Total Trivia

[fire_breeze]

The names of the three monkeys are Mizaru (see no evil), Kikazaru (hear no evil), and Iwazaru (speak no evil).

 

[fire_breeze]

Mr. Snuffleupagas' first name was Aloysius.

 

[fire_breeze]

A group of unicorns is called a blessing. A group of owls is called a parliament.

 

[fire_breeze]

Smooching passionately for 90 seconds will elevate blood pressure and cause the pulse rate to go racing, equivalent of a short jog.

You know, you are making a very good case of kissing instead of working out!

 

[Daizie]

Do mice really like cheese?

The mouse is a rodent, and most rodents prefer a diet of vegetables and grains. But mice and many other rodents will also eat insects and animal flesh. In fact, a hungry mouse will eat just about anything — including cheese.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

The Mai Tai cocktail was created in 1945 by Victor Bergeron, the genius of rum, also known as Trader Vic. The drink got its name when he served it to two friends from Tahiti, who exclaimed "Maitai roa ae!" In Tahitian, the phrase means out of this world — the best!

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

If harnessed, the energy liberated by an average hurricane could supply the electricity in the U.S. for six months.

 

[Sienna]

The light year is not a unit of time; it is the distance that light travels in one year which is about 6 trillion miles (10 trillion km)...



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[Gaia_Lorraine]

The first catcher in major league baseball history to win the Rookie of the Year award was Johnny Bench of the Cincinnati Reds, in 1968.

(That could be written in Greek and would still make as much sense to me)

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

The very peak of the Washington Monument is not stone, but a 100-ounce solid aluminum pyramid, constructed as part of the monument's lightning protection system. In the 1880s, aluminum was a rare metal, selling for $1.10 per ounce and used primarily for jewelry. The pyramid at the top of the monument was the largest piece of aluminum of its day and was such a novelty that it was displayed at Tiffany's jewelry store before it was placed at the top.

 

[desideratum]

hmmm, I missed this thread so much!

It takes 8.5 minutes for light to get from the sun to the earth

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

hmmm, I missed this thread so much!

It takes 8.5 minutes for light to get from the sun to the earth

Welcome back

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

To fard is the action of painting the face with cosmetics so as to hide blemishes.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

According to recent research, women who use talc every day to freshen up there genitals are 40% more likely to develop ovarian cancer.
Scientists fear that powder particles applied to the private parts can travel to the ovaries and trigger inflammation that allows cancer cells to flourish.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

Facts about talc...

- The main ingredient is magnesium silicate or soapstone.
- Soapstone also features in lipstick, paint and insecticide.
- Habitat destruction caused by illegal mining of soapstone has helped drive the Indian tiger to the brink of extinction.
- Talc-related accidents accounted for 73 emergency hospital admissions in the UK, half as many as dust pan-linked mishaps.
- Talc can be used to disentangle a knotted necklace. Dust it with powder before using a needle or pin to pick apart the knots.
- It can revitalise greasy hair, sprinkle on and comb through for a quick-dry shampoo.

 

[smotherman]

In 1995, Mo Ka Wang, a Chi Kung master in Hong Kong, lifted over 250 pounds of weight two feet off the floor with his erect penis.

 

[smotherman]

A female dog, her mate and her puppies can potentially produce 12,288 dogs in five years.

 

[the_mgp]

Echidnas don't have nipples.

 

[smotherman]

You know, you are making a very good case of kissing instead of working out!

Yes I know, I try my best to plead my case.

 

[smotherman]

More Americans lose their virginity in June than in any other month (must be all those weddings and prom nights).

 

[fire_breeze]

Yes I know, I try my best to plead my case.

And you do it so well!

 

[fire_breeze]

Some superstitions about the bed:

It's bad luck to put a hat on a bed.

If you make a bedspread, or a quilt, be sure to finish it or marriage will never come to you

Placing a bed facing north and south brings misfortune.

You must get out of bed on the same side that you get in or you will have bad luck.

When making the bed, don't interrupt your work, or you will spend a restless night in it.

 

[fire_breeze]

According to the old saying...

Monday's child is fair of face;
Tuesday's child is full of grace;
Wednesday's child is full of woe;
Thursday's child has far to go;
Friday's child is loving and giving;
Saturday's child works hard for a living.
But the child that is born on the Sabbath day
is fair and wise, good and gay.

 

[fire_breeze]

How did Friday the thirteenth become such an unlucky day?

Fear of Friday the 13th is rooted in ancient, separate bad-luck associations with the number 13 and the day Friday. The two unlucky entities combine to make one super unlucky day.

There is a Norse myth about 12 gods having a dinner party at Valhalla, their heaven. In walked the uninvited 13th guest, the mischievous Loki. Once there, Loki arranged for Hoder, the blind god of darkness, to shoot Balder the Beautiful, the god of joy and gladness, with a mistletoe-tipped arrow. Balder died and the Earth got dark. The whole Earth mourned.

There is a Biblical reference to the unlucky number 13. Judas, the apostle who betrayed Jesus, was the 13th guest to the Last Supper.

A particularly bad Friday the 13th occurred in the middle ages. On a Friday the 13th in 1306, King Philip of France arrested the revered Knights Templar and began torturing them, marking the occasion as a day of evil.

In ancient Rome, witches reportedly gathered in groups of 12. The 13th was believed to be the devil.

Both Friday and the number 13 were once closely associated with capital punishment. In British tradition, Friday was the conventional day for public hangings, and there were supposedly 13 steps leading up to the noose.

It is traditionally believed that Eve tempted Adam with the apple on a Friday. Tradition also has it that the Flood in the Bible, the confusion at the Tower of Babel, and the death of Jesus Christ all took place on Friday.

Numerologists consider 12 a "complete" number. There are 12 months in a year, 12 signs of the zodiac, 12 gods of Olympus, 12 labors of Hercules, 12 tribes of Israel, and 12 apostles of Jesus. In exceeding 12 by 1, 13's association with bad luck has to do with just being a little beyond completeness.

 

[fire_breeze]

How is fear of the number thirteen demonstarted?

More than 80 percent of high-rises lack a 13th floor.

Many airports skip the 13th gate.

Airplanes have no 13th aisle.

Hospitals and hotels regularly have no room number 13.

Italians omit the number 13 from their national lottery.

On streets in Florence, Italy, the house between number 12 and 14 is addressed as 12 and a half.

Many cities do not have a 13th Street or a 13th Avenue

In France, socialites known as the quatorziens (fourteeners) once made themselves available as 14th guests to keep a dinner party from an unlucky fate.

Many triskaidekaphobes, as those who fear the unlucky integer are known, point to the ill-fated mission to the moon, Apollo 13.

If you have 13 letters in your name, you will have the devil's luck . Jack the Ripper, Charles Manson, Jeffrey Dahmer, Theodore Bundy and Albert De Salvo all have 13 letters in their names.