Total Trivia

[Sienna]

A bird in the house is a sign of a death.



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[Sienna]

You must hold your breath while going past a cemetery or you will breathe in the spirit of someone who has recently died.

 

[fire_breeze]

WD-40 stands for "Water Displacement, 40th attempt". WD-40 was invented in 1953 and was first used by Convair to protect the outer skin of the Atlas missile from rust and corrosion. It can also dissolve cocaine.
Who knew?

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

If you are right handed you tend to chew on the right hand side of your mouth and if you are left handed you tend to chew on the left hand side of your mouth.

.... Apologises to all those who are eating when I next visit a restaurant

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

In the United Kingdom Indian restaurants employ more people than steel making, mining and shipbuilding industries put together!

 

[SecretLove69]

Amount of time needed for a man to regain erection: from 2 min to 2 weeks

(or in the case of my husband - apparently 2-3 years)

 

[Sienna]

In 453 AD --- Attila the Hun bled to death from a nosebleed on his wedding night.

 

[Sienna]

Mata Hari (Gertrud Margarete Zelle) - World War One spy...
In 1917 she was executed by firing squad, she refused a blindfold and threw a kiss to the executioners...

Coooooooool

 

[Sienna]

On average women say 7,ooo words per day. Men manage just over 2,ooo...

 

[Sienna]

The average American will eat 35,ooo cookies in a lifetime.

 

[alspals69]

On average women say 7,ooo words per day. Men manage just over 2,ooo...

hmmm it's hard to get a word in edgeways

 

[CCaprice]

The oldest known written recipe is for beer.

 

[CCaprice]

Monks brewing beer in the Middle Ages were allowed to drink five quarts of beer a day.

 

[sno_22]

The average American will eat 35,ooo cookies in a lifetime.

O.O I better slow down or I'm gonna go over my allotment

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

Everyone knows that the Buggles 'Video Killed the Radio Star' was the first video to premire on MTV on August 1, 1981. The millionth video to air on MTV was 'Video Killed the Radio Star', aired on MTV February 27, 2000. It's also the 3rd most aired video in MTV history. Peter Gabriel's 'Sledgehammer' is #1.

 

[SecretLove69]

Englad is old and small and the local folks started running out of places to bury their dead. So, they would dig up coffins and would take the bones to a "bone-house" and reuse the grave. When reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25 were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized they had been burying people alive. So, they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (hence the "graveyard shift") to listen for the bell. Thus, someone could be "Saved By The Bell" or was considered "A Dead Ringer."

Why, you may ask, were people getting buried alive? Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky. The combination would sometimes knock the imbibers out for a couple of days. Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial. They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple days and the family (if they had family) would gather and eat and drink and wait to see if they "dead" person would wake up. That's why, the custom of "Holding A Wake" came into being.

 

[CCaprice]

Englad is old and small and the local folks started running out of places to bury their dead. So, they would dig up coffins and would take the bones to a "bone-house" and reuse the grave. When reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25 were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized they had been burying people alive. So, they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (hence the "graveyard shift") to listen for the bell. Thus, someone could be "Saved By The Bell" or was considered "A Dead Ringer."

Why, you may ask, were people getting buried alive? Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky. The combination would sometimes knock the imbibers out for a couple of days. Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial. They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple days and the family (if they had family) would gather and eat and drink and wait to see if they "dead" person would wake up. That's why, the custom of "Holding A Wake" came into being.

Boy, I'm glad things have changed!!!!!!

 

[fire_breeze]

Screeched is the longest one syllable word in the English language.

 

[nctoddmc]

The average American will eat 35,ooo cookies in a lifetime.

GREAT!

It is so good to hear that I'm above average!

 

[nctoddmc]

On average women say 7,ooo words per day. Men manage just over 2,ooo...

hmmm it's hard to get a word in edgeways

My wife tells me she has to say everything twice to get me to hear it...

 

[fire_breeze]

The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.

 

[fire_breeze]

In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
And I thought waxing was painful!

 

[fire_breeze]

The Bible has been translated into Klingon.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

Englad is old and small and the local folks started running out of places to bury their dead. So, they would dig up coffins and would take the bones to a "bone-house" and reuse the grave. When reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25 were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized they had been burying people alive. So, they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (hence the "graveyard shift") to listen for the bell. Thus, someone could be "Saved By The Bell" or was considered "A Dead Ringer."

Why, you may ask, were people getting buried alive? Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky. The combination would sometimes knock the imbibers out for a couple of days. Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial. They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple days and the family (if they had family) would gather and eat and drink and wait to see if they "dead" person would wake up. That's why, the custom of "Holding A Wake" came into being.

Is this true? Is so what a fascinating Trivium!
Thank You SecretLove69 x

 

[braincum]

Of every eight people who have ever been born

Five of them are alive right now.