Fancy That!

Facts to make you go“WOW!”

The sound of Dr Who’s Tardis was created by rubbing the bass strings of a piano with akey

WOW! THE WORLD’S BIGGEST KNICKERS ARE XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXL SIZE, WITH AN 8FT 8IN WAIST, AND THE BIG BLOOMERS COMPANY SOLD 100 PAIRS IN THEIR FIRST WEEK ON SALE.

◆ The fastest wind ever recorded was 303mph, during a tornado in Oklahoma.

◆ IT’S A DANISH TRADITION TO THROW CINNAMON OVER UNMARRIED PEOPLE ON THEIR 25TH BIRTHDAY.

◆ Princess Anne carried out more official engagements than any other royal last year – more than 180 – with Prince William in second place on 120.

◆ Under the Metropolitan Police Act of 1839, you can be fined £200 for firing a cannon within 300 yards of a neighbouring house.

◆ IN THE EARLY 1800S, THERE WERE PLANS TO COMMEMORATE THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR AND THE BATTLE OF THE NILE BY BUILDING A PYRAMID ON THE SITE WHERE NELSON’S COLUMN NOW STANDS.

WOW! Stan Lee created more comic book characters than any other person, with a total of 340 ranging from the Incredible Hulk to Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four and the X-Men.

◆ DIANE KEATON’S REAL NAME IS DIANE HALL.

◆ AUSTRALIAN JARRAD YOUNG HOLDS THE RECORD FOR THE MOST PUSH-UPS IN ONE HOUR WITH 2,806.

◆ Unimation, the world’s first robot company, was founded in 1956 by George Devol and Joseph Engelberger to make the first industrial robots.

◆ When Birdseye dropped Captain Birdseye from its adverts in 1971, they placed an announcement of his death in The Times obituary column… before resurrecting him three years later!

◆ ACCORDING TO MEXICAN SUPERSTITION, PLACING TWO MIRRORS OPPOSITE EACH OTHER CREATES A DOORWAY FOR THE DEVIL.

◆ 22.6% of the world’s population is over 50.

WOW! EACH BLACKFOOTED FERRET HAS A TERRITORY OF 100 TO 120 ACRES.

The collectivenoun for bullfinches is abellowing

La Tomatine is an annual festival in which people take to the streets of Buñol, in Spain, to throw tomatoes at each other

During a kiss, you move at least 34 facial muscles