Facts game

The prime meridian passes through Greenwich in UK.

UK is ranked 34th among public research universities in research and development expenditures.

The Tudors were a dynasty in England.

The author of the Harry Potter books, JK Rowling, was born in Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire, England.

JK Rowling first thought of Harry Potter while travelling on a train.

Every two hours, a person in a motor vehicle or a pedestrian walking on a track or railroad right-of-way is struck by a train somewhere in the US.

trains can't swerve there's no steering wheel The train simply follows the tracks. Engineers can only sound the warning horn and apply the emergency brakes.

It takes a high-speed train (travelling at 120mph) nearly 3 miles to come to a complete halt.

The fastest Magna-train in Japan has been clocked at a little over 321 miles (517km) per hour.

The fastest car in the world(SSC Ultimate Aero) has been clocked at a little over 257 miles (413km) per hour.

The fastest car in the world (SSC Ultimate Aero) was tested in march 2007 by guiness world records.

Guinness World Records was created by Sir Hugh Beaver, at that time the managing director of the Guinness Brewery.

The Guinness storehouse is Ireland's #1 interbational visitor attraction

(seriously? o_O)

The longest place name in Ireland is Muckanaghederdauhaulia, in County Galway

The longest place name in the British Isles is Welsh:

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

Robert Recorde of Pembrokeshire, Wales, invented the equals = sign.

Katherine Jenkins is a Welsh mezzo-soprano.

Mezzo-soprano is between soprano and alto.

The first episode of The Sopranos aired in the United States on January 10, 1999.

Sarah Brightman is the world's best-selling classical soprano.

BBC Music Magazine is the world's best-selling classical music magazine.

BBC Music Magazine costs $8.75.

www.boxnames.com offers domains starting at $8.75.

We use money to buy things.

We use money to throw around in music videos.