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BACKThe Top 10 of everything!
Friday, 17 october 2008
Did you know that the world’s heaviest person was Carol Yager, who weighed in at a massive 1,600lbs (or more than 100 stone to you and me)? Or that the longest place name in the world is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Ayuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathathattiya Witsanukam Prasit? Or that the UK consumes more chocolate and baked beans than anywhere else in the world (although not at the same time)?
For even more fascinating facts, read on:
Top 10 First Dinosaurs to be Named Rank Name/Meaning Named By Year
1 Megalosaurus Great lizard William Buckland 1824
2 Iguanodon Iguana tooth Gideon Mantell 1825
3 Hylaeosaurus Woodland lizard Gideon Mantell 1833
4 Macrodontophion Long tooth snake A. Zborzewski 1834
5 Palaeosaurus Ancient lizard Samuel Stutchbury and Henry Riley 1836
6 Thecodontosaurus Socket-toothed lizard Henry Riley and Samuel Stutchbury 1836
7 Plateosaurus Flat lizard Hermann von Mayer 1837
8 Poekilopleuron Varying side Jacques Armand and Eudes-Deslongchamps 1838
9 Cetiosaurus Whale lizard Richard Owen 1841
10 Cladeiodon Branch tooth Richard Owen 1841
Top 10 Coldest Places (average) Rank Location Average temperature °C
1 Plateau, Antarctica -56.7
2 Armundsen-Scott, Antarctica -49.0
3 Northice, Greenland -30.0
4 Eismitte, Greenland -29.2
5 Resolute, NWT, Canada -24.2
6 Eureka, NWT, Canada -19.7
7 Ostrov Bol’shoy, Lyakhovskiy, Russia -14.7
8 Barrow Point, Alaska, USA -12.3
9 Barter Island, Alaska, USA -12.1
10 Ostrov Vrangela, Russia -11.7
Note: Lowest long-term temperature averaged throughout the year. Maximum of two places per country listed. Source: Philip Eden.
Top 10 Cats’ Names in the UK
1 2 Molly Felix
3 Smudge
4 Sooty
5 Tigger
6 Charlie
7 Alfie
8 Oscar
9 Millie
10 Misty
Top 10 Most Common Phobias Object of Phobia Medical Term
1 Open Spaces Agoraphobia, Cenophobia or Kenophobia
2 Driving No medical term; can be a symptom of agoraphobia
3 Vomiting Emetophobia or emitophobia
4 Confined spaces Claustrophobia
5 Insects Etemophobia
6 Illness Nosemophobia
7 Animals Zoophobia
8 Flying Aerophobia or aviatophobia
9 Blushing Erythrophobia
10 Heights Acrophobia, altophobia or hypsiphobia
Top 10 Sleepiest Mammals Animal Scientific Name Average hours of sleep per day
1 = Lion = Three-toed Sloth Panthera leo Bradypus Variegatus 20
3 Little Brown Bat Myotis Lucifugus 19.9
4 Big Brown Bat Eptesicus fuscus 19.7
5 = Opossum = Water opossum Didelphis virginiana Yapok (Chironectes minimus) 19.4
7 Giant Armadillo Prindontes maximus 18.1
8 Koala Phascolarctos cinereus Up to 18
9 Nine-banded armadillo Dasypus novemcinctus 17.4
10 Southern owl monkey Aotus Azarai 17.0
Top 10 Animated Films Film Year Worldwide total gross ($)
1 Shrek 2 2004 920,665,658
2 Finding Nemo 2003 864,625,978
3 Shrek the Third 2007 797,750,521
4 The Lion King 1994 783, 841,776
5 Ice Age: The Meltdown 2006 651,564,512
6 The Incredibles 2004 631,442,092
7 Ratatouille 2007 620,720,969
8 Madagascar 2005 532,680,671
9 Monsters, Inc. 2001 529,061, 238
10 The Simpson’s Movie 1992 526,622,545
To discover the top ten of just about everything try reading Top 10 of Everything by Russell Ash, a book packed with lists of everything from the top 10 highest islands and top 10 most common murder weapons to top 10 singles of all time in the UK. With over 7,000 intriguing facts this book will amaze you and your friends.
www.octopusbooks.co.uk/top10ofeverything
