Total Trivia

[Gaia_Lorraine]

How the world we live in has changed in 20 years (Part 3).

In 1988 the largest users of mobile cellphones were...

1 - USA, 1,230,000
2 - UK, 290,000
3 - Sweden, 180,000
4 - Japan, 150,773
5 - Norway, 120,029
6 - Canada, 120,000
7 - Denmark, 77,432
8 - Finland, 71,598
9 - West Germany, 48,747
10 - France, 39,234

The largest users of mobile cellphones now are...

1 - China, 500,000,000
2 - USA, 233,000,000
3 - India, 166,000,000
4 - Russia, 150,000,000
5 - Japan, 100,000,000
6 - Brazil, 99,919,000
7 - Germany, 84,300,000
8 - Italy, 71,500,000
9 - UK, 69,675,000
10 - Indonesia, 63,803,000

 

[fire_breeze]

It would be interesting to see what the percentage is for women, if it is less than 56% then some of the men must be having sex with each other ???

Or some women are having sex with more than one man?

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

How the world we live in has changed in 20 years (Part 4).

By 1988 the 10 biggest film budgets were...

1 - War and Peace (1967), £54.5m
2 - Superman (1978), £30m
3 - Ishtar (1987), £30m
4 - Superman II (1980), £29.5m
5 - Annie (1982), £27m
5 - Santa Claus (1985), £27m
5 - Zimnyaya Vishnaya (1985), £27m
8 - The Cotton Club (1984), £25.6m
9 - Inchon (1981), £25m
10 - Dune ( 1984), £24m

By 2008 the 10 biggest film budgets are...

1 - Pirates of the Caribbean 3, £163.5m
2 - Superman Returns, £147m
3 - Spiderman 3, £140.5m
4 - Pirates of the Caribbean 2, £ 122.6m
5 - X-Men 3, £ 114.4m
6 - King Kong, £112.7m
7 - Titanic, £109m
7 - Terminator 3, £109m
7 - Spiderman 2, £109m
10 - The Chronicles Of Narnia, The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe, £98m

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

Or some women are having sex with more than one man?

Or maybe we don't fabricate or boast about our conquests like men do

 

[fire_breeze]

Or maybe we don't fabricate or boast about our conquests like men do

THAT'S it!

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

How the world we live in has changed in 20 years (Part 5).

In 1988 the top 10 dogs' names were...

1 - Ben
2 - Sam
3 - Susie
4 - Benji
5 - Max
6 - Lucy
7 - Kim
8 - Lady
9 - Shelly
10 - Judy

The top 10 dogs' names are now...

1 - Molly
2 - Jack
3 - Holly
4 - Max
5 - Buster
6 - Lucy
7 - Jake
8 - Barnie
9 - Charlie
10 - Sam

 

[smotherman]

In order for sterling silver to be usable as tableware, 7.5 percent copper is mixed with 92.5 percent silver, making the metal hard and sturdy.

 

[smotherman]

It would be interesting to see what the percentage is for women, if it is less than 56% then some of the men must be having sex with each other ???

Only 8 percent of women.

Men can be inviting their significant other to the job site and having sex, doesn't have to be with a co-worker.

 

[smotherman]

Fifty-seven percent of Americans have had sex outdoors or in a public place. Half talk with their partners about their sexual fantasies. Forty-two percent call themselves sexually adventurous. Twenty-nine percent have had sex on a first date, and about as many have had an "unexpected sexual encounter with someone new." Fifteen percent of men -- and three in 10 single men age 30 and older -- have paid for sex. About half of women say they've faked an orgasm.

 

[smotherman]

another difference between the sexes, 42 percent of men report having had had sex on a first date; that drops to 17 percent of women.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

Fancy challenging your mind to a trivial puzzle?

A blind man man has 51 socks in a drawer, 17 red, 17 blue and 17 green.

Question 1: How many socks must he take out so that he is sure of having a pair of socks of each colour?

Question 2: And how many will he need to get a pair of any one colour?

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

The Mayan Calendar ends: December 21, 2012

1) Nostradamus wrote Quatrains that described World War III. He indicated that the Anti-Christ would play an important role. Are all of these predictions related to the Mayan Calendar End Date?

2) A 12th planet named Nibiru is also thought to have a 3600 year orbit around our sun. Some people believe that Nibiru will be entering our solar system in the year 2012.

Don't we all love a good disaster movie?

 

[smotherman]

The muscles which power the fingers are strong - strong enough for some people to climb vertical surfaces supporting their entire weight at times by a few fingertips

 

[smotherman]

One fourth of athletic injuries involve the hand and wrist.

 

[smotherman]

Longest underwater kiss - 2 minutes and 18 seconds in Tokyo, Japan, on April 2, 1980.

 

[smotherman]

Beware where you kiss!
In some places kissing is a crime - it's illegal in Indiana for a mustached man to "habitually kiss human beings", in Hartford, Connecticut it's illegal for a husband to kiss his wife on Sunday, and in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, it's a crime to kiss a stranger.

 

[Daizie]

Relative to its size, the strongest muscle in the body is the TONGUE.

 

[fire_breeze]

Some more facts about the

Kissing can actually be a beauty treatment. Scientific tests show that good kissing helps reduce dermatitis, skin rashes and blemishes. It also makes your skin glow and your eyes shine.

Onur Guentuerkuen of Ruhr-University Bochum in Bochum, Germany, studied hundreds of couples kissing. In his study, he found that two-thirds of people turn their heads to the right when kissing.

Kissing can relieve headaches. With relaxation, the tension that restricts blood vessels in the brain is released. Quality is the key.

 

[smotherman]

Relative to its size, the strongest muscle in the body is the TONGUE.

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[Gaia_Lorraine]

National Kissing Day is July 6.

 

[smotherman]

Sensitivity of the lips is 200 times higher than that of the fingers

 

[_Misty_]

In Australia boomerangs that do not return when thrown are called sticks.

 

[smotherman]

A lot of lovemaking can unblock a stuffy nose. Sex is a natural antihistamine. It can help combat asthma and hay fever.

 

[smotherman]

Only 17% of women are likely to have an orgasm during sex.

 

[smotherman]

A female orgasm is a powerful painkiller (because of the release of endorphins), so headaches are in fact a bad excuse not to have sex.