Fun Trivia!

[Literophile]

Post trivia you've learned (or found on the internet) here! Feel free to post videos and stuff, too!

Napoleon was afraid of cats!

Bees can fly at up to 15 mph!

Wire-hair fox terriers can see in color!

Albert Einstein played the violin!

This guy has the record for hitting the highest note of any male soprano!

 

[Rae1889]

american car horns beep in the tone of F.

Odontophobia is the fear of teeth.

There is a myth that women used to have teeth or barbs in there lady parts to protect against rape

penguins have knees

I am the worlds expert on useless trivia!

 

[Literophile]

Alright, Rae! Me too! *highfive*

The country with the most alcoholics is NOT Ireland OR Germany--it's the Czech Republic. Beer is cheaper than water there.

Bottle caps were invented in 1892

Leonardo Da Vinci invented the tank, submarine, car and cluster bomb as well as many other "modern" inventions.

 

[Rae1889]

people who were left handed used to be burned as witches.

Red M & Ms were at one point banned.

m & ms were also out on the battle field during world war 2 to help provide quick energy to soldiers.

 

[Rae1889]

Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.

Toasters kill more people than sharks.

Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older.

The 57 on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had.

The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache

Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

 

[Rae1889]

Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.

The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called "aglets."

The first owner of the Marlboro company died of lung cancer.

The owner of the Seguey died from a seguay accident.

Pearls melt in vinegar.

Richard Milhouse Nixon was the first US president whose name contains all the letters from the word "criminal." The second? William Jefferson Clinton.

The five most stolen items in a drugstore are batteries, cosmetics, film, sunglasses, and, get this, Preparation H. Apparently people are just too embarrassed to purchase the last item. And, just in case you are curious, one of Preparation H's main ingredient is shark liver oil. The oil not only helps shrink hemorrhoids, but will shrink any tissue. As a result, many older women in Florida use the stuff to help reduce the appearance of wrinkles

 

[Literophile]

Charlie Chaplin entered a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest and won 3rd place.

Peanuts are legumes

San Jose was the orginal capital of California

Sarah Winchester, wife of the inventor of the Winchester Rifle, had arthritis in her ankles, which is why many of the staircases have stairs that are only 4" tall

Evanescense started out as a Christian band

 

[PragueClaret]

Alright, Rae! Me too! *highfive*

The country with the most alcoholics is NOT Ireland OR Germany--it's the Czech Republic. Beer is cheaper than water there.

Bottle caps were invented in 1892

Leonardo Da Vinci invented the tank, submarine, car and cluster bomb as well as many other "modern" inventions.

The Czech Republic is not the country with the most alcoholics!

Per capita they drink the most beer, but that is a long way from saying they have the most alcoholics !

Probably Russia www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/health/article1647475.ece

 

[Endless]

Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older.

Okay. Fun facts! But this one just isn't true. We have an oak tree that is less than 20 years old, and it's been producing acorns for years and years...

 

[Literophile]

James cameron invented the cameras he used in the making of Avatar--right after he had finished Titanic! The reason he didn't film Avatar then? The technology wasn't available to build these super-cameras.

Many of the ealiest martial arts were based on yoga.

 

[PragueClaret]

The might of a hurricane is so strong that in ten minutes it expends more energy than the entire world's atomic weapons put together...


The heart is so powerful that it circulates our entire blood supply 7 to 8 times per minute...


Shakespeare was thought to be 46 years old when the King James Version of the bible was written. In Psalms 46, the 46th word from the beginning word is "shake" and the 46th word from the final word is "spear."

 

[Literophile]

The heart is so powerful that it circulates our entire blood supply 7 to 8 times per minute...

And in addition, it is so powerful it can spray blood up to 30 ft! Kinda gross, I know, but sort of awesome, too.

 

[Rae1889]

 

[Literophile]

:clap::clap::clap:

:roflmao:

 

[Nakamova]

Rickrolled!

 

[Endless]

* Yahoo the search engine has complicated name. "Yahoo" is short for "Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle". The term was invented by PhD candidates at Stanford University: David Filo and Jerry Yang.

*This is a Google. It is actualy spelled GOOGOL in mathemetics: 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
(This is 10 to the 100th power) The term "Google" was the result of a spelling error. When Larry Page and his friends were choosing a name for a search engine start-up company, he attempted to name it after the huge number “googol.” Instead, he committed what is probably the most famous (and lucrative) misspelling in history.

* A googolplex is even bigger. It is a google to the 10th power, or: 100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
It is the largest definitive number that is named with one word. (as opposed to infinity, and who knows what number that is)

*A Bing is more than just a search engine. It also means a heap or pile, a cherry, a garbage can, or something that is outdated. Take note, Microsoft!

 

[Literophile]

Awesome sauce! That is one BIG number! I'd have to take of my shoes and socks to count to that one.