BenchMaster Celebrates 40th Birthday
To celebrate BenchMaster’s 40th birthday, here are 40 fun facts that you may or may not know about…
- In horse racing, the maximum number of runners in the Grand National is 40.
- 40 years ago Red Rum made history when he won his third Grand National.
- 40 years of marriage is known as the ruby wedding anniversary.
- 40 is an even number.
- The Roman numeral for 40 is XL.
- Forty is a composite number.
- Forty is the only number in English whose letters appear in alphabetical order.
- Minus 40 degrees,or “40 below,” is the only temperature that is the same in both Fahrenheit and Celsius.
- A typical human pregnancy lasts 40 weeks.
- Lent consists of 40 days and 40 nights.
- Life begins at 40.
- 40 love equals the 3rd point scored in tennis.
- UB40 is a British reggae band.
- There are 40 spaces on a monopoly board.
- The official UK charts consists of 40 singles.
- Ryan Giggs continued playing for Manchester United after 40.
- 40 is the dialling code assigned to Romania.
- “40” is a 1983 song by U2 from their album
- 40 is the natural number following 39 and preceding 41.
- Though the word is related to “four” (4), the spelling “forty” replaced “fourty” in the course of the 17th century
- Star Wars is 40 years old in 2017.
- Forty is the maximum number of players a Major League Baseball team can sign to its roster at once.
- 40 is the number of winks William Kitchiner suggests taking for a perfect nap.
- The average house price 40 years ago in the UK was £12,869
- The average cost of a car 40 years ago in the UK was £2,350
- The average salary 40 years ago in the UK was £3,218.
- Elvis Presley died 40 years ago.
- Nasa launched voyager 2 to Jupiter 40 years ago
- 40 years ago the TRS-80 Model becomes the first desktop computer.
- 40 years ago Virginia Wade won Wimbledon.
- 40 years ago the Queen celebrated her Silver Jubilee.
- James Callaghan was the Prime Minister 40 years ago.
- Nottingham Forest led by Brian Clough won the first Division title 40 years ago.
- Abba had the top selling album 40 years ago with ‘Arrival’
- Top Gear first hit our screens 40 years ago.
- Monster Munch was first launched 40 years ago.
- The average pint of beer 40 years ago was 38p
- A litre of petrol 40 years ago was 18p.
- 40 years ago more than half of us worked either in manufacturing (26 per cent) or public health, education and administration (25 per cent)
- Every 40th BenchMaster workbench is free to celebrate our 40th
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