Connections Fact Cards

A set of cards based of the premise of Stevyn Colgan's book Joined Up Thinking - a book which highlights the connections and links between seemingly unrelated facts.

 

 

 

These images are linked through dates, numbers, sounds, places and people - from armadillos to Yuri Gagarin, from The Clangers to the Greek god of love and beauty.  

 
 

The fact cards are accompanied by a book which includes the whole meandering tale of how each fact is connected to the other. Be warned the story takes many an odd turn and is rife with tangents.

 
 

Fact no. 1

Armadillos can catch leprosy

 

 

Fact no. 2

During World War Two the Macy's Parade Balloon were melted down to contribute roughly 650lbs of rubber each to the war effort

 

Fact no. 7

A silkmoth has 11 brains