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Sadly this is my final Fun Facts with Metric UK Boiler Hire as it's my last day with the company. I hope you have enjoyed them, and they have made your working day that little bit brighter. All the best Simon x Fun Facts with Metric UK Boiler Hire: People who know me will find this an apt Fun Fact for today lol 😃 Today is Black Tot Day. On July 31, 1970, Black Tot Day marked the last day the British Royal Navy issued sailors with a daily rum ration. Columbus Discovery of Trinidad. On the third expedition of Christopher Columbus across the Atlantis, he discovered the Island of Trinidad (Trinity) on July 31, 1498. On this day in 2012 at the Summer Games in London, American swimmer Michael Phelps captured an unprecedented 19th career Olympic medal when he helped the U.S. team win the 4 × 200-metre freestyle relay; he surpassed the record set by Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina. On this day in 1667 the Treaty of Breda ended the Second Anglo-Dutch War and transferred New Netherland (now New York and New Jersey) to England. On this day in 1965 J. K. Rowling, English author and film producer, was born. “Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.” – J.K. Rowling On this day in 2015 millions of people went outside and looked up, and when they came back in, they said, “They lied to us. That moon’s not blue.” The Capital of Mexico is Mexico City. You can’t have a depressing scene in a movie without extreme close-ups and rain. Clark Kent (Superman) is the male movie counterpart to the girl who takes off her glasses, and everyone realizes she’s pretty. Alan Napier, the actor who played Alfred in the 1960s version of Batman, was the show’s only cast member who had never heard of Batman and had no idea who the character was before the show began filming. The Capital of Mauritius is Port Louis. I think Freud would have something to say about all of the people who upload pictures of their attractive mothers onto Facebook. The last Fun Facts brought to you by Metric UK Boiler Hire, their game is in their name.

Fun Facts with Metric UK Boiler Hire: On July 30, 2003, the United Nations designated July 30 as International Day of Friendship. On this day in 1945 the USS Indianapolis was sunk by a Japanese submarine shortly after delivering the internal components of the atomic bombs that were later dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; some 900 men died, many of whom succumbed to shark attacks, dehydration, and salt poisoning as they awaited rescue. On this day in 1958 Kate Bush, English singer-songwriter, was born. “It’s not important to me that people understand me.” – Kate Bush “We let the weirdness in.” – Kate Bush On this day in 762 Baghdad was founded by Caliph Al-Mansur. On this day in 1930 in Montevideo, Uruguay won the first FIFA World Cup. On this day in 1932 was the premiere of Walt Disney’s Flowers and Trees, the first cartoon short to use Technicolor and the first Academy Award-winning cartoon short. On this day in 1935 the first softcover paperback books were introduced, in Germany. On this day in 2003 in Mexico, the last Volkswagen Beetle rolled off the assembly line. On this day in 2006 the world’s longest-running music show Top of the Pops was broadcast for the last time. It had run since January 1, 1964. What if aliens never invaded earth because they have seen Hollywood movies and think past attempts from other races continually fail. If there were people who could read minds, they would hear an awful lot of songs, sung with incorrect words, and likely very out of tune or rhythm. If every toy suddenly turned into the real version of itself life would be much more dangerous with the major increase in weapons, dinosaurs, and marbles. Mr. Incredible and Elastigirl got really lucky when they named their son Dash as they had no way of knowing he’d have super speed as a superpower. Whoever figured out that a few stalks of wheat, a glass of milk, a tomato, and a ground-up pig could be turned into pepperoni pizza is probably the greatest genius to have ever lived. The only constant in the first 4 Batman movies is the actor who plays Alfred. His surroundings as well as the characters who inhabit them become more absurd with each movie. What if it is all just part of his growing dementia? If there are an infinite amount of alternate universes, then there must be an alternate universe in which somebody figured out how to destroy all other alternate universes and already did so. And, there must be another guy from another universe who stopped him. More Fun Facts brought to you by Metric UK Boiler Hire, our game is in our name.

