The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under the one roof.Americans consume 42 tons of aspirin a day. When Gaius Caesar was a boy, Roman soldiers affectionately nicknamed him 'little boots' for the boy sized military footwear he wore. He grew up and became emperor, retaining his boyhood nickname, 'Little... See More » (1)
More than 99.9% of all the animal species that have ever lived on Earth...were extinct before the coming of man. The first safety feature for an automobile was invented in 1908 by John O'Leary. He patented a large net, to be installed on the front bumper, to scoop up pedestrians out of the way before they could be run... See More »
There are 72 kms - 45 miles - of nerves in the skin of a human being.Humans shed and regrow outer skin cells about every 27 days - the equivalent of almost 1000 new skins in a lifetime. The average human body contains enough iron to make a six-inch nail, sulfur to kill all the fleas on an average dog, carbon to make... See More »
Is it an old fisherman's tale that Carp rarely die of old age?Is it more likely that they will die from environmental factors? Predators would be the number one factor. Disease, low oxygen levels in the water, fishing pressures. I wonder if there has ever been a carp that has reached old age and died from that... See More »
The digestive juices of crocodiles contain so much hydrochloric acid...that they have dissolved iron spearheads and six-inch steel hooks. The crocodile is surprisingly fast on land. If pursued by a crocodile, a person should run in a zigzag motion, for the crocodile has little or no ability to make sudden changes in... See More »
Some trivia for you who enjoy...The correct response to the Irish greeting “Top of the morning to you” is “And the rest of the day to yourself” The giant squid is the largest creature without a backbone. It weighs up to 2.5 tons and grows up to 55 feet long. Each eye is a foot or... See More »
Cats have what is known as a pacing gaitCats step with both left legs, then both right legs when they walk or run. The only other animals to do this are Camels and Giraffes.
More trivia for you.- Britain's present royal family was originally named Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. The name was changed in 1917, during World War l, because of its German connotations. - When Bugs Bunny first appeared in 1935, he was called Happy Rabbit. - "Long in the... See More »
