Trivia and Amazing Facts 25-08-08

• “Toboggan” is derived from the Algonquin language and loosely meant “instrument with which to drag a cord.”

• In heraldry, a two-legged dragon with wings and a barbed tail is a "wyvern."

• Twitchers are birdwatchers in England. In the U.S., they are called birders.

• Breathe underwater! If you're dying to retrieve that quarter from the bottom of the pool, take several short breaths first-essentially, hyperventilate. When you're underwater, it's not a lack of oxygen that makes you desperate for a breath; it's the buildup of carbon dioxide, which makes your blood acidic, which signals your brain that somethin' ain't right. "When you hyperventilate, the influx of oxygen lowers blood acidity," says Jonathan Armbruster, Ph.D., an associate professor of biology at Auburn University. "This tricks your brain into thinking it has more oxygen." It'll buy you up to 10 seconds.

• Impress your friends! Next time you're at a party, try this trick: Have a person hold one arm straight out to the side, palm down, and instruct him to maintain this position. Then place two fingers on his wrist and push down. He'll resist. Now have him put one foot on a surface that's a half inch higher (a few magazines) and repeat. This time his arm will cave like the French. By misaligning his hips, you've offset his spine, says Rachel Cosgrove, C.S.C.S., co-owner of Results Fitness, in Santa Clarita, California. Your brain senses that the spine is vulnerable, so it shuts down the body's ability to resist.

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Trivia and Amazing Facts 18-08-08

• "Diddle for the middle" is a slang expression used for the start of a darts game. Opposing players each throw a single dart at the bull's eye. The person who is closest starts the game.

• The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.

• The difference between a nook and a cranny: A nook is a corner and a cranny is a crack

• The words CHOICE COD read the same when held in front of a mirror upside-down. This also applies to the word DIOXIDE.

• The letters in the abbreviation e.g. stand for exempli gratia - a Latin term meaning "for example."

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Trivia and Amazing Facts 11-08-08

• A little-used expression for something insignificant or trifling is a "peppercorn."

• There are more chickens than people in the world.

• A fireplace is called a "mantelpiece" because, at one time, people hung their coats (or "mantles") over the fireplace to dry them.

• The word "dude" was coined by Oscar Wilde and his friends. It is a combination of the words duds and attitude.

• A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

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Trivia and Amazing Facts 07-08-08

• The letter "O" is the oldest letter. It has not changed in shape since its adoption in the Phoenician alphabet c. 1300 B.C.

• When used by an ornithologist, the word "lore" refers to the space between a bird's eye and its bill.

• The number of atoms in a pound of iron is nearly five trillion billion 4,891,500,000,000,000,000,000,000.

• The word "diamond" comes from the Greek word adamas which means "unconquerable."

• The little-known verb "gralloch" means to disembowel a deer.

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Trivia and Amazing Facts 04-08-08

• The dot on top of the letter "i" is called a "tittle." Tittle is Latin for something very small.

• The American Heritage Dictionary was once banned from the Eldon, Missouri library because it contained 39 "objectionable" words.

• In the U.S. and France, a septillion is represented by the number 1 followed by 24 zeroes; in Great Britain and Germany, it is the number 1 followed by 42 zeroes.

• The name Netherlands is derived from the Dutch word neder meaning "low;" the term Low Countries is used collectively for Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands, a reference to the low-lying nature of the land.

• Cockroaches have quite a capacity for survival. If the head of one is removed carefully, so as to prevent it from bleeding to death, the cockroach can survive for several weeks. When it dies, it is from starvation.

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