Total Trivia

[smotherman]

The purpose of tonsils is to destroy foreign substances that are swallowed or breathed in

 

[smotherman]

Eating chocolate three times a month helps people live longer as opposed to people who overeat

 

[Aaronh]

Corals are living animals, not plants. Yet they have plants living in them called zooanthella. Zooanthella is micro algae that lives in not all but most corals. This macro algae transforms light into energy for the coral. This is why several species of coral require intense light. Coral can also feed off of zooplankton, phytoplankton and some even eat things such as brine shrimp. Coprals have stinging cells called nematocysts. These can sting their pray and can also sting and even kill other corals that get too close.

 

[fire_breeze]

Eating chocolate three times a month helps people live longer as opposed to people who overeat

More excuses to eat chocolate!

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

The combination "ough" can be pronounced in nine different ways. The following sentence contains them all: "A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful plough man strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed."

I wrote a poem about that!
I imagined trying to teach an alien how to speak english, if it doesn't make sense blame the language not me

English for Beginners

Welcome my alien friend,
so you have landed upon the land
of the earth of the Earth?
We grant you permission
to land on our land
but you cannot sea on our sea.
You will need a guide,
I will lend you my hand
but I will not sever it free
while I translate by your side.
Sit and listen, and after you have sat
I will teach you my tongue
No you pervert, not that!

Are you past, present or future
From whence you came?
Looks at the present that you did bring
Unwrapping what you brought
A beautiful thing makes me sing
and after the song that I sang
I ask what it is that you seek
and is it the same that I sought?
I match what you matched
And catch what you caught
I mind as you minded
And buy what you bought
I find what you found
And teach what you taught.
Ought you should learn,
Head down like a pig in a trough.
Sway through the words as a bough on a tree
Though a cough is often enough
to see you through the moldy dough
of the words that are thoroughly rough

Moving on without moving
I sense that you are deaf
If you need a rest the rest is up to you
But there are two sides to this
I know that I am right
And I notice you have left

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

Left-handed people are better at sports that require good spatial judgment and fast reaction, compared to right-handed individuals.

If my eldest son is anything to go by then it also applies to music, he is adept at the piano/keyboard and probably for the same reasons. This summer he completes his university degree in Music

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

Corals are living animals, not plants. Yet they have plants living in them called zooanthella. Zooanthella is micro algae that lives in not all but most corals. This macro algae transforms light into energy for the coral. This is why several species of coral require intense light. Coral can also feed off of zooplankton, phytoplankton and some even eat things such as brine shrimp. Coprals have stinging cells called nematocysts. These can sting their pray and can also sting and even kill other corals that get too close.

# Coral reefs are in crisis, dying at an alarming rate worldwide.

# An estimated 25% of coral reefs have already disappeared and an estimated two-thirds of all coral reefs are at risk today.

# An estimated 88% of the reefs in Southeast Asia - the most species rich reefs on earth - are at risk.1

# Since 1975, more than 90% of the reefs in the Florida Keys have lost their living coral cover (study by Dr. Phil Dustan).

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

Song titles with female names...

-------- S --------

Sacha : Hank B. Marvin : 196-
Sadie : The Spinners : 1975
Sexy Sadie : The Beatles : 1968
Beautiful Sally : Rick Price : 1972
Sally : Vaya Con Dios : 1990
Sally Anne : Joe Brown : 1963
Sally G : The Wings : 1974
Sally Go Round The Roses : The Jaynetts : 1963
Sally Was A Good Girl : Trini Lopez : 1968
Long Tall Sally : Little Richard : 1956
Long Tall Sally : Elvis Presley : 1956
Long Tall Sally : Pat Boone : 1956
Long Tall Sally : Carl Perkins : 1958
Long Tall Sally : The Kinks : 1964
Long Tall Sally : Marty Wilde : 1970
Mustang Sally : Wilson Pickett : 1966
Who's In The Strawberry Patch With Sally : Tony Orlando : 1973
Goodbye Sam, Hello Samantha : Cliff Richard : 1970
Sandy : Dion : 1963
Sandy : Larry Hall : 1959
Sara : Fleetwood Mac : 1979
Sara : Starship : 1985
Sarah : Thin Lizzy : 1979
Scarlet O'Hara : Jet Harris & Tony Meehan : 1963
Scarlet O'Hara : Lawrence Welk : 1963
My Sharona : The Knack : 1979
Sheena Is A Punk Rocker : Ramones : 1977
Sheila : Status Quo : 1968
Sheila : Tommy Roe : 1962
Little Sheila : Slade : 1985
Sherry : The Four Seasons : 1962
Sherry Don't Go : The Lettermen : 1968
Shake Sherry : Faron's Flamingos : 1963
Shake Sherry : The Contours : 1962
Shiralee : Tommy Steele : 1957
Shirley Lee : Ricky Nelson : 1958
Shirley : The Schoolboys : 1957
Sister Sookey : The Turbans : 1956
Stephanie Knows Who : The Move : 1968
Sue's Gotta Be Mine : Del Shannon : 1963
A Boy Named Sue : Johnny Cash : 1969
Runaround Sue : Dion : 1961
Runaround Sue : Racey : 1980
Susan : The Spinners : 1976
Susan's House : The Eels : 1997
Susanna : Art Company : 1984
Susannah's Still Alive : Dave Davies : 1967
Susie Darlin' : Robin Luke : 1958
Susie Darlin' : Tommy Roe : 1962
Susie Q : Dale Hawkins : 1957
Little Susie : The Ray Bryant Trio : 1958
That's My Little Susie : Ritchie Valens : 1959
Wake Up Little Susie : Marty Wilde : 1970
Wake Up Little Susie : Simon & Garfunkel : 1981
Wake Up Little Susie : The Everly Brothers : 1957
Suzanne : Leonard Cohen : 1968
Suzanne Beware Of The Devil : Dandy Livingstone : 1972
Suzanne On A Sunday Morning : Ricky Nelson : 1967
Hello Suzie : Amen Corner : 1969
Suzy Baby : Bobby Vee : 1959
Tra La La La Suzy : Dean & Jean : 1963
Wake Up Little Suzy : The Everly Brothers : 1958
Wake Up Little Suzy : Mike Berry : 1977
Sylvia : Stevie Wonder : 1966
Sylvia : Elvis Presley : 1972
Sylvia : Focus : 1973
Sylvia's Mother : Dr Hook : 1972
Bring A Little Water Sylvie : Lonnie Donegan : 1961

