WAS PAINTED BY FAIRGROUND SIGN-WRITER JOE EPHGRAVE.

◆ Fress is a Yiddish term meaning to gorge yourself without restraint.

◆ According to the Devil’s Dictionary, a cabbage is “a familiar kitchen-garden vegetable about as large and wise as a man’s head”.

Florence Nightingale was named after her birthplace – Florence, in Italy

The world’s first police robot has been put on patrol in Dubai

Limousin is the most common beef breed on UK farms, followed by Aberdeen Angus and Charolais

The smallest species of penguin is the 16-inch tall Little Blue