Total Trivia

[smotherman]

Your tongue is germ free only if it is pink. If it is white there is a thin film of bacteria on it.

 

[smotherman]

The average person who stops smoking requires one hour less sleep a night.

 

[smotherman]

Laughing lowers levels of stress hormones and strengthens the immune system. Six-year-olds laugh an average of 300 times a day. Adults only laugh 15 to 100 times a day.

 

[smotherman]

You'd be surprised what we keep down there

Do you hide chocolates down there?

 

[smotherman]

The color blue has a calming effect. It causes the brain to release calming hormones.

 

[CCaprice]

Do you hide chocolates down there?

They'd melt!

 

[CCaprice]

Yellow, which is the color of the sun and artificial light, has an effect of cheerfulness, gaiety, buoyancy, optimism, exultation, sympathy, and even prosperity. It almost sings and shouts. For centuries it was considered a sacred color in China.

 

[CCaprice]

Orange, a color named after the fruit, is the brightest, most stimulating, and most decorative hue that exists. It possesses the qualities of both red and yellow, and in its pure state it is so warm that it should be used only in small quantities when decorating the home. It expresses energy, spirit, hope, courage, and cordiality.

 

[CCaprice]

Red is the color of fire and blood. It is expressive of primitive passion, war, vigor, power, movement, aggression, boldness, and force.

Red is one of the most beloved of colors. An explanation for this may be that red is the color of fire, and since for untold years the fire at the mouth of a cave in primitive times meant protection and comfort, we may have inherited some of these pleasurable feeling for red.

 

[CCaprice]

Purple is made of red and blue, which possess quite opposite characteristics and when mixed cancel each other's effect, so that purple is somewhat gentle and vague. It suggests mystery, dignity, reflection, mourning, philosophical musing, and twilight.

Originally, the pigment came from certain shellfish and was so rare that only royalty used the color. Hence the name royal purple.

 

[CCaprice]

Green is the color of grass, leaves, and vegetables and naturally suggests rest, cool shade, and refreshment-all pleasant things. Green is considered beneficial to the eyes, nerves, and disposition, because it is cheerful yet calming, and invigorating although restful.

Some colorists say that green has negative qualities as well as positive ones and that it suggests envy, jealousy, and ill health.

 

[fire_breeze]

Approximately 2 % of females and 8 % males are colour blind.

 

[mrtnmoon]

there are 35 restrooms in the White House.

 

[NoLeafClover7]

Fun fact-Queens Of The Stone Age were reportedly thrown out of an unnamed Los Angeles rehabilitation centre in November 2007 when they started off a six-song set with Feel Good Hit of the Summer. Its lyrics are simply: "Nicotine, Valium, Vicodin, Marijuana, Ecstasy and Alcohol
C-c-c-c-c-cocaine"

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

The average IQ of the population as a whole is, by definition, 100. IQs range from 0 to above 200.
The intelligence quotient is defined as 100 times the Mental Age (MA) divided by the Chronological Age (CA).

IQ = 100 MA/CA.

 

[smotherman]

Your left lung is smaller than your right lung to make room for your heart.

 

[smotherman]

German Shepherds bite humans more than any other breed of dog.

 

[smotherman]

When you blush, the lining of your stomach also turns red.

 

[smotherman]

The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear.

 

[smotherman]

The pupil of the eye expands as much as 45 percent when a person looks at something pleasing.

 

[desideratum]

A large majority of white cats with blue eyes are deaf. White cats with only one blue eye are deaf only in the ear closest to the blue eye. White cats with orange eyes don't have this disability.

Cats can't taste sugar.

Cats are most attracted to the person paying the least attention to them. This explains why they always jump in the lap of the guest who likes them least

A certain musical note can sexually excite cats. The same note when played for kittens makes them want to go to the toilet!

I'm sure there's a good joke or two in there

 

[CCaprice]

When you blush, the lining of your stomach also turns red.

I don't even want to know how they figured that one out!

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

When you blush, the lining of your stomach also turns red.

I don't even want to know how they figured that one out!

Amazing what they can do with butt cams

 

[CCaprice]

Amazing what they can do with butt cams

*runs away*

 

[ratman2]

Another bit of obscure Trivia:

1966 was the first year for the SS 396 Chevelle Regular production car. Production actually started in 1965 with 201 special order cars, known as Z16 cars, built. Z16 was the order code that was used to order this special edition car. Most of these cars went to GM execs and celebrities of the day. A few survive today, including Z16 number ONE!!! This car is widely considered to be the car that 99% of 1960's Chevy muscle cars are based on