 

[smotherman]

The largest diamond that was ever found was 3106 carats.

 

[smotherman]

More excuses to eat chocolate!

Next thing you'll tell me is chocolates are better than sex.

 

[smotherman]

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

 

[smotherman]

If my eldest son is anything to go by then it also applies to music, he is adept at the piano/keyboard and probably for the same reasons. This summer he completes his university degree in Music

Congratulations to your son! music runs in my family as well!

 

[smotherman]

A jiffy is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. Thus the saying, I will be there in a jiffy.

 

[smotherman]

Diamonds were first discovered in the riverbeds of the Golconda region of India over 4,000 years ago.

 

[smotherman]

Every 25 miles a car produces one pound of pollution.

 

[Daizie]

Interesting city names

Arsoli (Lazio, Italy)
Bastard (Norway)
Beaver (Oklahoma, USA)
Beaver Head (Idaho, USA)
Brown Willy (Cornwall,UK)
Chinaman's Knob (Australia)
Climax (Colorado, USA)
Cunt (Spain)
Cunter (Switzerland)
Dikshit (India)
Dildo (Newfoundland, Canada)
Dong Rack (Thailand-Cambodia border)
Dongo (Congo - Democratic Republic)
Effin (Limerick, Ireland)
Fuku (Shensi, China)
Fukue (Honshu, Japan)
Fukui (Honshu, Japan)
Fukum (Yemen)
Hold With Hope (Greenland)
Intercourse (Pennsylvania, USA)
Lickey End (West Midlands, UK)
Little Dix Village (West Indies)
Lord Berkeley's Knob (Sutherland, Scotland)
Middle Intercourse Island (Australia)
Muff (Northern Ireland)
Nobber (Donegal, Ireland)
Pis Pis River (Nicaragua)
Sexmoan (Luzon, Philippines)
Seymen (Turkey)
Shafter (California, USA)
Shag Island (Indian Ocean)
Shitlingthorpe (Yorkshire, UK)
Tittybong (Australia)
Tong Fuk (Japan)
Turdo (Romania)
Twatt (Orkney, UK)
Wank (Germany)
Wankendorf (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)
Wankener (India)
Wankie (Zimbabwe)
Wankie Colliery (Zimbabwe)
Wanks River (Nicaragua)
Wankum (Germany)
Wet Beaver Creek (Australia)

 

[fire_breeze]

Next thing you'll tell me is chocolates are better than sex.

Well ...

 

[fire_breeze]

80% of the world's diamonds are not suitable for jewelry.

A diamond's cut is critical to its final beauty

Most diamonds found in nature are between one and three billion years old.

 

[smotherman]

A 27 year old heir to a sausage empire was handed a ticket for 116,000 pounds for driving at 80 km/hr in a 40 km/hr zone. This is because the speeding tickets in Finland are based on how much money a person makes

 

[smotherman]

Well ...

Thank you for the eye roll!

 

[smotherman]

A man filed a lawsuit against his doctor because he survived longer than what the doctor had predicted.

 

[smotherman]

In Singapore, it is illegal to sell or own chewing gum.

 

[fire_breeze]

Thank you for the eye roll!

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[Gaia_Lorraine]

If... who, what, why, where, when...?

This is a little 'stocking filler' for the thread

It requires no research to ask a question or post an answer and is intended as pure trivial fun, all that is required is a bit of imagination. Answers can be amusing, trivial or factual.

Let our imaginations run riot

I will begin with the following...

If you could be any famous person who would it be?

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

If you could be any famous person who would it be?

I would chose to be Sienna Miller because then I would get to play with Jude Law's penis
Or I would be Jude Law and then I would get to play with Sienna Miller (I don't care which)

Failing that, any rich and pretty famous woman who is much younger than me