Showing posts with label trivia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label trivia. Show all posts

Friday 6 June 2008

Where?

So my little sojourn to Netherlands gets more interesting by the day. I thought we were staying in Enschede, but apparently we are staying in Vasse which is 25 - 30 km's from Enschede, from the picture I got from Marianne I reckon we are really in the country. Pretty cool, but it is not on my map that I have so I assume it is a really tiny place, wikipedia has this to say:
"In 2001, the village of Vasse had 569 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 0.18 km², and contained 197 residences.[1] The statistical area "Vasse", which also can include the peripheral parts of the village, as well as the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 880."
I would say that my assumptions are correct...holy moly...
Memories of holidays with my grandparents are already flooding back, long walks through the country, swimming in rivers, peace and quiet...for a country with a population of approximately 16,570,613 you would not think there could possibly be villages the size of Vasse!
Marianne actually lives in Cape Town South Africa so it is fairly ironic that we will be visiting her and the kids in Holland of all places! Any suggestions of things to do...I know I do have some Dutch visitors occasionally...

Friday 17 August 2007

Did you know?

I found this on Dublin zoo website and thought it was worth sharing....

Oldest captive orangutan Guas – Philadelphia zoo died 1977 aged 57.
Elephants have 24 teeth that grow in groups of 4. Each tooth weighs 4 kgs.
Asian elephant has the longest tail of any land mammal, it can be up to 5 feet long.
Elephant hair can be up to 3mm thick, 40 times thicker than human hair.
The smallest flying mammal in the world is the Bumblebee bat from Thailand. It has a wingspan of 160mm, about the same as a large butterfly.
It takes an elephant calf six months to learn to use its trunk.
A hippo can open its mouth wide enough to fit a four foot child inside.
There are more plastic flamingos in America than real ones.
The first archaeological evidence of soup being consumed dates back to 6000BC, with the main ingredient being hippo bones
Giraffes are 6 foot tall when they are born.
A crocodile cannot move its tongue.
During your lifetime you will eat about 60,000 lbs of food, that’s the weight of about 6 elephants.