Total Trivia

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Adam and Eve?
Garden of Eden?
If you are genuinely interested then take a look at this link....

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...-mysterious-stones-mark-site-Garden-Eden.html

Thank you

 

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Elephants bathe. Sometimes the spray dirt on themselves to get the parasites off. Sometimes they bathe in mud.

They cool off by fanning their ears. This cools the blood in their ears. That blood goes to the rest of their body and cools off the elephant.

They poop 80 pounds in one day.

Elephants weigh 10,000 pounds.

 

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In the Middle Ages, the skulls of saints were used as drinking cups on ceremonial occasions.

 

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It was common in Europe and the British Isles during the Middle Ages and later in the New World to try and condemn animals for injuring or killing a human. For example, the French parliament, the highest court in the land, once ordered the execution of a cow. It was hanged, then burned at the stake.

 

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The military salute, which consists of the hand bring brought to a horizontal position over the eyebrows, has a very old origin, dating, in fact, from the very commencement of the history of the English army. Its origin is founded on the tournaments of the Middle Ages, and was as follows: After the queen of beauty was enthroned, the knights who were to take part in the sports of the day, marched past the dais on which she sat, and as they passed they shielded their eyes from the rays of her beauty.

 

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In commemoration of the 200th page:

what happened in the year 200 CE.

Events

By place
World
Human population reaches about 257 million.
Roman Empire
Septimus Severus visits Syria, Palestine and Arabia.
Palestine, benefiting from the benevolent policies of Severus, sees a significant economic revival.
The province of Numidia is taken from the African proconsul and made an Imperial province.
Asia
Chinese warlord Cao Cao defeats Yuan Shao in the battle of Guandu.
In Japan, Himiko, whose capital is situated in Yamatai, extends her authority over a number of clans.
The Americas
The Classic Age of Maya civilization begins (around this year).
The Paracas culture in the Andes comes to an end (around this year).

By topic
Art
Septimius Severus, Julia Domna and Their Children, Publius Septimius Geta and Caracalla, from Fayum, Egypt, is made. It is now kept at Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Antikensammlung.
Religion
Jewish Eretz Yisraeli scholar Judah ha-Nasi compiles tracts of the Mishnah, beginning the creation of Talmudic law.
Clement of Alexandria denounces the use of musical instruments to support human voices in Christian music.
Brahmanism evolves into Hinduism (approximate date).


Births
Fei Yi, an official of Shu (approximate date) (d. 253)
Ma Jun (d. 265)
Wang Ling, general of Wei (d. 250)
Sun Shao, general of Wu (d. 242)
Zhou Fang, general of Wu (d. 240)
Diophantus, Greek mathematician
Marcus Claudius Tacitus, Roman Emperor (d. 276)
Valerian I, Roman Emperor

Deaths

Chunyu Qiong (executed by Yuan Shao)
Dong Cheng (executed by Cao Cao)
Gan Ji, Taoist priest
Han Juzi, general under Yuan Shao
Ji Ping (executed by Cao Cao)
Ju Shou (officer of Yuan Shao)
Lü Weihuang
Mi Heng, renowned scholar and friend of Kong Rong (executed by Huang Zu) (b. 173)
Sui Yuanjin
Sun Ce, elder brother of the founder of Wu Kingdom, Sun Quan (b. 175)
Tian Feng (executed by Yuan Shao)
Wen Chou, general under Yuan Shao
Xu Gong
Yan Liang, general under Yuan Shao
Zheng Xuan (b. 127)

Blatantly ripped off

 

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In commemoration of the 200th page:

what happened in the year 200 CE.

Events

By place
World
Human population reaches about 257 million.
Roman Empire
Septimus Severus visits Syria, Palestine and Arabia.
Palestine, benefiting from the benevolent policies of Severus, sees a significant economic revival.
The province of Numidia is taken from the African proconsul and made an Imperial province.
Asia
Chinese warlord Cao Cao defeats Yuan Shao in the battle of Guandu.
In Japan, Himiko, whose capital is situated in Yamatai, extends her authority over a number of clans.
The Americas
The Classic Age of Maya civilization begins (around this year).
The Paracas culture in the Andes comes to an end (around this year).

By topic
Art
Septimius Severus, Julia Domna and Their Children, Publius Septimius Geta and Caracalla, from Fayum, Egypt, is made. It is now kept at Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Antikensammlung.
Religion
Jewish Eretz Yisraeli scholar Judah ha-Nasi compiles tracts of the Mishnah, beginning the creation of Talmudic law.
Clement of Alexandria denounces the use of musical instruments to support human voices in Christian music.
Brahmanism evolves into Hinduism (approximate date).


