?? Fetch, Flights, and Massive Feet

?? Fetch, Flights, and Massive Feet

THE WEEK IN NUMBERS

sent weekly since 2014 ?


13 ?- ?Number of executions so far this year in the US. The 14th is due to happen this afternoon in South Carolina where Freddie Owens is to be killed for the murder of a store worker in 1997.?


1827 ?- ?Year that the most haunted house in London was built at 50 Berkeley Square. It's the oldest unaltered house in London, was once home to Prime Minister George Canning, and housed the Maggs Bros book shop for almost 100 years. It's said that a brown mist haunts the rooms amongst other horrors. (Read about them here)


41%? - ?Percentage of cats that can play fetch. 78% of dogs can.?


10%? - ?Increase in local bird species that make us happier than a 10% increase in income.?


48 ?- ?Number of sheep that used to graze on the Whitehouse lawns. President Woodrow Wilson brought them in during WWII as it was cheaper than employing people to cut the grass.?


28 ?- ?Number of hotels in the world with more than 3,000 rooms. 15 of them are in Las Vegas.?


1,000 ?- ?Number of bodies buried underneath Aldgate station.?


GUESS THE NUMBER

What's the world record for the biggest feet on a teenager?

(Answer next time)



Last time:

Indy Nelson from the US holds the record for flying on the most different airlines? How many has he flown on?

The answer is 170. He took most of the flights during an 19-month trip around the world he embarked on aged 22.?


LOGO of the week

This company has been in the business news this week.

But who is it?



Last time it was Britvic plc


The Week in History

A new feature in The Week in Numbers.

It's simple - match the event to the year.

The anniversary of each was this week.

(answers next week)


Billie Jean King wins "Battle of the Sexes" tennis match

US President James Garfield shot and killed

First ever underground nuclear test takes place

New?York Times founded

Brian Clough dies

Choose from --> 2004, 1881, 1851, 1957, 1973


Last Week

United States of America official gets its name - 1776

Ronald Reagan dies - 2007

Winston Churchill marries Clementine Hozier - 1908

Johnny Cash dies - 2003

Scottish voters approve the creation of a Scottish parliament - 1997



Have a great weekend.

Charlie Jones

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