Fancy That!

Facts to make you go“WOW!”

MONTANA ALLOWS PROXY MARRIAGE CEREMONIES WHERE NEITHER BRIDE OR GROOM HAVE TO BE PRESENT.

◆ A flock of birds landed on the minute hand of Big Ben in 1945 and put the time back by five minutes.

◆ CASU MARZU IS A SARDINIAN CHEESE THAT CONTAINS LIVE MAGGOTS. ◆ Pink is France’s favourite colour for toilet paper.

◆ THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE USED TO BE CALLED THE CAPE OF STORMS. ◆ THE NOWTHAT’SWHATI CALLMUSIC ALBUM SERIES TOOK ITS NAME FROM THE SLOGAN OF A 1920S ADVERT FOR DANISH BACON.

◆ The word “politics” first appeared in English in 1460.

◆ RAF SQUADRON 161 FLEW SUPPLIES TO THE FRENCH RESISTANCE AND WAS NICKNAMED THE CLOAK AND DAGGER SQUADRON.

◆ Most wild bees are solitary and do not live in large hives.hives

◆ ENGLAND’S 10 NATIONAL PARKS COVER MORE THAN NINE PER CENT OF THE COUNTRY. ◆ NOWHERE IN THE UK IS MORE THAN 70 MILES FROM THE SEA.

◆ A 1923 horse race was won by a dead man, when jockey Frank Hayes suffered a heart attack mid-race but stayed in the saddle.

◆ THERE ARE 12 MILLION LIFTS IN THE WORLD TODAY THAT TOGETHER CARRY ONE BILLION PEOPLE A DAY.

◆ Ludenwic and Ludenburg were old names for London.

◆ ELVIS PRESLEY’S 1970 ALBUM ONSTAGE DIDN’T HAVE HIS NAME ON THE COVER – JUST HIS PICTURE.

◆ Boanthropy is a disorder in which a person believes they are a cow. ◆ Marie Paradis was the first woman to climb Mont Blanc in 1808.

◆ WUTHERINGHEIGHTS SINGER KATE BUSH SHARES HER BIRTHDAY WITH EMILY BRONTË, WHO WROTE THE NOVEL WUTHERINGHEIGHTS.

◆ The world record for eating two pounds of chocolate is six minutes.

The spikes on the end of astegosaurus’ tail arecalled the thagomizer

The cowardly lion’s costume in The WizardOfOz film was made from a real lion skin

Thereare roughly three sheep for every person in Wales

Queen Victoria was 4ft 11in tall

Brits eat more than 11.5 billion sandwiches each year. WOW!