FACT SHEETS -BEST FACTS ABOUT THE WORLD

 RANDOM FACTS THAT WILL MAKE YOU LAUGH! 1. Steel can bounce! Apparently, a ball of steel is likely to bounce much higher than a ball made out of rubber. Again, we wouldn’t try this one at home! 2. The Academy Awards weren’t always metal. For a brief period, Oscars given out to Hollywood greats at the Academy Awards were made of wood. This was during the Second World War, when the metal to make the statuettes was hard to come by. 3. Niels Bohr had a permanent supply of alcohol. Legendary scientist Niels Bohr won more than just the Nobel Prize in 1922. Alongside this achievement, Carlsberg brewers built a permanent beer tap into his house.  Now that’s a prize! 4. Giraffes don’t need ear buds! Ever wanted to be able to clean your ears with your tongue? Then you’d probably fancy being a giraffe.  They’re able to do this thanks to having tongues which are around 21 inches long! 5. The Falklands are heavy on the wool! It’s thought that there are around 350 sheep to every one pe...

 RANDOM THINGS WHICH WILL MAKE U LAUGH!! 1. Ever grown spaghetti? One of the oldest April Fool’s Day jokes to be televised was a fake news story surrounding Swiss spaghetti trees, aired by the BBC. It even prompted viewers to call in to ask how to grow some themselves! 2. In some areas ‘down under’, you can’t change light bulbs yourself. Think it’s easy to change a light bulb? Try living in Victoria, Australia. You’re not allowed to legally change a bulb without the help of a trained electrician. 3. There’s an ‘average’ ketchup speed… Someone has gone to the effort of timing the speed of tomato ketchup leaving a bottle of Heinz. If you’re intrigued, it’s around 0.28 miles per hour! In fact, you can supposedly get Heinz ketchup to flow quicker out of its glass bottles if you hit the ‘57’ directly. What’s more, there’s not actually 57 varieties – it’s just the creator liked the number 57! 4. Santa’s outfit used to be green. Ever wonder why Santa Claus always ...

       FUNNY FACTS WHICH WILL MAKE YOU LAUGH  1. “Officer, arrest that coconut!” Of all the political intrigue and scandal that has occurred in the past few years, few are as odd as what took place in the Maldives in 2013. Somehow – and this is completely true – police in the country detained a coconut on the grounds of vote-rigging! 2. Hide that choc ice! While in Kentucky, US, make sure to never carry ice cream in your back pocket. It’s illegal in the state! 3. Ozzy Osbourne has a unique sense of humor. Plenty of Christian protestors have spoken out against rock music over the years. One of the most interesting cases of protest occurred when religious opponents to the music of Ozzy Osbourne picketed one of his concerts.  Oddly enough, Ozzy himself decided to join the protests himself for a bit of a laugh! 4. Mary Shelley is a famous contest winner. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, her most famous work, was actually the result of a ghost story c...

             FACTS WHICH WILL MAKE YOU LAUGH! 1.    A primate once ran an English town. Hartlepool, UK, once elected a football mascot – a monkey – as its mayor. He beat Labour’s Peter Mandelson to the job! 2.    One to try at home. Did you know – it’s impossible to lick your elbow. You’re probably trying it, anyway! 3.    Cows have their own neighborhoods. Cows are intelligent enough to make friends. In fact, it’s thought that each cow on the planet has a best friend of sorts! 4.    A turtle can breathe from both ends. This one’s very strange but true -turtles are able to breathe through their backsides. That’s multi-tasking! 5.    Another one to try at home! You can’t hum if you’re holding your nose. We bet you’re trying that one, too! 6.    Scientific names can be hilarious. Gorillas are some of the most fascinating animals on the planet. But do ...