Trivia and Amazing Facts 29-05-08

• The difference between a "millennium" and a "chiliad"? None. Both words mean "a period of one thousand years" - the former from Latin, the latter from Greek.

• The telephone area code for a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean is 871.

• To divide something into squares is to "graticulate."

• The letter "B" took its present form from a symbol used in Egyptian hieroglyphics to represent a house. Its original Egyptian form looked very much like its modern one.

• The British call a large umbrella, especially one that is bulky or awkwardly wrapped, a "gamp." It is in allusion to the umbrella of Mrs. Gamp in Charles Dickens' work Martin Chuzzlewit.

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Trivia and Amazing Facts 26-05-08

• The word "dreamt" is the only word in the English language that ends in the letters "mt."

• The first children's book that was published in the U.S. was called "Spiritual Mild for Boston Babes in wither England Drawn from the Breast of Both Testaments for Their Soul's Nourishment."

• In 1822, in his book Confessions of an English Opium Eater, Thomas DeQuincy invented the word "tranquilizer" to describe the effect of opium.

• In any given week, an average of 2.3 million Americans are on paid vacation.

• Other names for a railroad caboose are crumb box, brain wagon, bazoo wagon, strawberry patch, and loose cage.

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Trivia and Amazing Facts 22-05-08

• Shakespeare was the first to use certain words that are now common, including "hurry," "bump," "eyeball," and "anchovy."

• The opposite of a "vacuum" is a "plenum."

• The metal part of a lamp that surrounds the bulb and supports the shade is called a harp.

• Clear your stuffed nose! Forget Sudafed. An easier, quicker, and cheaper way to relieve sinus pressure is by alternately thrusting your tongue against the roof of your mouth, then pressing between your eyebrows with one finger. This causes the vomer bone, which runs through the nasal passages to the mouth, to rock back and forth, says Lisa DeStefano, D.O., an assistant professor at the Michigan State University college of osteopathic medicine. The motion loosens congestion; after 20 seconds, you'll feel your sinuses start to drain.

• The male name Andrew is from the Greek word for "manly."

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Trivia and Amazing Facts 19-05-08

• The last dictionary that Noah Webster wrote contained 70,000 words and their meanings. He wrote it with no help and by hand. After his death his family sold the right to publish to G&C Merriam and Co.

• Hoi polloi is a Greek phrase meaning “the many.” Hoi polloi are the masses.

• A "zeedonk" is the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.

• One hundred thousand cubic feet of water pours over the Niagara Falls every second.

• The "snood" is the fleshy projection just above the bill on a turkey.

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Trivia and Amazing Facts 12-05-08

• Maine is the only state (in USA) whose name is just one syllable.

• If you add together all the numbers on a roulette wheel (1 to 36), the total is the mystical number 666, often associated with the Devil.

• A three-letter, one-syllable word that becomes a three-syllable word by adding one letter to the end of it: The word "are" has three letters and one syllable - "area" has three syllables.

• "Mrs." is the abbreviation of Mistress, which originally was a title and form of address for a married woman. It was always capitalized.

• Bloomers, or ladies pantaloons got their name from suffragette Amelia Bloomer.

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Trivia and Amazing Facts 05-05-08

• Ninety eight per cent of the weight of water is made up from oxygen.

• There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.

• Maine is the only state in the United States whose name is just one syllable.

• Anthropologists believe stones were one of man's first calculating devices, aiding in addition and subtraction throughout primitive times. In fact, the word "calculus" is derived from the Latin for "stone."

• The ampersand (&) was once a letter of the English alphabet.

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