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racz_jay25
05/19/08, 11:52 PM
Animals that are active by day are called diurnal; by night, nocturnal; and at twilight, crepuscular.
The word dinosaur means “terrifying lizard’.
In China, brides wear red on their wedding day.
A breeze coming off the ocean on a hot day is from warm air over land rising and cooler air over the water flowing in to replace it.
The EiffelTower was built in 1887-1889. Nearly 1000 feet tall, it was the world’s tallest structure until 1930.
Flowering plants first appeared during the Cretaceous Period (145 to 65 million years ago).
The Colosseum in Rome, which could seat about 50,000 people, was in use for about 240 years.
Among other pets, President Calvin Coolidge had a wallaby, bobcat, and pygmy hippopotamus.
A rain forest averages more than 70 inches of rain a year.
You might see dew or frost without fog, but you will never see fog without dew or frost.
The famous Johnstown flood, in Pennsylvania, killed 2,209 people on May 31, 1889.
During World War II, the Pittsburgh Steelers and Philadelphia Eagles merged in a football team called the Steagles.
Hawaii is the only state with a single school district – the 10th largest in the U.S.
One ounce of gold can be pounded into a thin sheet covering 187 square feet.
About 40 percent of Americans are descendants of someone who arrived through Ellis Island in New York harbor.
Only two common English words end in –shion: cushion and fashion.
Ninety percent of the world’s ice is found in Antarctica
The human heart, which is about the size of a fist, weighs an average of 9 ounces in females and 10.5 in males.
In the deserts of Southwestern U.S., more people die of drowning (in flash floods) than of thirst.
Experts say that dinosaurs are not extinct. They remain on earth in the form of their descendants, bird.
Only two words in the English language have nothing that rhymes with them: orange and silver.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain, was the first manuscript produced on a typewriter.
Europe’s Hundred Years War lasted 116 years (1337-1453).
At 6’4”, Abraham Lincoln was the tallest U.S. President. At 5’4”, James Madison was the shortest.
Catgut, which is used in tennis rackets, surgery, and stringed instruments, actually comes from sheep.
The tiny red-billed quelea, which is native to East Africa, has he greatest population of any living bird.
from the book The Biggest Questions, Answers and Trivia Ever
Hey racks, I kinda missed your trivias!!!! Welcome back!!! :bounce::bounce::bounce:
"Experts say that dinosaurs are not extinct. They remain on earth in the form of their descendants, bird."
Really? May be those who used to fly became birds and those walking became lizards???
pinoypower
05/20/08, 12:56 PM
"The human heart, which is about the size of a fist, weighs an average of 9 ounces in females and 10.5 in males."
Perhaps this explains why men are more romantic than women. This must also be the reason why men are polygamous because the size of their heart can accomodate two or more loves. Hahaha! Ladies please don't get mad at me. These are only hypotheses and unproven.:sign_lol:
nice hypotheses pinoypower, hahaha!
while reading that part of the trivia I asked myself if men are more prone to enlargement of the heart than women...hahaha! :taz:
dipal.madlani
05/20/08, 02:28 PM
Animals that are active by day are called diurnal; by night, nocturnal; and at twilight, crepuscular.
The word dinosaur means “terrifying lizard’.
In China, brides wear red on their wedding day.
A breeze coming off the ocean on a hot day is from warm air over land rising and cooler air over the water flowing in to replace it.
The EiffelTower was built in 1887-1889. Nearly 1000 feet tall, it was the world’s tallest structure until 1930.
Flowering plants first appeared during the Cretaceous Period (145 to 65 million years ago).
The Colosseum in Rome, which could seat about 50,000 people, was in use for about 240 years.
Among other pets, President Calvin Coolidge had a wallaby, bobcat, and pygmy hippopotamus.
A rain forest averages more than 70 inches of rain a year.
You might see dew or frost without fog, but you will never see fog without dew or frost.
The famous Johnstown flood, in Pennsylvania, killed 2,209 people on May 31, 1889.
During World War II, the Pittsburgh Steelers and Philadelphia Eagles merged in a football team called the Steagles.
Hawaii is the only state with a single school district – the 10th largest in the U.S.
One ounce of gold can be pounded into a thin sheet covering 187 square feet.
About 40 percent of Americans are descendants of someone who arrived through Ellis Island in New York harbor.
Only two common English words end in –shion: cushion and fashion.
Ninety percent of the world’s ice is found in Antarctica
The human heart, which is about the size of a fist, weighs an average of 9 ounces in females and 10.5 in males.
In the deserts of Southwestern U.S., more people die of drowning (in flash floods) than of thirst.
Experts say that dinosaurs are not extinct. They remain on earth in the form of their descendants, bird.
Only two words in the English language have nothing that rhymes with them: orange and silver.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain, was the first manuscript produced on a typewriter.
