Total Trivia

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There are men in Guam whose full-time job is to travel the countryside and deflower young virgins, who pay them for the privilege of having sex for the first time... Reason: Under Guam law, it is expressly forbidden for virgins to marry.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

In France, to be redheaded is thought to be a very bad fate.

Red hair is a genetic mutation.

Percentages of redheads in different countries range from single digits to a fraction of 1 per cent -- a recent estimate for France is 0.03 per cent of people.

Redheads generally are more numerous in northern latitudes, but also turn up among Hungarians, Egyptians, Israelis and certain Nigerian tribes. In Denmark it is an honour to have a redheaded child.

In Corsica, if you pass one in the street you spit and turn around.

Short temper and sexual fieriness are attributed to them. It is "common knowledge" that redheads have hot tempers, but no one has ever seen a controlled study that tested the correlation. So while some like to use that excuse, it probably isn't a valid one. As for the sexual fieriness – I cannot possibly comment

In Poland, if you pass three red-heads you'll win the state lottery,

 

[RUlookingup]

Everyone who ever grew up in the South Bronx remembers the Prospect Theater. It opened in 1918 and was operated by RKO for many years.

Restored to its original beauty in 2000, it was used for live peformances as the Olympic Theater Concert Hall until its recent closure in 2006.

Scenes from the 2007 film August Rush were filmed inside the vacant theater.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

By deftly swinging, stretching, and doubling a fist-size lump of flour-and-water dough, a Chinese master noodle maker can create 2,048 strands of "long xu mian" - dragon's beard noodles - each as fine as a human hair. (This Chinese delicacy is deep fried and wrapped into thin pancakes)

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

Bees must collect nectar from two million flowers to make a one-pound comb of honey.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

The Indians of the eastern U.S. had a particular liking for meats served with fruit sauces. The ripening of cranberries and the Thanksgiving holiday coincide, which is one reason why cranberry relish is traditionally served with roast turkey.

 

[fire_breeze]

Back in 1919, the Russian transplant pioneer Serge Voronoff made headlines by grafting monkey testicles onto human males.

 

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A galactic year is 250 million Earth-years. This is the time it takes for our solar system to make one revolution around the Milky Way Galaxy.

 

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One tree can filter up to sixty pounds of pollutants from the air each year.

 

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The first domain name ever registered was Symbolics.com on March 15, 1985.

 

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The tip of a bullwhip moves so fast that it breaks the sound barrier. The crack of the whip is actually a tiny sonic boom.

 

[fire_breeze]

The first underground railway to be completed in continental Europe was opened in Budapest in 1896, after only two years of construction. It stretched from Gizella tér (now Vörösmarty tér, the city centre) to City Park and the local zoo, over a total length of 3.7 km (2.3 mi). It is now part of the Budapest Metro and remains largely in its original state, with new cars, but the stations restored in keeping with their original design.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

Back in 1919, the Russian transplant pioneer Serge Voronoff made headlines by grafting monkey testicles onto human males.

The resultant effect of this we often see manifest in Crazy PM's

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

When energy is used, it doesn't disappear; it merely goes elsewhere or is changed into another form.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

According to the National Geographic Society, a survey of 18- to 24-year-olds from nine nations put the United States dead last in general geographic knowledge scores. One in seven — about 24 million people — could not find their own country on a world map. The survey revealed that Americans possess a pathetically poor sense of where they are — much less any knowledge about the rest of the world. And even more alarming, those who participated in the survey were recent high school and college graduates.

 

[kindtemptress]

There are men in Guam whose full-time job is to travel the countryside and deflower young virgins, who pay them for the privilege of having sex for the first time... Reason: Under Guam law, it is expressly forbidden for virgins to marry.

i wonder how many men wanna move to Guam now

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

Casey Stengel didn't retire from managing the New York Giants until he was 75 years old.

 

[MSH2]

i wonder how many men wanna move to Guam now

Actually only done it once and she didnt tell me till it was too late. Scared the bejesus out of me

 

[RUlookingup]

The 1948 Oaklnad Oaks were nicknamed the “Nine Old Men” in that many of the star players were older veterans of the major leagues, including Ernie Lombardi, Cookie Lavagetto, Nick Etten, and Catfish Metkovich. There were younger players on the team as well, including rookie second baseman Alfred “Billy” Martin. Manager Stengel wore jersey number 1, while Martin wore number 7. When Martin came to the Yankees in 1950, number 7 had been taken by Mickey Mantle, so Martin asked for and was issued number 1 – in honor of his mentor, Casey Stengel.

 

[RUlookingup]

The Loew's Paradise Theatre of the Bronx was one of the last 'Atmospheric' style theatres built towards the end of the movie palace building boom. John Eberson, the architect who designed this $4,000,000 deluxe picture palace, was famed for his 'Atmospheric' theatres and the Bronx Paradise, is perhaps the greatest example of his work to survive since the demolition of the Paradise Theatre in Chicago (1928-1956).

The theater is a New York City Registered Landmark building, for both the facade and the interior. Listed on 16th April 1997.

 

[RUlookingup]

What percent of the black voters in America voted Obama?

Answer#1 95% Obama. 3% McCain. The guy from the Pew Research just reported it on PBS news tonight.

Answer #2 103%, the extra 3% are from Chicago

 

[fire_breeze]

Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better

 

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Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets combined

 

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Apparently, intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair

 

[RUlookingup]

Why men are better than women at trivia
Regis Philbin once lamented that all his contestants were men. Jeopardy has an affirmative action program so that half of all new contestants are women. But why is it that trivia seems to be a man's game?

The University of Ulster at Coleraine has wondered about that, as well. Located in the northern part of Ireland, the university gave 1500 university students a 182-question general knowledge test, balanced to eliminate gender bias. Surprisingly, the men beat the women in just about every category, even in fashion. (The source suggests women prevailed either in "family" or in "medicine" and "cookery," it's a little unclear.)

Interestingly, the psychologists designed the study to eliminate other possible explanations, such as gender differences in memory or in IQ. The main explanation left appears to be that men see general knowledge tests as a competition with other males.

Interestingly, in the online game we run here, at least half the top players are female, and other research suggest that women are very much drawn to online gaming, provided that they are competing only with themselves. It may be that most trivia environments are too cut-throat for women, who prefer not to be surrounded by men competing to see who has the biggest ... brains.