Fancy That!

Facts to make you go“WOW!”

◆ A MOUSE CALLED RATONCITO PÉREZ IS THE SPANISH EQUIVALENT OF THE TOOTH FAIRY.

◆ About 50% of Estonia is forest. ◆ GARY LINEKER’S DAD, BARRY LINEKER, USED TO RUN A FRUIT AND VEG STALL IN LEICESTER.

◆ The largest container ship in the world is the OOCL Hong Kong. At more than 1,300 feet long and nearly 200 feet wide, it’s capable of holding 21,413 containers. A LIGHTNING BOLT UNLEASHES THE SAME AMOUNT OF ENERGY AS BLOWING UP A TON OF TNT.

◆ Two thirds of people tilt their heads to the right when kissing. The rest bash noses!

◆ AROUND ONE FIFTH OF THE EARTH’S LAND IS COVERED BY MOUNTAINS. ◆ Your eyeballs stay the same size all your life. ◆ THE PYRAMID OF KHUFU AT GIZA WEIGHS AS MUCH AS 16 EMPIRE STATE BUILDINGS.

◆ During World War Two, the BBC ran a competition for holiday snaps of French beaches – to help secret preparations for D-Day. ◆ You burn more calories when you’re asleep than when you’re watching TV. THE DANCE SCENES IN SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER WERE CHOREOGRAPHED TO THE MUSIC OF STEVIE WONDER AND BOZ SKAGGS. THE BEE GEES SOUNDTRACK WAS ADDED LATER.

◆ Babies’ names in Iceland must be approved by a naming committee. ◆ Old Latin word ninguid means covered in snow.

◆ WE SHARE 98.7% OF OUR DNA WITH BONOBOS APES.

◆ The pub and restaurant operator TLC Inns has introduced Phone-free Fridays where diners get 10% off their bill if they hand in their phones before they sit down to eat.

◆ GLACIERS COVER 10% OF THE EARTH’S LAND. ◆ Motown founder Berry Gordy was once a professional boxer.