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Did you know that most physicists are unsure about the number of zeros in a Tera-

Did you know that an octave in medieval France covered nine tones, not eight?

Did you know that one twelfth of a pint is properly called an Apostle?

These are the real issues our politicians should be focusing on! Where are the ostrich/emu races?

Did you know that the 'chalk' for snooker, pool and billiards cues is made from dried, powdered rose hips?

Did you know that Halley's comet began its never-ending journey around the sun in 367CE?

Did you know that Bordeaux, in France, is home to the world's oldest clockmaker?

Did you know that the source of the River Severn is in Birmingham?

Did you know that an African elephant will eat mangoes, but only if they are served with bananas?

Did you know that Julius Caesar not only added a month to the calendar - July - but also tried to add an extra hour? This was a lot less popular and was cancelled by Nero

Did you know that Cheese on Toast was invented by the Roman emperor Tiberius?

Did you know that the Whig party was so called because they liked Saturday Night by Whigfield?

Did you know that the first official game of underwater football was played during the construction of the Channel Tunnel - France beat the UK 17-15 in a match which lasted for 57 minutes

Did you know that the absorbency of paper tissues is measured by the Miranda scale? A 12 is maximum, a 1 is Izal medicated

Did you know that an ostrich and an emu have never been set off together in a running race?

Did you know that the water where the Mosel meets the Rhine is 52% silt?

Did you know that Robert Recorde, the Welsh mathematician who introduced the 'equals' symbol, also sought to have pi renamed as rho?

Did you know that Elvis Presley used to get travel sick?

Did you know that the silk road, the legendary mediaeval route from China to Europe, was once a paved highway 50 feet wide, stretching from Beijing to Nicomedia?

Did you know that St Patrick not only drove snakes out of Ireland, but also lizards?

Did you know that Fibonacci - he of the 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13 etc number series - was born just outside Woking?

Did you know that the polar bear, Ursus Maritimus, used to be a lighter shade of white? It has become more and more off white due to the need to blend in to air polluted snow

Did you know that the square root of 64,732,976 has never been calculated using only an abacus?

Did you know that ancient Greek geographer Pytheas's Voyage Around Britain included a three-week stop at what would become, hundreds of years later, Skegness?

Did you know that most professors of chemistry think that Astatine is the best element?

Did you know that when the UK moved to decimal currency in 1973, a technical oversight meant that the shilling was, for about a year, convertible to gold? This was rectified by the Wilson government of 1974.

Did you know that clog dancing originated in Hull?

Did you know that the Border Terrier was first bred in Hungary, the border in question being that with Bulgaria?

Did you know that the orange on a standard UK rail ticket is the same colour as the Seville oranges served at the court of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella?

Did you know that the first human on Iceland was an Irish farmer called Torquil, whose coracle drifted to sea. He lived alone on the island for three years before being found by Viking settlers.