Total Trivia

[fire_breeze]

In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.

 

[fire_breeze]

In the 40's, the Bich pen was changed to Bic for fear that Americans would pronounce it 'Bitch.'

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

The famous supposition "I think therefore I am" was concocted by the 17th century French philosopher Rene Descartes.

Based on his theory that thought is the very essence of our existence he concluded the mind is a mental construct, the brain is a physical presence.

This is known as Cartesian dualism.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

50% of the audiences attending the musical stage production of "Les Miserables" applaud the suicide of Javert.

 

[EesomeBeastie]

There are nine mugs on the mug shelf in my kitchen cabinet. Can't get much more useless than that, information-wise.

 

[NymphGoddess]

there was only one president of the US that was not killed in office when he was elected durring a year ending in "0"

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

The American Heritage Dictionary was once banned from the Eldon, Missouri library because it contained 39 "objectionable" words.

 

[NymphGoddess]

the word "ai'n't" is a real word that was removed from the dictionary due to it's continued impropper use. ( it means " am I not")

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

Someone described as "pachydermatous," is insensitive to criticism and insult, or insensitive to others.

 

[smotherman]

A person can earn $50 per hour sitting on balloons while being filmed (for fetish videos).

 

[smotherman]

If you are a pregnant woman, if you eat a bowl of cereal each week, it is 87% more likely that will give birth to a boy.

 

[smotherman]

60% of Japanese people will not make eye contact with another Japanese person during a conversation. 60% of Japanese people will make eye contact during conversation with a robot, however.

 

[smotherman]

27% of laser printers emit particulate chemicals as harmful to lungs as second hand smoke.

 

[smotherman]

10% of states in the USA have more gun dealers than gas stations.

 

[fire_breeze]

There are dozens of entries for origami in the Guinness Book of World Records including most folds, smallest, biggest, fastest time for folding 100 cranes, and many more.

 

[fire_breeze]

The smallest origami crane in the world was made by Naito Akira folding plastic film measuring 0.1 by 0.1 mm. The 82-year old uses special tools and a microscope.

 

[smotherman]

Bulls are colorblind, therefore will usually charge at a matador's waving cape no matter what color it is.

 

[smotherman]

A lump of pure gold the size of a matchbox can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court!

 

[smotherman]

A hard working adult sweats up to 4 gallons per day. Most of the sweat evaporates before a person realizes it's there, though!

 

[smotherman]

Of all known forms of animals life ever to inhabit the Earth, only about 10 percent still exist today.

 

[smotherman]

Olympic pools are 50 meters long.

 

[smotherman]

People fear spiders more than they do death.

 

[smotherman]

We spend 6 months of our lives waiting for red lights.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

The largest known volcanic eruption occurred in Yellowstone Park when some 10,000 cubic kilometers of ejecta were spewed into the atmosphere. By comparison, Mount St. Helens coughed up about one cubic kilometer of debris.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

A car operates at maximum economy, gas-wise, at speeds between 25 and 35 miles per hour.