UK map replaces place names with most searched for celebs and the results are very interesting
Do you live in 'David Attenborough' or 'Mary Queen of Scots'? 🤣
Last updated 4th Dec 2020
Have you ever thought what your nearest town or city would be called if it was named after the most searched for celeb who has a connection with it? For example, Mayfair would be called Elizabeth II and Edinburgh would be called Mary Queen of Scots.
Now, wonder no more as a website called The Pudding has mapped city names replacing them by their most looked at celeb on Wikipedia, whether they were born there, lived there, or are connected to the place.
The map includes everyone from music artists such as Robbie Williams (Stoke-on-Trent), to historical figures like William Shakespeare (Stratford-upon-Avon) and Mary Queen of Scots (Edinburgh).
It also includes actors such as Sean Bean (Sheffield) and Liam Neeson (Ballymena).
The map isn't just limited to the UK either, with the whole of the US plotted according to celebs and other well-known people, such as Chrissy Teigen (Delta) and Brad Pitt (Springfield).
So, while you might not be able to travel to see your family this Christmas in Winston Churchill (Bristol), or Ozzy Osbourne (Birmingham), you can have a bit of fun with this map.
Now take a look at 15 wonderful facts about Christmas:
Christmas cards
1) The UK donates around £50 million a year by purchasing charity Christmas cards.
Christmas cards
2) 100 million individual cards are sold and an additional 900 million are sold in multipacks and by online providers, bringing in around £1.5 billion!
Christmas Presents
3) A massive 910,000,000 metres of wrapping paper is used each year which is 565,447 miles and would go around the world 22 times.
Decorating your house
4) UK adults admit to spending on average 25 hours perfecting their Christmas style, whether it is lights, tinsel, baubles, or a combination of all of them.
Santa traditions
5) On Christmas Eve an estimated 16.2 million mince pies and 16.2 million carrots will be left out as snacks for Santa and his reindeer.
Santa traditions
6) 13 million Brits will also be leaving a whisky for the big man, and 10.4 million will leave a beer.
Christmas Food
7) The average person spends £228 on food over Christmas.
Christmas Food
8) On average we also eat eight chocolates each, equating to a massive 520,800,000 nationwide.
Christmas Food
9) When it comes to Christmas dinner, the average number of sprouts eaten is six, equating to 390,600,000 Brussels sprouts eaten across the nation.
Christmas Food
10) Five mince pies are eaten each, totalling 325,500,000 nationwide.
Christmas Food
11) And four pigs in blankets are eaten per person, which totals 260,400,000 cooked nationwide.
Christmas Food
12) Amazingly each person will also eat three Christmas puddings over the Christmas period, amounting to 195,300,000 consumed nationwide! Feeling full yet?
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