Summer Edition 2017
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FUN FACTS<br />
There are<br />
80<br />
LEGO bricks<br />
for every person<br />
on earth<br />
The Spanish<br />
national<br />
anthem has<br />
NO WORDS<br />
There is no<br />
word that<br />
rhymes with<br />
ORANGE<br />
Mayfair<br />
is named after a<br />
fair that used to be<br />
held in the area<br />
every May<br />
We spend about<br />
five years<br />
of our lives<br />
eating<br />
Cakes go<br />
HARD when<br />
stale whereas<br />
biscuits go<br />
SOFT<br />
Babies are born<br />
with 300 bones<br />
but by the time<br />
a person reaches<br />
adulthood they<br />
have 206 bones<br />
A group<br />
of giraffes<br />
is known as<br />
‘A TOWER’<br />
You’ll NEVER<br />
guess what?<br />
We’ve rounded up our favourite fascinating facts for you<br />
to wow your friends with this summer<br />
When the<br />
Egyptians were<br />
building the<br />
pyramids, they<br />
paid the workers<br />
in radishes<br />
The lighter<br />
was invented<br />
BEFORE<br />
the match<br />
The Hundred<br />
Years War<br />
was actually<br />
116<br />
years long<br />
Pennies<br />
are used to adjust<br />
the time in<br />
Big Ben’s<br />
pendulum<br />
There are<br />
42<br />
cathedrals<br />
in the UK<br />
‘Karaoke’<br />
means<br />
‘empty<br />
orchestra’<br />
in Japanese<br />
A woman’s heart<br />
beats faster than a<br />
man’s by an average<br />
of about eight beats<br />
per minute<br />
‘William<br />
Shakespeare’<br />
is an anagram<br />
of ‘I am a<br />
weakish<br />
speller’<br />
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia means the fear of long words!<br />
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