The act of stretching and yawning simultaneously is called “pandiculation.”
Oxford English Dictionary
If corporations founded by Stanford alumni were to form an independent nation, it would be the 10th largest economy in the world, with an annual revenue of $2.7 trillion, as professors at that university recently calculated. London Review of Books, 7th February 2013
Daylight Saving Time was suggested as a joke by Benjamin Franklin, who proposed waking people earlier on bright summer mornings so they might work more during the day and thus save candles. Discover, 12th March 2009
Cooking lessons at UK schools will become compulsory for children aged seven to 14 from September, as the government aims to ensure they can make up to 20 dishes before taking their GCSE exams. Sunday Times, 11th February 2013
In 1835, for the first and only time in history, the US had no national debt. Network World, 8th January 2013
Three of Fidel Castro’s sons, Alexis, Alexander and Alejandro, are named after Alexander the Great QI, 1st November 2012
Sneezing, searching for a tissue and nose blowing are responsible for 2,500 car accidents a week in winter. On the motorway, drivers can travel 50ft with their eyes closed while sneezing. Daily Mail, 15th February 2013
If corporations founded by Stanford alumni were to form an independent nation, it would be the 10th largest economy in the world, with an annual revenue of $2.7 trillion, as professors at that university recently calculated. London Review of Books, 7th February 2013
Daylight Saving Time was suggested as a joke by Benjamin Franklin, who proposed waking people earlier on bright summer mornings so they might work more during the day and thus save candles. Discover, 12th March 2009
Cooking lessons at UK schools will become compulsory for children aged seven to 14 from September, as the government aims to ensure they can make up to 20 dishes before taking their GCSE exams. Sunday Times, 11th February 2013
In 1835, for the first and only time in history, the US had no national debt. Network World, 8th January 2013
Three of Fidel Castro’s sons, Alexis, Alexander and Alejandro, are named after Alexander the Great QI, 1st November 2012
Sneezing, searching for a tissue and nose blowing are responsible for 2,500 car accidents a week in winter. On the motorway, drivers can travel 50ft with their eyes closed while sneezing. Daily Mail, 15th February 2013
