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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