Total Trivia

[Gaia_Lorraine]

A giant Pacific octopus can fit its entire body through an opening no bigger than the size of its beak

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

If you never get thirsty, you need to drink more water. When the human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off.

 

[matt_wolf]

Sit down. Lift your right foot off the ground and turn it in clockwise circles. Then, while still doing this, draw a number '6' in the air with your right hand. Your foot will change direction and there is nothing you can do about it.

Been testing out that nothing all evening.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

Sit down. Lift your right foot off the ground and turn it in clockwise circles. Then, while still doing this, draw a number '6' in the air with your right hand. Your foot will change direction and there is nothing you can do about it.

Been testing out that nothing all evening.

I got an email from a friend who sent me that, it's crazy and fun! Especially when you're trying to do it at the office desk and everyone thinks you just lost your marbles

 

[matt_wolf]

i was trying it on the bus.... but then the bus is always full of crazy people so nobody noticed

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

i was trying it on the bus.... but then the bus is always full of crazy people so nobody noticed

LOL, so true

 

[smotherman]

American and Russian space flights have always included chocolate.

 

[smotherman]

In the United States, approximately seven billion pounds of chocolate and candy are manufactured each year.

 

[smotherman]

The Russian Imperial Necklace has been loaned out by Joseff jewelers of Hollywood for 1,215 different feature films.

 

[Daizie]

More diamonds are sold around Christmas than any other time of the year.

 

[Daizie]

This Month in History - December


1 Sherlock Holmes appeared for the first time in print in "A Study in Scarlet." (1887)

1 In Montgomery, Rosa Parks is arrested for refusing to give up her seat in the front section of a bus. (1955)

2 Barney B. Clark receives the world's first artificial heart transplant. (1982)

5 The 21st Amendment repeals Prohibition. (1933)

7 Martin Van Buren becomes the eighth President of the United States, and the first president to be born in this country.

7 Thomas Edison exhibited the phonograph in (1877)

7 Pearl Harbor was bombed in a surprise Japanese attack. It marked the U.S. entry into WWII.(1941)

8 John Lennon, singer, guitarist, songwriter, and poet for the Beatles, was assassinated in New York City by Mark David Chapman in 1980.

10 Wyoming, a territory of the U.S., allowed women to vote and hold office (1869).

10 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. received the Nobel Peace Prize. (1964)

13 The Clip-on tie is created. (1928)

15 The Bill of Rights are enacted, amending the U.S. Constitution (1791)

15 Sioux Chief Sitting Bull was killed by Indian police.(1890)

15 Gone With the Wind premiered in Atlanta, Georgia. (1939)

15 Infamous band leader Glenn Miller died in a plane crash over the English Channel.(1944)

16 Boston residents protesting British taxation threw tea overboard on a British ship . The Boston Tea Party was the beginning of the American fight for independence.

16 The famous World War II "Battle of the Bulge" began. (1944)

17 The Wright Brothers made their first airplane flight at Kitty Hawk, N.C. (1903)

19 Charles Dickens published "A Christmas Carol". (1843)

21 The Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts. (1620)

21 "Snow White" premiered at theaters. (1937)

23 The transistor was invented by U.S. physicists John Bardeen, Walter H. Brittain, and William Shockley. (1947)

24 Franz Joseph Gruber composed "Silent Night". (1818)

25 William the Conqueror is crowned the King of England. (1066)

26 James Mason invents the coffee percolator. (1865)

27 Radio City Music Hall in New York City opens. (1932)

28 William F. Semple patented chewing gum. (1869)

30 Edwin Hubble announces the existence of other galactic systems. (1924)

 

[Daizie]

Among other things, December is:

Bingo Month
Write a Friend Month

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

Among other things, December is:

Bingo Month
Write a Friend Month

Bingo month?

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

The original Roman year had 10 named months Martius "March", Aprilis "April", Maius "May", Junius "June", Quintilis "July", Sextilis "August", September "September", October "October", November "November", December "December", and probably two unnamed months in the dead of winter when not much happened in agriculture. The year began with Martius "March". Numa Pompilius, the second king of Rome circa 700 BC, added the two months Januarius "January" and Februarius "February". He also moved the beginning of the year from Marius to Januarius and changed the number of days in several months to be odd, a lucky number. After Februarius there was occasionally an additional month of Intercalaris "intercalendar". This is the origin of the leap-year day being in February. In 46 BC, Julius Caesar reformed the Roman calendar (hence the Julian calendar) changing the number of days in many months and removing Intercalaris.

 

[smotherman]

To predict the sex of a baby, Suspend a wedding band held by a piece of thread over the palm of the pregnant girl. If the ring swings in an oval or circular motion the baby will be a girl. If the ring swings in a straight line the baby will be a boy.

 

[smotherman]

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

 

[smotherman]

The estimated weight of the Great Pyramid of Egypt is 6,648,000 tons.

 

[smotherman]

There are 403 steps from the foundation to the top of the torch in the Statue of Liberty.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

The first congestion charge was in Singapore in 1973 when police checkpoints manually charged motorists.
In 2007 drivers paid £252m in fees to the London congestion charge which costs £130m a year to run.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

It is estimated that Britons will spend £13.6 billion doing online shopping this christmas.

 

[smotherman]

Kissing each day will keep the dentist away. Kissing encourages saliva to wash food from the teeth and lowers the level of the acid that causes decay, preventing plaque build-up.

 

[smotherman]

Butterfly Kiss:

With your faces less than a breath away, open and close your eyelids against your partners. If done correctly, the fluttering sensation will match the one in your heart.

 

[smotherman]

A vulture will never attack a human or animal that is moving.

 

[smotherman]

More Americans lose their virginity in June than any other month.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

Milk delivered to the store today was in the cow two days ago.