Fun Facts with Metric UK Boiler Hire: July 29th is known as International Tiger Day. Did you know that on this day, July 29, 1954, J. R. R. Tolkien published his novel "Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring"? On this day in 1981 Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer were married in St. Paul's Cathedral in London. The wedding had a worldwide TV audience of over 700 million people. On this day in 1890 Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh, one of the greatest of the Post-Impressionists, died in Auvers-sur-Oise, France, two days after shooting himself. On this day in 1836 The Arc de Triomphe, one of the largest triumphal arches in the world, was officially inaugurated in Paris. On this day in 1588 the Spanish Armada, the great fleet sent by King Philip II of Spain to invade England, was first sighted by the English off Lizard Point, Cornwall. On this day in 1948 1948 after a hiatus of 12 years caused by World War II, the first Summer Olympics to be held since the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, opened in London. 40% of bottles that say ‘Italian olive oil’ are not actually Italian olive oil. When a crow dies, the other crows investigate if there’s a threat where the death occurred, so they can avoid it in the future. Snow White is the youngest Disney Princess, at only 14 years old. Bananas are radioactive enough that a truckload of them can cause false alarms when checking for nuclear materials at US ports, but they are perfectly healthy for the human body. The sentence “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” uses every letter of the alphabet. More Fun Facts brought to you by Metric UK Boiler Hire, our game is in our name.

Fun Facts with Metric UK Boiler Hire: Today is World Tofu Day. On this day in 1956, Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser seized control of the Suez Canal and nationalized it, sparking a crisis that later resulted in French, British, and Israeli forces briefly occupying parts of Egypt. On this day in 1894 Aldous Huxley, English novelist and philosopher, was born (died in 1963). “The victim of mind manipulation does not know that he is a victim. To him, the walls of his prison are invisible, and he believes himself to be free.” – Aldous Huxley On this day in 1745 the first recording of a women's cricket match took place. “The greatest cricket match that was played in this part of England was on Friday, the 26th of last month, on Gosden Common, near Guildford, between eleven maids of Bramley and eleven maids of Hambledon, all dressed in white. The Bramley maids had blue ribbons and the Hambledon maids red ribbons on their heads. The Bramley girls got 119 notches and the Hambledon girls 127. There was of both sexes the greatest number that ever was seen on such an occasion. The girls bowled, batted, ran and catches as well as most men could do in that game.” – news report on the first recorded women’s Cricket Match. On this day in 1887 Dr. Esperanto’s International Language, usually called Unua Libro (English: First Book) was published. A velociraptor was about the size of a big chicken. The Four Classical Elements (Earth, Water, Air, and Fire) Match the Four States of Matter (Solid, Liquid, Gas, and Plasma). A group of Gorillas is called a Band or Troop. After losing the first glove or sock of a pair the chances of losing the remaining one basically drops to zero. You can be sitting down and sitting up at the same time, because of the English language! More Fun Facts brought to you by Metric UK Boiler hire, our game is in our name.

Fun Facts with Metric UK Boiler Hire: Near Niagara Falls on this day in 1814, British troops commanded by General Phineas Riall thwarted an invasion of Canada by a U.S. force under General Jacob Brown in the Battle of Lundy's Lane during the War of 1812. On this day in 1978 Louise Brown, the first human conceived using in vitro fertilization, was born in England. On this day in 1965 at the Newport (Rhode Island) Folk Festival, American singer and songwriter Bob Dylan initially eschewed his acoustic guitar to go electric; the controversial performance is considered one of the most pivotal moments in the history of rock and roll. On this day in 1556 George Peele, English translator, poet, and dramatist, was born (died in 1596). “Beauty, strength, youth, are flowers but fading seen; Duty, faith, love, are roots, and ever green.” – George Peele On this day in 315 The Arch of Constantine was completed near the Colosseum in Rome. On this day in 1788 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completed his Symphony No. 40 in G minor. On this day in 1959 the SR.N1 hovercraft crossed the English Channel from Calais, France to Dover, England in just over two hours. Purposely failing to complete a sentence is called ‘Aposiopesis’. 1209 North Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware is home to over 285,000 businesses, including American Airlines, Apple, Bank of America, Berkshire Hathaway, Cargill, Coca-Cola, Ford, General Electric, Google, JPMorgan Chase, and Wal-Mart. John Hughes had an unproduced 1979 screenplay titled “Jaws 3: People 0” which is a parody sequel to the popular “Jaws” series. Tim Burton had 40 squirrels trained to crack nuts for Charlie & The Chocolate Factory. We may never identify the exact person who was the first to light their own fart on fire, but I’d be willing to bet that person was male. Apples float in water because 25% of their volume is made of air. More Fun Facts brought to you by Metric UK Boiler Hire, our game is in our name.