Fancy That!

Facts to make you go “WOW!”

Jamaica is the only country with no red, white or blue in its flag Badgers can eat up to 200 worms in one night Denali is the tallest mountain in North America ca

◆ THE WORD UMBRELLA COMES FROM UMBRA, THE LATIN FOR SHADE.

WOW!

An inch of rainwater falling over one acre of ground weighs a total of 113 tons.

Sweat bees are green

◆ BONO GOT HIS NAME FROM THE BONAVOX HEARING AID SHOP IN DUBLIN. BONAVOX IS LATIN FOR “GOOD VOICE”. ◆ THE ZIP CODE IN AMERICAN ADDRESSES STANDS FOR ZONE IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

◆ According to a Chinese proverb, if you wish to live to the age of 99, walk 100 steps after each meal.

◆ CHRISTINA FOYLE OF THE BOOKSHOP FAMILY LEFT £20,000 IN HER WILL FOR THE CARE OF HER DOG AND FOUR TORTOISES. ◆ St Paul’s, in Covent Garden, is known as the actors’ church.

◆ BEN WEISMAN WROTE MORE SONGS FOR ELVIS PRESLEY THAN ANY OTHER WRITER, INCLUDING FUNIN ACAPULCO.

◆ Toilet flushing accounts for a third of domestic water usage.

◆ AN EARTHWORM’S BRAIN HAS 302 NEURONS, COMPARED TO A HUMAN’S 100 BILLION.

◆ The average 12-15-year-old spends 18 hours a week on their phone. ◆ SHARON SHEELEY BECAME THE YOUNGEST WOMAN TO WRITE AN AMERICAN NUMBER ONE WHEN SHE PENNED THE RICKY NELSON HIT POORLITTLE FOOL, WHEN SHE WAS 18.

◆ A typical banana contains five teaspoons of sugar.

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EMPEROR NEERO’S WIFE, POPPAAEA, KEPT 500 ASSES TO PROVIIDE MILK FOR HER BATH.

◆ The Trafalgar Square in County Durham is a B&B converted from a doubledecker bus.

◆ JFK AIRPORT IN NEW YORK WAS FORMERLY CALLED IDLEWILD. ◆ Julius Caesar led the first oman expedition to r ritain, in 55BC. ◆ ANGELA RIPPON’S TRICK FOR READING THE NEWS IS TO PRETEND SHE’S TALKING TO HER DAD. ◆ The first Pizza Express opened on London’s Wardour Street in 1965.