I thought it would be sort of fun as well as educational to start a thread about trivial trivia. You know, those useless little tid-bits of information that have no need other than to clog our brains. Maybe we can all learn a thing or two, or just clog up our brains some more.
I know mine is pretty empty ( no smart comments please!), and could use a little intellectual jump start.

Ron, I hope you don't mind that I'm cluttering your forum with useless information.
Just point your Ruger my way if I am!
I'll just duck though.

I'll limit the facts to just three per post for now, so here we go......

Did you know....

In 1892, Italy raised the minimum age for marriage for girls - to 12. ( yikes)

The shortest war on record, between Britain and Zanzibar in 1896, lasted just 38 minutes.

A cough releases an explosive charge of air that moves at speeds up to 60 mph.



I feel smarter all ready!

Did you know...

Some strange animal facts:

1. A chameleon's tongue is twice the length of its body.

2. A father sea catfish keeps the eggs of his young in his mouth until they are ready to hatch. He will not eat until his young are born, which may take several weeks.

3. A Holstein's spots are like a fingerprint or snowflake. No two cows have exactly the same pattern of spots.

but did you know........


1.Babies are born with 300 bones, but by adulthood we have only 206 in our bodies. ( ok, where do they go? )

2.Every human spent about half an hour as a single cell.

3.On average, women say 7,000 words per day. Men manage just over 2000. ( which means I have 6,000 more to go yet )

I didn't know.....

1. Three-hundred-million cells die in the human body every minute. (at this rate, maybe I don't intend to live forever )

2. Golfers use an estimated $800 million worth of golf balls annually. ( I think the word "use" is supposed to be "lose" )

3. Chocolate syrup was used for blood in the famous 45 second shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's movie, Psycho, which actually took 7 days to shoot.

Did you know...

1. A honey bee must tap two million flowers to make one pound of honey

2.Chocolate contains phenylethylamine (PEA), a natural substance that is reputed to stimulate the same reaction in the body as falling in love.

3.Large doses of coffee can be lethal. Ten grams, or 100 cups over 4 hours, can kill the average human.

Did you know....

1. In the late 19th century, millions of human mummies were used as fuel for locomotives in Egypt where wood and coal was scarce, but mummies were plentiful.

2. The average human produces 25,000 quarts of spit in a lifetime, enough to fill two swimming pools.

3. Most American car horns honk in the key of F.

In relation to Flutter's last number 3 (the last post of hers above this one)

Did you Know...

You cannot overdose on caffiene? Physically drinking more caffiene will not affect you any differently once you reach a certain level. Caffiene only blocks the body's natural downers, which make you tired, clearing the way for the body's natural "uppers" to wake you up or make you hyper etc. You can only become as alert as your body will naturally allow.

Did you know? Buggy things....

1. A cockroach can live for up to a week without a head.

2. In its entire lifetime, the average worker bee produces 1/12th teaspoon of honey.

3. The animal responsible for the most human deaths world-wide is the mosquito.

Did you know?

1- The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.

2- Studies show that if a cat falls off the seventh floor of a building it has about thirty percent less chance of surviving than a cat that falls off the twentieth floor. It supposedly takes about eight floors for the cat to realise what is occurring, relax and correct itself.

3-Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks otherwise it will digest itself.

Secret

As posted by La Juliette...

"A cockroach can live for up to a week without a head."

This is true. But even more remarkable: Presidents can survive for up to two terms without a functioning brain in their head! Some senators and members of congress can last even longer!

(OK, I'll stop now.)

hehehe

Did you also know.... Coffee facts

1. After the decaffeinating process, processing companies no longer throw the caffeine away; they sell it to pharmaceutical companies.

2. Caffeine is on the International Olympic Committee list of prohibited substances. Athletes who test positive for more than 12 micrograms of caffeine per milliliter of urine may be banned from the Olympic Games. This level may be reached after drinking about 5 cups of coffee. ( Which is why I wasn't in the Olympics this year )

3. Coffee, as a world commodity, is second only to oil.

Didja know..

1. The correct response to the Irish greeting, "Top of the morning to you," is "and the rest of the day to yourself."

2. The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' symbolizes 'two women living under one roof'.

3. An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain. (so's mine )

Did you know?.....

1. A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.

2. A woodpecker can peck twenty times a second.

3. Catfish have 100,000 taste buds.


Glad I know these things now.

Did ya' know....?

1 - Lemmings don't commit suicide.

2 - Ostriches don't bury their head in the sand. (This is a trait reserved for politicians.)

3 - The coyote has a sense of smell 30 times keener than that of a bloodhound. Capable of sprints up to 40 miles per hour, it is second only to the antelope as the fastest land animal in North America.

Did ya' also know?

1. Baskin Robbins once made ketchup ice cream. This was the only vegetable flavored ice cream produced. ( what the??? ewww!)

2. Teeth are the only parts of the human body that can't repair themselves. ( which is why flutter and I are employed!)

3. There is only one Q in a Scrabble game. ( and I always get it, and none of the U's )

I bet 'ya didn't know.....


1. A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.

2. Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired."

3. "Kemo Sabe" means "soggy shrub" in Navajo.

Did you know?


1. The chemical n-acetyl-cysteine found in raw eggs is proven to help hangovers. ( I'll remember that!)

2. A typical American eats 28 pigs in his/her lifetime.

3. In the United States, a pound of potato chips costs two hundred times more than a pound of potatoes.

Did you know...

'Stewardesses' is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.

More people are killed annually by donkeys than die in air crashes.

Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.

The American Flag first flew over a foreign fort in Libya- over Fort Derne, on the shores of Tripoli.

The only appropriate time to fly the American Flag upside down is in an emergency. It means "Help Me, I am in Trouble!"

The music from the The Star-Spangled Banner is originally from an old English drinking song called "To Anacreon in Heaven."

Did you know.....


1. A person will die from total lack of sleep sooner than from starvation. Death will occur about 10 days without sleep, while starvation takes a few weeks. ( I'm worried about you Flutter! )

2. Blood sucking hookworms inhabit 700 million people worldwide. ( Aren't you glad I told you that one?)

3. Humans shed about 600,000 particles of skin every hour - about 1.5 pounds a year. By 70 years of age, an average person will have lost 105 pounds of skin.