Total Trivia

[smotherman]

Even after a koala has died, other koalas usually won’t move into the vacant territory for about a year, or until the scent markings and scratches of the old owner disappear.

The science of kissing is called philematology

Contrary to popular belief, when a dog drinks water its tongue scoops backward, instead of forward.

 

[fire_breeze]

In Victorian era, there were special teacups that protected a man's mustache from getting dunked in his tea.

On a clear night, the human eye can see between 2,000 and 3,000 stars in the sky.


Water is the only substance on earth that is lighter as a solid than a liquid.

 

[_Misty_]

A boomerang that doesn't come back is called a "kylie

always heard it was called a stick.

 

[smotherman]

In Poland, if you pass three red-heads you'll win the state lottery,

Bees must collect nectar from two million flowers to make a one-pound comb of honey

Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better

 

[smotherman]

Women shoplift more often than men; the statistics are 4 to 1.

The average person laughs about 15 times a day.

While sleeping, one man in eight snores, and one in ten grinds his teeth.

 

[fire_breeze]

If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.

All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill. I wonder how many people are going to find a 5$ bill and look.

Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to slow film down while shooting so you could see his moves. That's the opposite of the norm.

An old law in Bellingham, Washington made it illegal for a woman to take more than 3 steps backwards while dancing.

 

[smotherman]

The longest road in the United States is U.S. Highway 20, which runs 3,365 miles from Boston to Newport, Oregon.

No driver who has won the NASCAR championship has ever done so without winning at least one race during the season

 

[fire_breeze]

The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "Its A Wonderful Life"

In 1963, baseball pitcher Gaylord Perry remarked, "They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." On July 20, 1969, a few hours after Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, Gaylord Perry hit his first (and only) home run.

The world's oldest piece of chewing gum is 9000 years old. And this was found under the first desk

More reasons to recycle: Recycling one glass jar saves enough energy to watch TV for 3 hours.

 

[fire_breeze]

Cryptozoologists claim that Canada is the home of several cryptids, including Sasquatch, a giant sloth-like creature known as the beaver-eater, a cannibalistic wildman named Windigo, and a number of lake monsters, such as Ogopogo in Lake Okanagan, British Columbia.

This list doesn't mention my former roommate....

 

[Sienna]

Cryptozoologists claim that Canada is the home of several cryptids, including Sasquatch, a giant sloth-like creature known as the beaver-eater, a cannibalistic wildman named Windigo, and a number of lake monsters, such as Ogopogo in Lake Okanagan, British Columbia.

This list doesn't mention my former roommate....

Thank heavens for that breeze... I was beginning to think it was the sloth-like beaver eater!!

 

[smotherman]

The colder the room you sleep in, the better the chances are that you'll have a bad dream.

Men with a certain rare medical condition can breast feed babies.

A full-grown moose may be 8 feet high at the shoulder and weigh almost a ton.

 

[smotherman]

Elephants are covered with hair. Although it is not apparent from a distance, at close range, one can discern a thin coat of light hairs covering practically every part of an elephant's body.

The Chicago Public Library is the world's largest public library with a collection of more than 2 million books.

China has more English speakers than the United States.

 

[smotherman]

Listerine got its name from Joseph Lister, a British suregon who pioneered the idea of sterile surgery and sterilizing surgical instruments.

Lips are 100 times more sensitive than the tips of the fingers. Not even genitals have as much sensitivity as lips

The longest stone-arch bridge in the world is located in Pennsylvania.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

Aesop's fable The Ant and the Grasshopper is thought to have originated from the sixth century BC.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

Little Red Riding Hood was first published by Charles Perrault in in 1697 but can be traced back to the tenth century.

 

[1sickbastard]

The word, trivia, is supposed to originate from a meeting of three old Roman roads where information was exchanged. Literally the Tri-via.
In actuality, trivia (three ways) referred to the basics of education; grammar, rhetoric & logic, which was the basis for "grammar" school.
Secondary education was he "quadrivium" of arithmetic, geometry, astronomy & music.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

The word, trivia, is supposed to originate from a meeting of three old Roman roads where information was exchanged. Literally the Tri-via.
In actuality, trivia (three ways) referred to the basics of education; grammar, rhetoric & logic, which was the basis for "grammar" school.
Secondary education was he "quadrivium" of arithmetic, geometry, astronomy & music.

OF COURSE! Tri-via, I have never broken the word down to its constituent parts but now you have it makes perfect sense, THANKS

 

[1sickbastard]

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[1sickbastard]

OF COURSE! Tri-via, I have never broken the word down to its constituent parts but now you have it makes perfect sense, THANKS

I have a near obsession with word origins. As a kid I would spend hours with a dictionary just to find out where words came from.
Etymology rules!

In fact, there is a branch of archaeology based only on words; linguistic archaeology

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

I am led to believe that if you want to trace the history of the development and evolution of languages you look at basics such as the word WATER. In Russian it is voda, wasser in german, eau in french, aqua in Latin. All Indo-European languages and all similar in a way. Yet look at further afield and you see something different...

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

I have a near obsession with word origins. As a kid I would spend hours with a dictionary just to find out where words came from.
Etymology rules!

In fact, there is a branch of archaeology based only on words; linguistic archaeology

I think you will love this link..... The Basque Language

 

[1sickbastard]

I think you will love this link..... The Basque Language

Yep. This I knew about. The Basque are the oldest ethnic group in Europe & likely the only one that didn't get chased out of the central Eurasian steppes.
Studied the Basque a bit in college.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

Yep. This I knew about. The Basque are the oldest ethnic group in Europe & likely the only one that didn't get chased out of the central Eurasian steppes.
Studied the Basque a bit in college.

Have you ever studied cuniform or chinese?

 

[1sickbastard]

Have you ever studied cuniform or chinese?

I've read a little Mesopotamian history and a bit more Chinese history and some of the 'classic' Mandarin ideograms, but my familiarity, such as it is, is a poor man's pass at very rich subjects.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

I've read a little Mesopotamian history and a bit more Chinese history and some of the 'classic' Mandarin ideograms, but my familiarity, such as it is, is a poor man's pass at very rich subjects.

About 15 years ago I went to Shangai and visited the museum. The whole history of the development or their writing was there to be seen. I was transfixed, it was fascinating but it was such a long time ago. Well worth a visit.