Fancy That!
Facts to make you go“WOW!”
WOW! RHODE ISLAND IS AMERICA’S SMALLEST STATE, MEASURING ONLY ABOUT 48 MILES LONG AND 37 MILES WIDE.
◆ The singer Rag’n’Bone Man adopted his stage name after watching SteptoeandSon with his grandad as a young boy.
◆ THE TEMPERATURE ON VENUS EXCEEDS 450°C DAY AND NIGHT.
◆ The Oxford English Dictionary categorises words in eight “frequency bands”, from the most used to the least used.
◆ Stanley Gibbons, founder of the rare stamp dealers, was born in 1840, the same year that the world’s first postage stamp was issued.
◆ AN ANTEATER CAN RUN AT UP TO 30MPH.
◆ The Peter Rabbit Hotel in St Anne’s-on Sea, Lancashire, was a hotel for children only that opened in 1951. Kids could stay from an hour to a year!
◆ OPEN-PLAN OFFICES WERE FIRST ADVOCATED BY FREDERICK WINSLOW TAYLOR IN THE 1890S.
◆ THE WORLD’S TALLEST BUILDING IS THE BURJ KHALIFA IN DUBAI, WHICH STANDS 2,716 FT 6 IN HIGH. The world’s heaviest mango weighed 9.36 lb
◆ According to superstition, giving a chamber pot as a wedding gift will bring good luck to the newlyweds.
◆ THE BAY CITY ROLLERS NAMED THEMSELVES AFTER BAY CITY, MICHIGAN, AFTER THROWING DARTS AT A MAP OF AMERICA.
◆ It is only since 1902 that the prime minister has been expected to live at 10 Downing Street.
◆ A ONE-OFF 20CM WIDE £10,000 COIN IS THE LARGEST EVER MADE BY THE ROYAL MINT.
WOW! A scorpion can hold its breath underwater for six days.
◆ 3,281 DRONES
FORMED THE LARGEST NUMBER SIMULTANEOUSLY IN FLIGHT DURING A DISPLAY IN SHANGHAI THIS YEAR.
◆ The 999 emergency service was introduced this month in 1937.
◆ THE ANNUAL COUNT OF SWANS ON THE RIVER THAMES TAKES PLACE EACH JULY AND IS CALLED SWAN UPPING.
◆ The first self-propelled wheelchair was designed by Stephan Farffler in 1655.