Total Trivia

[smotherman]

A baby is born every seven seconds.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

The first medical use of leeches dates back to approximately 2,500 years ago. The leech's saliva contains a property that acts as an anticoagulant for human blood.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

The first automobile to cross the United States took 52 days in 1903 to travel from San Francisco to New York.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

Robert E. Lee was a superintendent of West Point but had never commanded in battle when he became commander of the Confederacy's Army of Northern Virginia during the U.S. Civil War.

 

[rbijon]

How does it feel
How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?

Dylan 1965

 

[smotherman]

The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400

 

[smotherman]

Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later.

 

[smotherman]

In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes. When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase "goodnight, sleep tight."

 

[smotherman]

Coca-Cola was originally green.

 

[kindtemptress]

If a native Hawaiian woman places the flower on her right ear, she is available. (The bigger the flower, the more desperate)

 

[kindtemptress]

Ghandi didn't allow his wife to take penicillin to save her life from pneumonia but took quinine to save himself from malaria.

 

[kindtemptress]

Music can help reduce chronic pain by more than 20% and can alleviate depression by up to 25%

 

[kindtemptress]

hate to do this to the chocolate lovers but...

The average chocolate bar has 8 insect legs in it.

 

[kindtemptress]

The Population of the world can live within the state boundaries of Texas

 

[FallenAngel75]

Yes, but.... I haven't lost any weight

That would be great... However, the skin cells are able to rebuild themselves too fast

 

[OzArrian]

The Population of the world can live within the state boundaries of Texas

So is the room next to Debbie of Dallas free?

Keith Moon (legendary Who drummer) ran over the chauffeur of his limousine whilst trying to escape over-eager fans.

 

[desideratum]

Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later.

The biggest, boldest and most defiant signature on the Declaration of Independence was by John Hancock. So completely did it overshadow the autographs of the other founding fathers that the term 'John Hancock' has become synonymous with a 'signature' and each of us at the one time or another has most likely spoken of 'putting his 'John Hancock' at the bottom of a document.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

hate to do this to the chocolate lovers but...

The average chocolate bar has 8 insect legs in it.

Oh well, I guess it adds a bit of protein

Hang on! come to think of it.... finding an insect leg has got to be far worse than finding a whole insect

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

The are more different kinds of insects in existence today than the total of all kinds of other animals put together.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

Every hour, nearly 12,500 puppies are born in the United States.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

The shortest war on record, between Britain and Zanzibar in 1896, lasted just 38 minutes.

 

[kindtemptress]

The green stuff on the occasional freak potato chip is chlorophyll

 

[kindtemptress]

The stall closest to the door in a bathroom is the cleanest, because it is the least used.

haha i bet we all start using the first stall now

 

[kindtemptress]

Ohio is listed as the 17th state in the U.S., but technically it is Number 47. Until August 7, 1953, Congress forgot to vote on a resolution to admit Ohio to the Union.

 

[kindtemptress]

The dome on Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's home, conceals a billiards room. In Jefferson's day, billiards were illegal in Virginia.