Total Trivia

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More interesting details on Hatshepsut:

Her name means Foremost of Noble Ladies

In comparison with other female pharaohs, Hatshepsut's reign was long and prosperous. She was successful in warfare early in her reign, but is generally considered to be a pharaoh who inaugurated a long peaceful era.

Hatshepsut was one of the most prolific builders in ancient Egypt, commissioning hundreds of construction projects throughout both Upper and Lower Egypt, that were grander and more numerous than those of any of her Middle Kingdom predecessors.

No mention of the cause of her death has survived. If the recent identification of her mummy in KV60 is correct,however, CT scans would indicate that she died of blood infection while she was in her 50s. It also would suggest that she had arthritis, bad teeth, and probably had diabetes.

 

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The enamel in your teeth is the hardest substance in your body.

 

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It takes the food seven seconds to get from your mouth to your stomach.

 

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Your body gives off enough heat in 30 minutes to bring half a gallon of water to a boil.

 

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Your teeth start growing 6 months before you are born.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

Hello {{lorraine}} So glad times have changed.

Abso-feckin-lutely!
I've shaved off my beard

 

[Annicka]

The top of the Empire State Building flexes back and forth a few feet in heavy winds. The building was designed so that dirigibles could moor at the top.

 

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The Egyptian calendar, which was 365 days long and started on the day that Sirius rose in line with the sun, was instituted around 4,241 B.C.

 

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The use of cosmetics dates from around 5,000 years ago in ancient Egypt. Their original use was to protect skin from sunlight, rather than for beauty care.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

More interesting details on Hatshepsut:

Her name means Foremost of Noble Ladies

In comparison with other female pharaohs, Hatshepsut's reign was long and prosperous. She was successful in warfare early in her reign, but is generally considered to be a pharaoh who inaugurated a long peaceful era.

Hatshepsut was one of the most prolific builders in ancient Egypt, commissioning hundreds of construction projects throughout both Upper and Lower Egypt, that were grander and more numerous than those of any of her Middle Kingdom predecessors.

No mention of the cause of her death has survived. If the recent identification of her mummy in KV60 is correct,however, CT scans would indicate that she died of blood infection while she was in her 50s. It also would suggest that she had arthritis, bad teeth, and probably had diabetes.

And some more...
Hatshepshut (reigned circa 1494–1482 B.C.) was not the only female pharaoh of Egypt nor the first. Sobeknefru reigned from approximately 1790–1782 B.C., and there is evidence to suggest that Nitokris reigned from around 2184–2181 B.C.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

A new star is born in our galaxy is born every 18 days. About 20 new stars are born each year. For comparison, there are 100,000 million stars in our galaxy.

 

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Rattlesnakes gather in groups to sleep through the winter. Sometimes up to 1,000 of them will coil up together to keep warm.

 

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Carpenter bees are far more solitary than regular honeybees. They tend to form loose groups of about 5 or 6. They don't do a lot of damage, as their nests are very shallow. The workers (all male) are incredibly curious about humans and do not have stingers--they're completely harmless.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

Carpenter bees are far more solitary than regular honeybees. They tend to form loose groups of about 5 or 6. They don't do a lot of damage, as their nests are very shallow. The workers (all male) are incredibly curious about humans and do not have stingers--they're completely harmless.

Some more bee trivia...

* There are more than 2000 species of bee in the world, but only four of them produce honey.
* Bees cruise at about 15 mph but can fly at speeds of up to 20 mph
* Bees never sleep
* When flying, a bee will beat its wings about 180 times per minute
* The chemical that makes a bee sting itch is called mellitin
* A bee can see 300 frames per second
* According to fossil records, bees first appeared on earth about 150 million years ago

 

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Illinois has the most personalized license plates of any state.

 

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The blue whale can produce sounds up to 188 decibels. This is the loudest sound produced by a living animal and has been detected as far away as 530 miles.

 

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Chimps are the only animals that can recognize themselves in a mirror.

 

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San Francisco cable cars are the only National Monuments that move.

 

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The California Department of Motor Vehicles has issued six driver's licenses to six different people named Jesus Christ.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

The new edition of the Guinness Book of World Records is published today so here are a few of the weirdest entries... (Part 1).

The world's fastest talker Sean Shannon can recite Hamlet's "To be or not to be" soliloquy in 23.8 seconds.
At 262 lines long, that equates to 655 words per minute (normal speech is 100) and more than 10 words a second.

 

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The new edition of the Guinness Book of World Records is published today so here are a few of the weirdest entries... (Part 2).

Fastest suitcase escape was set on May 31st 2008 by Leslie Tipton in an astonishing 7.04 seconds, beating her 2007 record of 13.31 seconds.
What is more amazing is how she manages to get her body inside! Leslie quotes, "My flexibility is supernatural. I can squish myself in there, just like you'd squish your clothes in."

I'm now planning on taking her on holiday with me to save the cost of an airplane seat.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

The new edition of the Guinness Book of World Records is published today so here are a few of the weirdest entries... (Part 3).

Most rotations hanging from a power drill is 141 Guy Hiang in September 2007 while hanging from a ceiling and holding a power drill.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

The new edition of the Guinness Book of World Records is published today and this has to be the weirdest of them all...

Michel Lotito - who died in 2006 - lived on a diet of metal and glass, which he had been eating since 1959, aged just nine.
He could eat 2lb of metal every day and during his lifetime he chomped through (among other things) 18 bikes, 15 trolleys, 7 TV's and a plane.
He is also the only man to have had a coffin inside him rather than the other way around.

All the above facts were posted in a national newspaper and therefore in the public domain.

 

[mickyp123]

A bee can fly around the world at an average speed of 7 MPH on one gallon of nectar

 

[mickyp123]

The new edition of the Guinness Book of World Records is published today so here are a few of the weirdest entries... (Part 3).

Most rotations hanging from a power drill is 141 Guy Hiang in September 2007 while hanging from a ceiling and holding a power drill.

bet his name was chuck