Just Facts

Good morning all, how is every one, good and happy with life I hope well it is Monday and the first day of term 4 of school. Monday is also fact day so here we go………………..

A Californian discovered the commercial potential of raisins quite by accident. In 1873 a freak hot spell withered the grapes on the vine. One enterprising San Francisco grocer advertised these shrivelled grapes as “Peruvian Delicacies” and the rest is history.

The honeybee kills more people world-wild than all the poisonous snakes put together.

New Year’s Day used to be on the 25^th March. It was changed to 1^st January in 1600 in Scotland and in 1751 in England.

First made at the beginning of the 20^th century, lollipops were named after a racehorse of the time,”lolly Pop”….

A hippopotamus can run faster than a human………..