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116: No Such Thing As Notting Mountain

No Such Thing As A Fish

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The Fast Response Power Station

The first president of the world anti-doping agency was called Dick Pound. There is a power station buried inside a Welsh mountain that only turned on during TV adverts breaks. It takes 12 seconds to produce enough power to power about 600,000 kettles in 12 seconds. The biggest one was a World Cup penalty shootout, England versus West Germany, in the United 90 FIFA World Cup.

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