So, on Monday 8th January Marketing Doris celebrated 11 years in business.
I say celebrate, I didn’t remember until Tuesday - but it’s still a big deal and I’m delighted that a decade (and a year) on we are still providing marketing services to our customers.
Thank you to our customers, suppliers and business associates for your continued support and to mark the occasion, here are 11 fun / trivia facts about the number 11.
- Apollo 11 was the first manned spacecraft to land on the moon.
- Tin celebrates the eleventh-year anniversary.
- New York became the eleventh state of the United States on July 26, 1788.
- When Britain switched to the Gregorian calendar, eleven days were simply deleted. Wednesday September 2, 1752 was followed by Thursday September 14, 1752.
- Titanic, Ben Hur and Lord of The Rings: The Return of The King each won a record 11 Oscars.
- The official world record for eating cheesecake is 11 pounds in nine minutes.
- The word for an 11-sided polygon is ‘undecagon’ or ‘hendecagon’
- Eleven is the name of a character in the 2016 Netflix original series Stranger Things played by Millie Bobby Brown.
- In bingo, the game, 11 is referred to as legs eleven or chicken legs depending on your country of origin.
- The eleventh house in astrology is the segment that rules one's friendship, hopes, social relations, and desires.
- ‘The eleventh hour’ suggests urgency. Because the clock runs to twelve, this is the last hour to get things done.
Check out this page next year for a slightly longer list of trivial facts! In the meantime if you are looking for Marketing support, give me a call on 0790 3727750
and we can talk Marketing (not trivia!)