Sainsbury's Train station

Sainsbury's Supermarket in Uxbridge used to be Uxbridge train station. The Sainsbury's in Uxbridge was originally Uxbridge train station but they later thought the train station should have direct access to the high street so they moved to another position nearby. 

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When the station was moved to the high street, there was a small shop there that remained. Later in 1985, Sainsbury's bought the disused station and shop and rebuilt the place as a supermarket. 

Source My London News

Cows are Lactose Intolerant

Cows are Lactose intolerant. Just like almost all other mammals in the world, cows stop producing the lactase enzyme when they're adults so they get irritated by Lactose. Even though their milk has lactose in it, it would make them sick if they drank it and give them diarrhoea. 

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Space Sickness

Living for long periods of time in space can cause a range of illnesses. One such illness is Spaceflight Associated Neuro-ocular Syndrome. The sickness is caused by fluids flowing into the head because the lower portion of your body forces blood upward. 

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NASA was recently experimenting with cuff clothing you wear to help put pressure on your body and decrease the sickness. 

Source NASA.gov

Big Ben

Many people think the giant clock attached to Westminster palace is called Big Ben but that was actually the name they gave to large 13 tonne bell inside the clock tower. The clock tower itself is called the Elizabeth tower. 

Not only does the Elizabeth clock tower have a giant bell but 4 smaller bells that play the 16 notes before the clock chimes. There are actually 5 bells and the big bell is called Big Ben. 

It's ok to call the giant clock Big Ben though. We all know what you mean. 

Source : Parliament Website

European Countries

Ukraine and France are the biggest countries in Europe, most of Russia is in Asia. France is twice the size of the United Kingdom. 

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1. Russia - 17,098,242 square kilometers

2. Ukraine - 603,550 square kilometers

3. France - 551,695 square kilometers

4. Spain - 505,990 square kilometers

5. Sweden - 450,295 square kilometers

6. Norway - 385,207 square kilometers

7. Germany - 357,022 square kilometers

8. Finland - 338,455 square kilometers

9. Poland - 312,696 square kilometers

10. Italy - 301,340 square kilometers

11. United Kingdom - 242,495 square kilometers

12. Romania - 238,397 square kilometers

13. Belarus - 207,600 square kilometers

14. Greece - 131,957 square kilometers

15. Bulgaria - 110,879 square kilometers

16. Iceland - 103,000 square kilometers

17. Hungary - 93,030 square kilometers

18. Portugal - 92,090 square kilometers

19. Austria - 83,879 square kilometers

20. Czech Republic - 78,865 square kilometers

21. Serbia - 77,474 square kilometers

22. Ireland - 70,273 square kilometers

23. Lithuania - 65,300 square kilometers

24. Latvia - 64,589 square kilometers

25. Croatia - 56,594 square kilometers

26. Bosnia and Herzegovina - 51,209 square kilometers

27. Slovakia - 49,036 square kilometers

28. Estonia - 45,227 square kilometers

29. Denmark - 43,094 square kilometers

30. Switzerland - 41,290 square kilometers

31. Netherlands - 41,543 square kilometers

32. Moldova - 33,846 square kilometers

33. Belgium - 30,528 square kilometers

34. Albania - 28,748 square kilometers

35. North Macedonia - 25,713 square kilometers

36. Slovenia - 20,273 square kilometers

37. Montenegro - 13,812 square kilometers

38. Kosovo - 10,887 square kilometers

39. Cyprus - 9,251 square kilometers

40. Malta - 316 square kilometers

Source : Chat GPT 3.5 

Lottery Face

The Logo for the British National Lottery has a face hidden in plain sight. It looks like a hand with the fingers crossed for good luck, but when you take a closer look you can see it also has a face. 

The two curled up fingers are the eyes and the hand line is a mouth. 

Dizzy Facts

You don't have five senses, you have more than that. You can sense the direction of gravity. The organ that senses the direction of gravity (what way is up or down) is called vestibular system, it can be found deep in your ears.

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JellyFish have a similar system, if one is born in a  micro gravity environment, they become dizzy after  they're brought back to earth. The sudden introduction of gravity causes them to get vertigo. 

Source : 'Can You Get Jellyfish in Space' by Dr Sheila Kanani, ISBN 978-0-241-66983-9