Total Trivia

[smotherman]

The ashes of the average cremated person weigh nine pounds.

 

[smotherman]

You share your birthday with at least nine million other people around the world.

 

[desideratum]

In the classic portrait scene in Titanic (1997), it is the director James Cameron's hands that are seen sketching Kate Winslet {Rose} wearing the necklace. Cameron also drew the other pictures in Jack's notebook.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

Marlon Brando is the only actor to have starred in two of the top 10 films on the American Film Institute's "100 Greatest Movies" list. Those films were The Godfather (1972) which ranked Number 3, and On the Waterfront (1954) which ranked Number 8.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

When glass breaks, the cracks move faster than 3,000 miles per hour. To photograph the event, a camera must shoot at a millionth of a second.

 

[smotherman]

A person will die from total lack of sleep sooner than from starvation. Death will occur about 10 days without sleep, while starvation takes a few weeks.

 

[smotherman]

An average human drinks about 16, 000 gallons of water in a lifetime.

 

[smotherman]

Blondes have more hair than dark-haired people.

 

[smotherman]

Women's hearts beat faster than men's.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

The first vending machines in the US dispensed chewing gum and were installed in New York City train platforms in 1888.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

According to the New York Telephone Company, of the 398 million telephones in the world, more than one-third are in the United States.

 

[smotherman]

A diamond will not dissolve in acid. The only thing that can destroy it is intense heat.

 

[smotherman]

The only rock that floats in water is pumice.

 

[smotherman]

The three most common elements in the universe are 1) hydrogen; 2) helium; 3) oxygen.

 

[smotherman]

10% of the salt mined in the world each year is used to de-ice the roads in America.

 

[smotherman]

Natural gas has no odor. The smell is added artificially so that leaks can be detected.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

600 million years ago the length of the day was about 2 hours less than it is now at just less than 22 hours.
This is due to a slowing down of the Earth's spin which is caused by the friction of the tides on the Earth's surface.

This very same fact is the reason why 1 second will be added to 2008 just before midnight on New Years Eve.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

The ancient sun-gods, by culture, were called -:


Egyptian: Re
Celts: Lugh
Aztec: Tonatiuh
Aztec: Huitzilopochtli
Greek: Apollo
Roman: Apollo
African: Liza
Chinese: Ten Suns
Polinesian: Maui
Japanese: Amaterasu
Sumerian: Shamash
Navajo: Tsohanoai
Inca: Inti
Inuit: Malina
Hindu: Surya
Hindu: Garuda
Mamaiuran: Kuat
Norse: Freyr

 

[peterbrazen]

The last two Senators that became President before Obama BOTH died in office.
Warren G. in 1923 and John F. Kennedy in 1963.

 

[smotherman]

There are about 30 milligrams of caffeine in the average chocolate bar, while a cup of coffee contains around 100 to 150 milligrams.

 

[smotherman]

Two in every three car buyers pays the sticker price without arguing.

 

[smotherman]

When Scott Paper Co. first started manufacturing toilet paper they did not put their name on the product because of embarrassment.

 

[smotherman]

Gatorade was named for the University of Florida Gators where it was first developed.

 

[smotherman]

Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

For a majority of Americans, Thanksgiving Day must include the following elements to be a perfect Thanksgiving: eating roasted turkey, mashed potatoes, and pie until you're ready to pop; and watching football games and the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on TV (or see it live if you're in New York City). Launched in 1926, retailer Macy's annual parade was immortalized in the film Miracle on 34th Street, and has become a symbol of the official beginning of the Christmas shopping season.