Fancy That!
Facts to make you go“WOW!”
WOW! IN 19TH-CENTURY BRITAIN, OPIUM FOR BABIES WAS MARKETED UNDER THE NAME “QUIETNESS”!
◆ According to recent research, serial killers are more likely to be born in November than in any other month.
◆ BETWEEN 1900 AND 1920, TUG-OF-WAR WAS AN OFFICIAL OLYMPIC EVENT. There is a village in England called Scratchy Bottom
◆ According to statistics from social media sites, November sees a larger amount of memes posted and shared than in any other month.
◆ THE SCOTS HAVE A WORD FOR THAT PANICKY FEELING WHEN INTRODUCING SOMEONE WHOSE NAME YOU CAN’T REMEMBER: TARTLE. ◆ November 24, 1434, saw the first recorded instance of the River Thames in London freezing over. Throughout the Little Ice Age of c1350-1850 the river commonly froze and Frost Fairs were held on the ice. ◆ November 23, 1852 saw the first four post boxes introduced as an experiment in St Helier, Jersey – they were red, but hexagonal shaped.
◆ IN THE LAST CENTURY THE EAST COAST OF THE USA HAS MOVED ABOUT 8FT FURTHER AWAY FROM EUROPE. ◆ Why 10,000 steps per day? This was not determined by research but was simply a nice round number for pedometer advertising. ◆ A natural gas vent in Iraq known as The Eternal Fire has been burning continuously for more than 4,000 years. ◆ The correct term for the hashtag symbol is an octotroph.
◆ THE LIGHT EMITTED BY 200,000 GALAXIES MAKES OUR UNIVERSE A SHADE OF BEIGE WHICH SCIENTISTS CALL “COSMIC LATTE”.
◆ Soil has 6 layers, called horizons: O, A, E, B, C and R. Horizon O is the topsoil and R is bedrock.
WOW! In Japan, letting a sumo wrestler make your baby cry is considered to be good luck. ◆ NOVEMBER IS THE ONLY MONTH USED TO REPRESENT A LETTER IN THE PHONETIC ALPHABET.
◆ A 10-second French kiss spreads around 80 million bacteria between the two kissers.