Total Trivia

[Gaia_Lorraine]

And off the record... we love that - and the eye batting

LOL! reply

 

[smotherman]

A german world war II submarine was sunk due to malfunction of the toilet.

Oh man, that freakin image is back. LOL

 

[smotherman]

Men with a certain rare medical condition can breastfeed babies.

 

[smotherman]

The colder the room you sleep in, the better the chances are that you'll have a bad dream.

 

[fire_breeze]

The colder the room you sleep in, the better the chances are that you'll have a bad dream.

Gods I must be sleeping in below zero temps

 

[fire_breeze]

Dreams prevent psychosis. In a recent sleep study, students who were awakened at the beginning of each dream, but still allowed their 8 hours of sleep, all experienced difficulty in concentration, irritability, hallucinations, and signs of psychosis after only 3 days. When finally allowed their REM sleep the student’s brains made up for lost time by greatly increasing the percentage of sleep spent in the REM stage.

 

[fire_breeze]

A full 12% of sighted people dream exclusively in black and white. The remaining number dream in full color. People also tend to have common themes in dreams, which are situations relating to school, being chased, running slowly/in place, sexual experiences, falling, arriving too late, a person now alive being dead, teeth falling out, flying, failing an examination, or a car accident. It is unknown whether the impact of a dream relating to violence or death is more emotionally charged for a person who dreams in color than one who dreams in black and white.

 

[fire_breeze]

People who have smoked cigarettes for a long time who stop, have reported much more vivid dreams than they would normally experience. Additionally, according to the Journal of Abnormal Psychology: “Among 293 smokers abstinent for between 1 and 4 weeks, 33% reported having at least 1 dream about smoking. In most dreams, subjects caught themselves smoking and felt strong negative emotions, such as panic and guilt. Dreams about smoking were the result of tobacco withdrawal, as 97% of subjects did not have them while smoking, and their occurrence was significantly related to the duration of abstinence. They were rated as more vivid than the usual dreams and were as common as most major tobacco withdrawal symptoms.”

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

A german world war II submarine was sunk due to malfunction of the toilet.

Oh man, that freakin image is back. LOL

Abso-feckin-lutely LOL!

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

Men with a certain rare medical condition can breastfeed babies.

An then the baby spits out the chest hairs

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

REM sleep occurs usually begins 90 minutes after falling asleep in bursts totalling 2 hours a night.

REM dreams are characterised by bizarre plots, but non-REM dreams are repetitive and involve thought. For example, you may suspect you've left something valuable behind somewhere.

Snoring occurs only in non-REM sleep

Elephants sleep standing up during non-REM sleep, but lie down for REM sleep.

 

[smotherman]

Gods I must be sleeping in below zero temps

Canada is known for below zero temps! Move to the states, I hear Las Vegas is real nice and warm.

Sorry couldn't resist!

An then the baby spits out the chest hairs

LOL! maybe the doctor tells them to shave their chest once a week!

 

[smotherman]

Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.

 

[smotherman]

The most common time for a wake up call is 7 am.

 

[smotherman]

A person swallows approx 295 times while eating dinner.

 

[smotherman]

The human body is better suited for two four-hour sleep cycles than one eight-hour one.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

With nearly ten million visitors in 1998, the beautiful and impressive Great Smoky Mountains National Park drew nearly twice the number of visitors as the second most-visited park, the Grand Canyon.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

The stepped sides of the mammoth pyramids were once smooth and not climbable. They were originally covered with a casing of fine, dressed limestone. Over the eons, the casing stones were stripped off the pyramids and used for other building projects.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

The average American's diet today consists of 55 percent junk food.

 

[fire_breeze]

Canada is known for below zero temps! Move to the states, I hear Las Vegas is real nice and warm.

Sorry couldn't resist!

*snort*


And dry, if I remember... ah the desert




Canada is an Indian word meaning "Big Village"

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

Indians of Canada

The following tribal information is taken from "The Indian Tribes of North of America," by John Swanton, 1953.

Algonkin, Arapaho, Assiniboin, Atsima, Bellabella, Bellacoola, Beothuk, Carriers, Chilcotin, Chippewa, Chipewyan, Comox, Cowichan, Cree, Crow, Dakota, Eskimo, Etchaottine, Haida, Hidatsa, Huron, Iriquois, Kawchottine, Kitksan, Kutchin, Kutenai, Kwakiutl, Lake Indians, Lillooet, Malecite, Micmac, Montagnais-Naskapi, Nahane, Nakotcho-kutchin, Nanaimo, Neutral, Niska, Nooksak, Nootka, Ntlakyapamuk, Okanagon, Ottawa, Passamaquoddy, Puntlatsh, Sarcee, Sarsi, Seechelt, Sekani, Senijextee, Shuswap, Siksika, Songish, Squawmish, Stalo, Stuwihamuk, Tahltan, Takkuth-kutchin, Tatlit-kutchin, Tatsanottine, Thlingchadinne, Tionontati, Tsattine, Tsetsaut, Tsimshian, Tutchone

 

[fire_breeze]

Indigenous languages of the Americas (or Amerindian Languages) are spoken by indigenous peoples from the southern tip of South America to Alaska and Greenland, encompassing the land masses which constitute the Americas.

There are about 143 recorded languages in South America alone, include some that are extinct.

 

[smotherman]

The average number of people on a plane over the US any given hour: 61,000.

 

[smotherman]

Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history.

Spades - King David
Hearts - Charlemagne
Clubs -Alexander, the Great
Diamonds - Julius Caesar

 

[smotherman]

Men can read smaller print better than women can.

Women can hear better.