festive friday facts...

Not long now until Christmas day is upon us so I thought another batch of festive fun facts was in order.

Christmas pudding was originally a soup made with raisins and wine.

In Britain, the best-selling festive single is Band Aid's 1984 track, Do They Know It's Christmas?, which sold 3.5million copies. Wham! is next in the same year with Last Christmas, selling 1.4million.

The bestselling Xmas single ever is Bing Crosby's White Christmas, shifting over 50million copies worldwide since 1942.

The word Christmas comes from the Old English "Cristes maesse" meaning "Christ's Mass".

56 percent of Americans sing holiday carols to their pets!

Jingle Bells was the first song broadcast from space when Gemini 6 astronauts Tom Stafford and Wally Schirra sang it on December 16, 1965.

The holly in a wreath symbolises Christ's crown of thorns while the red berries are drops of his blood.

Many parts of the Christmas tree can actually be eaten, with the needles being a good source of Vitamin C.

The world's tallest Xmas tree at 221ft high was erected in a Washington shopping mall in 1950.

The abbreviation Xmas isn't irreligious. The letter X is a Greek abbreviation for Christ.

Jesus was probably born in a cave and not a wooden stable, say Biblical scholars.

Nearly 60 million Christmas trees are grown each year in Europe.

According to a survey, 7 out of 10 dogs get Christmas gifts from their doting owners!

Happy Friday everyone.

smile... it's friday...

Well December is upon us and although it doesn't feel very much like Christmas in Australia, we are hopping on a plane to New Zealand tonight and taking a months holiday including Christmas spent with my wonderful aunt in Auckland. In light of this I thought Some festive facts would go down a treat this week.

US scientists calculated that Santa would have to visit 822 homes a second to deliver all the world's presents on Christmas Eve, travelling at 650 miles a second.

Although now mostly vegetarian, in Victorian times, mince pies were made with beef and spices.

The tradition of putting tangerines in stockings comes from 12th-century French nuns who left socks full of fruit, nuts and tangerines at the houses of the poor.

Carols began as an old English custom called wassailing, toasting neighbours to a long life.

In Greece, Italy, Spain and Germany, workers get a Christmas bonus of one month's salary by law.

If you received all of the gifts listed in "The Twelve Days of Christmas" song, you would receive 364 presents!

During the Christmas season, 1.76 billion candy canes will be made.

The average person spends 2 hours and 27 minutes wrapping presents!

The average person will go to one Christmas party, sing five carols and eat 30 pieces of chocolate candy!

Based on previous surveys, 17% of you will embarrass yourselves in some way at your office Christmas party!

Nearly 3,000 tons of aluminium foil will be used to wrap Christmas turkeys!

Happy Friday all and hope people are beginning to get into the festive spirit a little bit too. x

facts on friday...

I've found some really funny animal facts this week that are bound to make you smile.

Cows have best friends.

A group of flamingos is called a “flamboyance.”

Millions of trees grow every year thanks to squirrel’s forgetting where they put their nuts.

Butterflies can taste with their feet.

Sea otters hold each other’s paws when they sleep so they don’t drift apart.

When rabbits jump and twist out of excitement, it is called a binky.

Gentoo penguins propose to their lifemates with a pebble.

Sea horses are monogamous life mates and travel holding each other’s tails.

Male pups will intentionally let female pups “win” when they play-fight so they can get to know them better.

Worms communicate by snuggling.

A cat’s nose is ridged with a unique pattern, just like a human fingerprint.

A group of porcupines is called a “prickle.”

Now if that hasn't got you smiling I don't know what will.... Have a great weekend.

funny friday...

It's Friday again... where does the time go.

Guinea pigs and rabbits can't sweat.

The porpoise is second to man as the most intelligent animal on the planet.

Skunks can accurately spray their smelly fluid as far as ten feet.

The duckbill platypus can store as many as six hundred worms in the pouches of its cheeks.

There are more than fifty different kinds of kangaroos.

Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear any pants.

A tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion will make it instantly go mad and sting itself to death.

Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a space suit damages them.

The word "queue" is the only word in the English language that is still pronounced the same way when the last four letters are removed.

Have a fantastic weekend everyone. x

friday friday...

Strawberries aren't actually berries, but bananas, avocados, pumpkins and watermelons are. - Hmmm this one is going to need some investigating...

One person in 20 is born with an extra rib.

Rubbing banana peel on mosquito bites will help stop the itching. - wish I'd known this before heading to SE Asia.

You can tell from the statue of a mounted horseman how the rider died. If all four of the horse's feet are on the ground, he died of natural causes. One foot raised means he died from wounds suffered in battle. Two legs raised means he died in action.

A lump of pure gold the size of a matchbox can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court. - I want to see evidence of this one.

Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.

Polar Bears trying to blend in with the ice will sometimes cover up their black nose with their paws. - this is so cute, and clever too.

The sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing her hands in Jello.

The thin line of cloud that forms behind an aircraft at high altitudes is called a contrail.

If you squeeze your nose together where no air goes in or out, you can’t hum. - it's true. I tested this one, at my desk, at work.

These foods will give your brain the most power: Dark Chocolate, nuts, seeds, fish. - and who says chocolate isn't good for you.

Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete. Yikes, that's strong.

Have an amazing weekend. Xx

friday facts...

Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.

Odontophobia is the fear of teeth.

The amount of force used to bite into a carrot is the same amount of force to bite your pinkie off.

The three most spoken English words are Hello, Stop and Taxi.

It is genetically impossible for a rose to come in color blue.

The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.

The elephant is the only animal with 4 knees.

On average, people swallow 1.5 liters of urine when swimming in a public pool. - swimming with my mouth closed from now on.

"Duff" is the decaying organic matter found on the forest floor.

The Ears of a cricket are located on the front legs, just below the knee.

Snails can sleep for 3 years without eating

The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." uses every letter in the alphabet.

oh there's just so many random facts I could keep going all day... but I won't. Have a fabulous weekend. Xx

facts on friday...

It's time again for some fun Friday facts...

did you know...

"I am" is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

Many hamsters only blink one eye at a time.

A cockroach will live nine days without it's head, before it starves to death.

A crocodile can't stick it's tongue out.

It is impossible to lick your elbow. - yeah go on give it a go just to be sure.

More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.

23% of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their butts. - ha ha ha.

Tea is said to have been discovered in 2737 BC by a Chinese emperor when some tea leaves accidentally blew into a pot of boiling water.

Outside the USA, Ireland is the largest software producing country in the world. - yeah, go Ireland.

Hope you have some nice plans for the weekend. Enjoy. Xx

friday friday friday...

Every day more money is printed for monopoly than the US Treasury.

Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th."

The youngest Pope was 11 years old.

To escape the grip of a crocodile's jaws, push your thumbs into its eyeballs - it will let you go instantly. - This one is pretty handy to know when living in Australia.

A rat can last longer without water than a camel.

Certain frogs can be frozen solid, then thawed, and survive. - Don't try this at home!!

The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yore when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.

Have an amazing weekend! Hope the sun is shining, or you're all cosied up on the couch with some movies.

fun friday facts...

It's Friday and that means it's time for some more fun friday facts.

did you know...

Coca Cola was originally green.

Every person has a unique tongue print.

Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.

A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time: 1/100th of a second.

The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time television were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.

Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired."

The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.

Hope everyone enjoys the weekend! Xx

friday feeling...

Yippee it's Friday!! Let the weekend begin. I cannot wait to enjoy some sunshine, hang out with my amazing fiance and catch up with my brother too.

I decided as it's Friday it might be fun to learn some fun facts. I have a crazy memory and remember none of the important stuff but will always have a fun fact on hand to get me out of a sticky spot.

Here we go... did you know...

It's possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.

Dogs have four toes on their hind feet, and five on their front feet.

Polar bears are left handed.

No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, and purple.

If you put a raisin in a glass of champagne, it will keep floating to the top and sinking to the bottom.

Have a great weekend everyone.

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