Trivia and Amazing Facts 27-10-08

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• CAN ANY CREATURES BESIDES HUMANS GET A SUNBURN? Only pigs have humans' intolerance of the sun.

• The French phrase jeunesse dorée, which refers to wealthy, stylish, sophisticated people, translates literally to "gilded youth."

• The little-used adjective "tabescent" means to waste or wither away.

• Something that is without teeth can be said to be "edentulous".

• The pet ferret (Mustela putorias furo) was domesticated more than 500 years before the house cat.

Bumper Stickers and Cool Remarks

Trivia and Amazing Facts 20-10-08

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• HOW LONG DID "I LOVE LUCY" RUN? Six seasons - from October 15, 1951, to June 24, 1957.

• WHAT IS THE LARGEST COCKROACH ON RECORD? At 3.81 inches in length, this one can hardly check into a Roach Motel, much less check out.

• The "you are here arrow" on a map is called the IDEO locator.

• The term "ace" was first used during World War I for a pilot who had brought down at least five enemy aircraft. The German equivalent was Oberkanone, which meant "top gun."

• The cubit is the oldest known measurement, appearing in the Bible when God gives Noah instructions for the ark. Described as a Royal Cubit, it was measured from the elbow to the thumb knuckle. It was a means of insuring that the nobility got a larger share at the market place.

Low Fat Recipes

Trivia and Amazing Facts 13-10-08

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• WHAT USED TO STAND AT THE SITE OF THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING? Until 1929, the Waldorf-Astoria stood at the south west corner of Thirty-fourth Street and Fifth Avenue. On October 1st of that year, demolition of the famous hotel began, and on May 1, 1931, the Empire State Building opened on the space. In the same year, the Waldorf reopened at its current address between Forty-ninth and Fiftieth Streets on Park Avenue.

• HOW MANY TIME ZONES ARE THERE IN CHINA? Only one. Although the country covers 3,691,521 square miles and geographically could be in five different zones, the government requires the clocks throughout the nation to conform to those in the capital (Beijing).

• Feel no pain! German researchers have discovered that coughing during an injection can lessen the pain of the needle stick. According to Taras Usichenko, author of a study on the phenomenon, the trick causes a sudden, temporary rise in pressure in the chest and spinal canal, inhibiting the pain-conducting structures of the spinal cord.

• The term "classroom" didn't come into use in the United States until after 1865.

• The Japanese gave us the term "honcho," meaning big shot. Hancho means "squad commander" in Japanese.

Proverbs

Trivia and Amazing Facts 06-10-08

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• HOW HIGH IS THE REGULATION BASKETBALL HOOP? It is 10 feet above the floor.

• HOW MUCH DID AMERICANS SPEND ON PIZZAS IN 1988? $20 billion, according to the National Association of Pizza Operations.

• Experience supersonic hearing! If you're stuck chatting up a mumbler at a cocktail party, lean in with your right ear. It's better than your left at following the rapid rhythms of speech, according to researchers at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine. If, on the other hand, you're trying to identify that song playing softly in the elevator, turn your left ear toward the sound. The left ear is better at picking up music tones.

• The number 4 is the only number, in the English language, that has the same number of letters in its name as its meaning.

• The act of snapping one's fingers has a name. It is called a "fillip."

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