Useless Trivia

[T.I.P]

There is 25 million tons of air in every square mile on earth.

 

[Crazy Flakes]

The ghosts in Pac-Man are named Inky, Blinky, Pinky, and Clyde.
The only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable".
The word "set" has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
"Beelzebub", another name for the devil, is Hebrew for "Lord of the Flies" (could that be where William Golding got the name of his novel?)
A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes. (Geez!)

 

[Yam Sham]

Coca-Cola was originally green.
Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.
The youngest pope was 11 years old.
Honey is the only food that doesn't spoil.

 

[T.I.P]

Pepsi, Coca cola, Levis, Mcdonalds and Nike are 5 of the top 10 most recognizeable brands on earth. Also included Sony. Guinness Book of Records

 

[T.I.P]

Toilets were invented in 1684

 

[Mozzymandias]

I blame my geography teacher for this, this is always the useless trivia I use when it comes up.

The sound made by the Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe is so loud that it can be heard 40 miles away.

 

[Lyri]

Northern Ireland causes more air polution on the night of July 11/12 than they do for the rest of the year combined.

That just came back to me as I look out the window and see the smoke form all the bonfires.

 

[Bluebird]

Glasgow, Scotland has the highest murder rate in all of Western Europe. Yay, go us! :sigh:

 

[Lyri]

Five by Five agrees: Not wanting to sound completely dense and all, but, why? Random wave of pyromania? What's the significance of today?

We have bonfires that are lit at midnight on July 11/12 to celebrate King William of Orange's (William III) defeate of King James II of England and James VII of Scotland in 1690, during the Battle of the Boyne.

If anyone REALLY wants to know more, check out this: The Twelfth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Blondie Bear]

King George III's diary entry for July 4, 1776, included the line, "Nothing important happened today."

 

[white avenger]

Roy Rogers' famous palomino, "Trigger" was NOT the sire of "Trigger, jr." Also, Trigger's actual name was "Golden Sovereign."

 

[SC7 Fan]

On the registration number of Spikes car the first letter is "H"

 

[Rebecca]

Whilst filming E.T. the younger actors found it uncomfortable to look at both of the E.T. puppets eyes due to them being too far apart so they decided to only look at one of its eyes during filming.

 

[Mozzymandias]

The worlds largest number with a name is a Googolplexian
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Apparently know one thought of that.

Congratulations you have just invented the name to the worlds largest number

 

[white avenger]

The strawberry is the only fruit in the world with its berries on the outside of its skin. (Or rather, its SEEDS. Oops)

 

[Aethra]

Sharks can swim from the equator to the poles without feeling the temperature change.

 

[white avenger]

Here's one just for Anya---The fear of rabbits is called "Leporiphobia." (It reminds me of one of the absolute worst horror movies ever made. "The Night Of The Lepos," where the world was endangered by radioactive giant man eating rabbits)

 

[anyatara]

It's impossible to lick your elbow.

It's classic, I love it =D

 

[Aethra]

It's impossible to lick your elbow.

It's classic, I love it =D

Actually, it's not! I've seen people do it. One kid in my class could do it two different ways!
I'd've karmified you, but there are all these crazy limits, you know.

 

[SC7 Fan]

It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.