Europe’s Hundred Years War lasted 116 years (1337-1453).
At 6’4”, Abraham Lincoln was the tallest U.S. President. At 5’4”, James Madison was the shortest.
Catgut, which is used in tennis rackets, surgery, and stringed instruments, actually comes from sheep.
The tiny red-billed quelea, which is native to East Africa, has he greatest population of any living bird.
from the book The Biggest Questions, Answers and Trivia Ever
good one.
skykeeper
05/20/08, 03:14 PM
thanks a lot for sharing
"...men are polygamous because the size of their heart can accomodate two or more loves."
pinoypower, are you rationalizing?
:lol:
pinoypower
05/21/08, 11:54 AM
"...men are polygamous because the size of their heart can accomodate two or more loves."
pinoypower, are you rationalizing?
:lol:
I refuse to answer this question,Your Honor, on the grounds that it may incriminate me.:superhappy:
I refuse to answer this question,Your Honor, on the grounds that it may incriminate me.:superhappy:
:lol:
:glitterlol:
...and as you said...LBM
pinoypower
05/22/08, 12:10 PM
:lol:
:glitterlol:
...and as you said...LBM
Why did you laugh so much? Are truths funnier than fiction?:hihihi:
Why did you laugh so much? Are truths funnier than fiction?:hihihi:
Trivia facts are information that we never thought of or learned before. Some truths are funnier than fiction. In this case, it's YOUR interpretation that's funny.
pinoypower
05/22/08, 08:30 PM
Trivia facts are information that we never thought of or learned before. Some truths are funnier than fiction. In this case, it's YOUR interpretation that's funny.
Oh! gAn I always enjoy your repartees.:yey:
augberine
09/28/08, 12:38 PM
^^
Only two words in the English language have nothing that rhymes with them: orange and silver.
how about range and shiver?
q_sharon
09/28/08, 02:38 PM
Animals that are active by day are called diurnal; by night, nocturnal; and at twilight, crepuscular.
The word dinosaur means “terrifying lizard’.
In China, brides wear red on their wedding day.
A breeze coming off the ocean on a hot day is from warm air over land rising and cooler air over the water flowing in to replace it.
The EiffelTower was built in 1887-1889. Nearly 1000 feet tall, it was the world’s tallest structure until 1930.
Flowering plants first appeared during the Cretaceous Period (145 to 65 million years ago).
The Colosseum in Rome, which could seat about 50,000 people, was in use for about 240 years.
Among other pets, President Calvin Coolidge had a wallaby, bobcat, and pygmy hippopotamus.
A rain forest averages more than 70 inches of rain a year.
You might see dew or frost without fog, but you will never see fog without dew or frost.
The famous Johnstown flood, in Pennsylvania, killed 2,209 people on May 31, 1889.
During World War II, the Pittsburgh Steelers and Philadelphia Eagles merged in a football team called the Steagles.
Hawaii is the only state with a single school district – the 10th largest in the U.S.
One ounce of gold can be pounded into a thin sheet covering 187 square feet.
About 40 percent of Americans are descendants of someone who arrived through Ellis Island in New York harbor.
Only two common English words end in –shion: cushion and fashion.
Ninety percent of the world’s ice is found in Antarctica
The human heart, which is about the size of a fist, weighs an average of 9 ounces in females and 10.5 in males.
In the deserts of Southwestern U.S., more people die of drowning (in flash floods) than of thirst.
Experts say that dinosaurs are not extinct. They remain on earth in the form of their descendants, bird.
Only two words in the English language have nothing that rhymes with them: orange and silver.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain, was the first manuscript produced on a typewriter.
Europe’s Hundred Years War lasted 116 years (1337-1453).
At 6’4”, Abraham Lincoln was the tallest U.S. President. At 5’4”, James Madison was the shortest.
Catgut, which is used in tennis rackets, surgery, and stringed instruments, actually comes from sheep.
The tiny red-billed quelea, which is native to East Africa, has he greatest population of any living bird.
from the book The Biggest Questions, Answers and Trivia Ever
:itshere:
Catgut which is the sheep's intestine is almost unbreakable.
:heartbeat::heartbeat:
q_sharon
09/28/08, 02:48 PM
"The human heart, which is about the size of a fist, weighs an average of 9 ounces in females and 10.5 in males."
Perhaps this explains why men are more romantic than women. This must also be the reason why men are polygamous because the size of their heart can accomodate two or more loves. Hahaha! Ladies please don't get mad at me. These are only hypotheses and unproven.:sign_lol:
And can you explain why men (older men) like flirting around with younger girls? :lol:
On the other hand, older women feel it almost indecent doing the same thing, almost unthinkable, except maybe for Madam Auring. :lol:
If they (older men and women) rationalize by saying, "he or she is my soulmate", seems to hard for me to buy that idea, either. :halo:
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