Nottingham gave the world traffic lights. They were adapted from those used on the railways.
It is illegal for people to rent out caves in Nottingham.
The name "Nottingham" originates from "Snottingham" the land of the snots.
Nottingham was the first place in England to record an earthquake – back in 1180.
Nottingham resident Frederick Gibson Garton, invented HP sauce.
Little John is a bell, and it’s the loudest clock bell in the country.
Boots first store was on Goosegate.
The world's oldest guinea pig died there in 1979. He was called Snowball.He was aged 14 years and 10 months.
Every single Bramley apple is descended from the same tree in a Nottinghamshire garden.
There are over 700 caves under the streets of Nottingham.
The Great Nottingham Cheese Riot took place in 1764 over the price of food. The mayor was knocked over by a large cheese.
The UK’s first radio phone-in was on Radio Nottingham on February 4, 1968.
Ibuprofen and shin-pads were both invented in Nottingham.
The University of Nottingham student’s union was the location for the first ever gig by Paul McCartney and Wings – on February 9, 1972. It was the first time McCartney had played in five years, and tickets cost 40p.
Former Doctor Who, Matt Smith, played alongside Jermaine Jenas in Nottingham Forest’s youth team.
The first STD (subscriber trunk dialling) telephone call – one without an operator – was made from Nottingham Council House to Belfast in 1962.
The myth that lemmings throw themselves off cliffs is thought to have originated from Arthur Mee, a former editor of the Nottingham Post who included the incorrect information in an edition of his ‘Children’s Encyclopedia’, published from 1908 to 1964.
Ken Dodd made his first professional performance in Nottingham, at the Nottingham Empire Theatre of Varieties in 1954.
Nottingham has the biggest market square in England, at 5.5 acres.
Nottingham has the world’s smallest cinema.
