Geriatric OE

The weekly musing of a couple of Kiwis on their geriatric OE in The UK






Tuesday, 18 June 2013

I didn't know that either...



Did you know that…

Pteromerhanophobia is a fear of flying, and trypanophobia  is the fear of injections. 

Cynophobio is the fear of dogs and astrophobia is the fear of thunder and lightning.

The Egyptians  most likely invented scissors, possibly as early as 1,500bc

The first known stapler was hand made in the 18th century in France for King Louis XI

The London borough of Westminster has 20 pieces of discarded chewing gum for every square metre of pavement.

The = sign was invented by a 16th century mathematician who was fed up with writing the words ‘is equal to’.

The spiciness of sauce is measured in Scoville Units

Since it was published in 1969 The Very Hungry caterpillar has sold a book every minute.

Every second 57 Bic Biro pens are sold, which is about 100bn since 1950

Koala Bears have fingerprints



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