Total Trivia

[Gaia_Lorraine]

I do, too.

Let's be honest, if they didn't it was a damned expensive set-up!
We've all seen the conspiracy theories but why launch the Apollo rocket to deceive? It doesn't add up.
Having seen the Apollo rocket and the tiny command module at its tip all the mathematics make sense.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

We humans are strange creatures - we fear sharks but we don't fear coconuts, yet ten times more people die each year from falling coconuts than are eaten by sharks!
If you want the figures, that is 150 against 15 on average.

 

[RUlookingup]

The expression "wet your whistle" is commonly believed to have begun many years ago in England. Pub owners had a whistle baked into the ceramic cups that drinks were served in. When a patron of the pub finished their drink and desired a refill, they used the whistle to call for the barmaid indicating that they wanted another drink

 

[RUlookingup]

Derek Jeter needs 40 hits in the 2nd half of this season to reach 150 hits for the 14th straight season. Hank Aaron holds the MLB record with 17 consecutive 150 hit seasons.

 

[HeDoesntLikeYou]

The elephant is the only animal that cannot jump.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

A "hairbreadth away" is 1/48 of an inch.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

An American Animal Hospital Association poll showed that 33 percent of dog owners admit that they talk to their dogs on the phone or leave messages on an answering machine while away.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

More moon trivia

The Apollo mission's success was achieved without the aid of the silicon chip and with an onboard computer memory of a mere 64Kb.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

Yet more lunar landing trivia

The infamous words "One small step..." spoken by Neil Armstrong was heard live by an estimated 450 million people.

Yet Michael Collins, the nearest person orbiting the moon in the Command Module never heard them, he was out of radio contact at the time.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

Yet more lunar landing trivia

Neil Armstrong's mother's maiden name was Moon.

I love that

 

[RUlookingup]

There are seven players in the history of baseball with 400 Homers, 400 doubles, 1400 Runs, 1400 RBI, 1300 Walks and 100 Stolen Bases (and more walks than strikeouts).
They are Barry Bonds, Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Hank Aaron, Carl Yastrzemski, Gary Sheffield and Chipper Jones.

 

[NymphGoddess]

There are seven players in the history of baseball with 400 Homers, 400 doubles, 1400 Runs, 1400 RBI, 1300 Walks and 100 Stolen Bases (and more walks than strikeouts).
They are Barry Bonds, Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Hank Aaron, Carl Yastrzemski, Gary Sheffield and Chipper Jones.

ok I don't know what that means...how about this:

there was one president elected twice NOT in succesion....who?

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

ok I don't know what that means...how about this:

there was one president elected twice NOT in succesion....who?

No idea hon, UK here, wasn't Nero was it?

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

Lunar landing trivia... and finally...

The only handle on the door of the lunar module was on the inside, therefore if Buzz Aldrin had closed the door when he followed Neil Armstrong onto the lunar surface it would have been the biggest cock-up in history

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

All the numbers on a roulette wheel add up to 666

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

A study by the Bamfield Marine Science Centre in British Columbia discovered that herring appear to communicate with each other by, expelling bubbles of gas from their bottoms. These 'distinctive bursts of pulses' were termed Fast Repetitive Ticks by the researchers, or FRTs for short.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

You've probably been wondering what the longest bird penis ever measured is. Well, this type of essential trivia is exactly why we're here.
Since you asked, it's that of the Argentine Lake Duck. The bird's member is shaped like a corkscrew and, at 42.5cm (16.7in), it's roughly the same length as the bird itself.

 

[NattyBumppo]

ok I don't know what that means...how about this:

there was one president elected twice NOT in succesion....who?

Grover Cleveland...and he's also the only POTUS to have a wedding in the White House.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

Grover Cleveland...and he's also the only POTUS to have a wedding in the White House.

Pins a badge onto your bare chest, well done!

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

19th century biologist Sir John Lubbock experimented on ants by getting them drunk. He discovered that sober ants would carry their drunken ant comrades back to their nest if they were from the same colony - but they would throw drunk strangers into the ditch.
It looks like ants and humans have something in common after all

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

Belated Lunar Trivia

Catch your friends out with this...

What were the first words spoken from the surface of the moon?

No, it was not Neil Armstrong's infamous "One small step" speech, nor was it "The Eagle has landed"

In fact it was "Contact light" spoken by Buz Aldrin as he switched on the light that illuminated the lunar surface beneath the newly landed module.

 

[someoneyouknow]

The average heart rate of the average house cat is 148 beats per minute

 

[someoneyouknow]

The average heart rate of a canary is 800 beats per minute

 

[SinfulSophia]

Alligators cannot move backwards

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

Nigeria is the tenth largest country but 85% desert