Total Trivia

[Gaia_Lorraine]

Roger Bannister was the first man to break the four-minute mile, however he did not break the four-minute mile in an actual race. On May 6, 1954, he ran 3:59.4 while being carefully paced by other runners. Bannister's quarter-mile splits were 57.5 seconds, 60.7, 62.3, and 58.9. Twenty-three days after Bannister had run the most famous mile of all time, his fellow Briton, Diane Leather, became the first woman to break five minutes with a 4:59.6 seconds, in Birmingham, England, on May 29, 1954. In the forty-plus years since the two British runners broke these significant marks, women's times have improved by a far higher percentage than men's.

 

[smotherman]

Kissing helps reduce tooth decay because the extra saliva helps clean out your mouth.

 

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When you kiss a person with the same hair color as yourself, the result is a more passionate kiss.

 

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You use only two muscles on your face when you give a peck kiss but you use all of your facial muscles and burn more calories during a passionate kiss.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

During the Middle Ages and Renaissance periods, every ring that was set with a precious stone was not so much a piece of jewelry, but an amulet that conveyed the magical powers of the stone upon the wearer.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

According to U.S. law, a patent may not be granted on a useless invention, on a method of doing business, on mere printed matter, or on a device or machine that will not operate. Even if an invention is novel or new, a patent may not be obtained if the invention would have been obvious to a person having ordinary skill in the same area at the time of the invention.

 

[fire_breeze]

2 and 5 are the only prime numbers that end in 2 or 5.

 

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A catfish has approximately 100,000 taste buds.

 

[fire_breeze]

Men get hiccups more often than women.

 

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Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

A magic potion or charm thought to arouse sexual love, especially toward a specific person, is known as a philter.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

The point of the back that lies between the shoulders and the lower back, which cannot be reached to be scratched is called the Acnestis.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

A person who never laughs is known as an Agelastic.

 

[smotherman]

The average person will spend an estimated 20,160 min kissing in their lifetime.

 

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Kissing releases the same neurotransmitters (chemical messengers in the brain) as those that are released when you engage in intense exercise such as running a marathon or skydiving. This causes your heart to beat faster and your breathing to become deep and irregular.

 

[smotherman]

On September 15, 1990, Alfred Wolfram from New Brighton kissed 8001 people in just 8 hours, over sixteen people a minute, at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival.

 

[fire_breeze]

Kissing releases the same neurotransmitters (chemical messengers in the brain) as those that are released when you engage in intense exercise such as running a marathon or skydiving. This causes your heart to beat faster and your breathing to become deep and irregular.

Hmmm... I wonder... can I substitute my going to the gym with kissing?

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

The warmth of the sun in winter is known as apricity

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

Someone dressed in black, a mourner is known as an atrate

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

A cachinator is a person who laughs too much or too loud.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

At 5.2cm long the world’s biggest sperm belongs to a teeny, tiny fruit fly named Drosophila bifurca.

That’s 1,000 times longer than an average human sperm.

To put that into perspective, if humans made sperm of the same size relative to the body and you took a six-foot man and stood him on the goal line of a football field, his sperm would stretch out to the 40-yard line.

 

[smotherman]

The more sex you have, the more you will be offered. The sexually active body gives off greater quantities of chemicals called pheromones. These subtle sex perfumes drive the opposite sex crazy!

 

[smotherman]

Hmmm... I wonder... can I substitute my going to the gym with kissing?

How about kissing at the gym? You never kissed while on the treadmill?

eyeroll again! Melting! lol

 

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Milk chocolate was invented by Daniel Peter, who sold the concept to his neighbor Henri Nestlé.

 

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Watermelons are 97% water, lettuce 97%, tomatoes 95%, carrots 90%, and bread 30%.