Total Trivia

[Gaia_Lorraine]

Oh, my aching heart...

According to the McDonald's Corporation website, as of January 30, 2007 McDonald's has "More than 30,000 local restaurants serving nearly 50 million people in more than 119 countries each day."

Apparently McDonald's are a more accurate indication of a country's GDP and wealth than all the estimates of the world banks.
The price of the Big Mac in each country reflects the labour costs, the price of the raw materials and the inflation rate.

 

[Stryderthorongil]

The earliest recorded case of a man giving up smoking was on April 5, 1679, when Johan Katsu, Sheriff of Turku, Finland, wrote in his diary "I quit smoking tobacco." He died one month later.

Hi Lorraine

 

[CCaprice]

The earliest recorded case of a man giving up smoking was on April 5, 1679, when Johan Katsu, Sheriff of Turku, Finland, wrote in his diary "I quit smoking tobacco." He died one month later.

Hi Lorraine

Hmmm. What was he doing that killed him??

 

[fire_breeze]

Hmmm. What was he doing that killed him??

Not smoking!

 

[fire_breeze]

The guillotine was originally called a louisette. Named for Antoine Louis, the French surgeon who invented it. It became known as the guillotine for Joseph Ignace Guillotin, the French physician who advocated it as a more merciful means of execution than the noose or ax.

 

[CCaprice]

The guillotine was originally called a louisette. Named for Antoine Louis, the French surgeon who invented it. It became known as the guillotine for Joseph Ignace Guillotin, the French physician who advocated it as a more merciful means of execution than the noose or ax.

"More merciful" must be in the yes of the beholder - or beheader!

 

[fire_breeze]

A man named John Bellavia has entered over 5000 contests and has never won a thing.

 

[fire_breeze]

"More merciful" must be in the yes of the beholder - or beheader!

*snort*
It's easy for the beheader to say what is more merciful - he gets paid by the head!

 

[CCaprice]

*snort*
It's easy for the beheader to say what is more merciful - he gets paid by the head!

Good point! LOL

 

[fire_breeze]

Roulette was invented by the great French mathematician and philosopher Blaise Pascal. It was a by product of his experiments with perpetual motion.

 

[CCaprice]

Roulette was invented by the great French mathematician and philosopher Blaise Pascal. It was a by product of his experiments with perpetual motion.

My head is spinning from that tidbit

 

[fire_breeze]

My head is spinning from that tidbit

*laughs*
Perpetually?

 

[CCaprice]

*laughs*
Perpetually?

...or until my brain falls out!

 

[CCaprice]

Cajun cooking:

'Cajuns' are the descendants from the former French colony in Eastern Canada, called Acadia (Nova Scotia), who were exiled by the English in 1755. Many made their way to Louisiana, settling in the swamps and bayous. Cajun cooking has very little influence of the classical cuisine of Europe - it is truly an American cuisine.

 

[CCaprice]

Can openers were invented 48 years after cans were introduced. And most people feel they still haven't invented one that works all the time.

Makes me wonder what the heck they did at the beginning!!

 

[fire_breeze]

Can openers were invented 48 years after cans were introduced. And most people feel they still haven't invented one that works all the time.

Makes me wonder what the heck they did at the beginning!!

Screw driver and a hammer.

 

[CCaprice]

Screw driver and a hammer.

As long as there's nothing delicate in the can!

 

[fire_breeze]

As long as there's nothing delicate in the can!

Ah! It all looks the same in the stomach!

 

[CCaprice]

Ah! It all looks the same in the stomach!

Yeah, but not on the plate

 

[fire_breeze]

Yeah, but not on the plate

Fine! Picky... sheesh!


An apple, onion, and potato all have the same taste. The differences in flavor are caused by their smell. To prove this - pinch your nose and take a bite from each. They will all taste sweet.

 

[CCaprice]

Fine! Picky... sheesh!


An apple, onion, and potato all have the same taste. The differences in flavor are caused by their smell. To prove this - pinch your nose and take a bite from each. They will all taste sweet.

Maybe, but they definitely don't have the same texture!!!

 

[fire_breeze]

Maybe, but they definitely don't have the same texture!!!

It may be an experiment worth trying! Any volunteers?



In Bavaria, beer isn't considered an alcoholic drink but rather a staple food.

 

[CCaprice]

Pepsi

In 1898, Caleb D. Bradham, a New Bern, North Carolina pharmacist created Pepsi Cola, in imitation of Coca Cola.

Pepsi spent a lot of money on an advertising campaign in China with the slogan 'Pepsi gives you life' - the only problem was that the translation was a little bit off - the translation came out as 'Pepsi brings your ancestors back from the grave.'

During Nixon's presidency, Pepsi became the first foreign consumer product to be sold in the Soviet Union.

 

[CCaprice]

It may be an experiment worth trying! Any volunteers?



In Bavaria, beer isn't considered an alcoholic drink but rather a staple food.

When can I move there???

 

[fire_breeze]

When can I move there???

Next week sounds good?


More beer tidbit that made laugh so hard that I snorted my beer through my nose:

Beer is made by fermentation cause by bacteria feeding on yeast cells and then defecating. In other words, it's a nice tall glass of bacteria doo-doo.