Births
Fei Yi, an official of Shu (approximate date) (d. 253)
Ma Jun (d. 265)
Wang Ling, general of Wei (d. 250)
Sun Shao, general of Wu (d. 242)
Zhou Fang, general of Wu (d. 240)
Diophantus, Greek mathematician
Marcus Claudius Tacitus, Roman Emperor (d. 276)
Valerian I, Roman Emperor

Deaths

Chunyu Qiong (executed by Yuan Shao)
Dong Cheng (executed by Cao Cao)
Gan Ji, Taoist priest
Han Juzi, general under Yuan Shao
Ji Ping (executed by Cao Cao)
Ju Shou (officer of Yuan Shao)
Lü Weihuang
Mi Heng, renowned scholar and friend of Kong Rong (executed by Huang Zu) (b. 173)
Sui Yuanjin
Sun Ce, elder brother of the founder of Wu Kingdom, Sun Quan (b. 175)
Tian Feng (executed by Yuan Shao)
Wen Chou, general under Yuan Shao
Xu Gong
Yan Liang, general under Yuan Shao
Zheng Xuan (b. 127)

Blatantly ripped off

It was also a leap year

 

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It was also a leap year

A minor detail that becomes important every four years

 

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A minor detail that becomes important every four years

Not unless you look before you leap FB!!!

 

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Not unless you look before you leap FB!!!

Well, that would defeat the whole purpose!

 

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In an article in 1998, The Journal of the American Medical Association claimed that adverse drug reactions may cause more than 100,000 deaths a year in the US alone.

 

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The main active chemical in marijuana is THC (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol). The membranes of certain nerve cells in the brain contain protein receptors that bind to THC. Once securely in place, THC kicks off a series of cellular reactions that ultimately lead to the high that users experience when they smoke marijuana

 

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Where was I when the frequency memo passed?

Don't act innocent!

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

Apes gibber
Asses bray
Bears growl
Bees hum, buzz, murmur
Beetles drone
Birds sing
Bitterns boom
Blackbirds whistle
Bulls bellow
Calves bleat
Cats meow, mew, purr, caterwal
Chickens peep, cackle
Cocks crow
Cows moo, low
Crows caw
Cuckoos cuckoo
Deer bell
Dogs bark, woof, arf
Dolphins click
Doves coo, moan
Ducks quack
Eagles scream
Elephants trumpet
Falcons chant
Flies buzz
Foxes bark, yelp
Frogs croak
Geese cackle, hiss, honk
Giraffes bleats, grunts
Grasshoppers chirp, pitter
Grouse drum
Guinea fowl cry
Guinea pigs squeak, whistle
Gulls squawk
Hares squeak
Hawks scram
Hippos bray
Horses neigh, whinny
Hyenas laugh
Kittens mew
Lions roar
Loons howl
Magpies chatter
Mice squeak, squeal
Monkeys chatter, gibber
Nightingales pipe, warble, jug-jug
Owls hoot, screech, wail
Oxen low, bellow
Parrots talk
Peacocks scream
Penguin babies bleat
Pigeons coo
Pigs grunt, squeal, squeak
Ravens croak
Rhinos snort
Rooks caw
Sandpipers pipe, whistle
Shearwaters shrill
Sheep bleat, baa
Snake hiss
Sparrow chirp
Stags bellow, call
Swallows titter
Swans crey, hiss, grunt
Tigers roar, growl
Tortoises grunt
Turkeys gobble
Wolves howl

Oh, and humans prattle

 

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Don't act innocent!

Me? Never!

 

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A drinking establishment is now located in the New York City building that once housed the National Temperance Society.

 

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The Pilgrims landed at what is now Plymouth, Massachusetts, rather than continue sailing because they were running out of supplies, especially alcohol beverage


If a young Tiriki man offers beer to a woman and she spits some of it into his mouth, they are engaged to be married.

 

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National Prohibition led to a boom in the cruise industry. By taking what were advertised as “cruises to nowhere,” people could legally consume alcohol as soon as the ship entered international waters where they would typically cruise in circles. The cruises quickly became known as “booze cruises.”

 

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National Prohibition led to a boom in the cruise industry. By taking what were advertised as “cruises to nowhere,” people could legally consume alcohol as soon as the ship entered international waters where they would typically cruise in circles. The cruises quickly became known as “booze cruises.”

30 to 40 percent of road deaths in the world are caused by alcohol....the drunks usually live

 

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The Chinese year is based on the cycles of the moon. This is called a lunar schedule. A complete cycle of the Chinese calendar takes 60 years and dates back to 2600 B.C. It is the oldest known calendar in the world.

 

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We all know that chopsticks come from China. However, you probably didn’t know they were losing millions of acres of forest each year due to chopstick production.

 

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It is estimated that 200 million people in China live on less than $1.00 a day!
But boy did I enjoy my takeaway

 

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55 per cent of people yawn within 5 minutes of seeing someone else yawn. Reading about yawning makes most people yawn.

 

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Do you know the names of the three wise monkeys? They are: Mizaru (See no evil), Mikazaru (Hear no evil), and Mazaru (Say no evil ).

 

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A hippopotamus can run faster than a man.