Trivia and Amazing Facts

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Trivia & Amazing Facts 20-01-12

• Saturday is the most popular day for people to eat out in the United States.

• Are little girls still made with “sugar ‘n’ spice, and everything nice?” Well, almost. Females average 23% muscle by weight and 25% fat. Males – 40% muscle and 15% fat.

• A cat cannot see directly under its nose. This is why the cat cannot seem to find tidbits on the floor.

• In Hungary, a roast pig, with a four-leaf clover in its mouth, is prepared for New Year’s.

• An average person spends three years of his or her life on the toilet.

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Trivia & Amazing Facts 19-12-11

• A survey done by Clairol 10 years ago came up with 46% of men stating that it was okay to color their hair. Now 66% of men admit to coloring their hair.

• The act of sneezing is called sternutation.

• The animal responsible for the most human deaths world-wide is the mosquito.

• The Barbie doll has more than 80 careers.

• In St Paul, red poinsettias were banned in 2001 at Ramsey County Courthouse-City Hall to placate sensitive people who believe they are Christian symbols. White poinsettias were allowed, but unknown insensitive people smuggled a few red ones in. In 2002, red poinsettias were restored to the display.

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Trivia & Amazing Facts 11-11-11

• The REAL reason ostriches stick their head in the sand is to search for water.

• The age of the youngest astronaut, was 25

• The chances of getting a cavity is higher if candy is eaten slowly throughout the day compared to eating it all at once and then brushing your teeth.

• A female mackerel lays about 500,000 eggs at one time.

• Dogs that do not tolerate small children well are the St. Bernard, the Old English sheep dog, the Alaskan malamute, the bull terrier, and the toy poodle.

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Trivia & Amazing Facts 11-10-11

• WHAT IS THE TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SLOW BOIL AND A ROLLING BOIL? Boiling water in an open pot is never hotter than 212 degrees, no matter how fast it boils. In other words, a slow boil and a rolling boil are the same temperature, but the rate of energy loss is different. Kind of like walking or running a mile – same amount of calories are expended. The difference is how fast the calories are burned up.

• Pound for pound, Hamburgers cost more than new cars.

• The mouse is the most common mammal in the US.

• 99% of pumpkins that are sold for decoration.

• From 1526 to 1707, the first six Mogul emperors of India ruled in unbroken succession from father to son.

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Trivia & Amazing Facts 23-09-11

• An elephant cannot jump.

• HOW FAST–IN MILES PER HOUR–DO THE FASTEST MESSAGES TRANSMITTED BY THE HUMAN NERVOUS SYSTEM TRAVEL? 180 to 200 mph.

• Label on a Swedish Chain Saw: “Do not attempt to stop chain with your hands or genitals.”

• People whose mouth has a narrow roof are more likely to snore. This is because they have less oxygen going through their nose.

• A bird requires more food in proportion to its size than a baby or a cat.

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Trivia & Amazing Facts 07-09-11

• A car uses 1.6 ounces of gas idling for one minute. Half an ounce is used to start the average automobile!
• Most hospitals make money by selling the umbilical cords cut from women who give birth. They are reused in vein transplant surgery.
• From space, the brightest visible man-made place on earth is Las Vegas.
• Teenage cosmetic surgeries nearly doubled in the USA between 1996 and 1998.
• A newborn kangaroo is about 1 inch in length.

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• The Nobel Peace Prize medal depicts three naked men with their hands on each other’s shoulders!

• Your feet are bigger in the afternoon than the rest of the day.

• Lemons contain more sugar than strawberries.

• One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.

• German Shepherds bite humans more than any other breed of dog.

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