Random Trivia

Yeah. I know. Here are some:

-There are more than 500 given phobias. One of the rarest is hoplophobia -- a fear of firearms.

-90% of the cab drivers in New York are recently landed immigrants.

-Until the beginning of the 20th century, pure cocaine was sold at Harrod's in London, England.

-The word "school" comes from the Greek word "skhol", which means leisure time, time for spiritual exercises.

-The metallic element Gallium has a strange property. If you put a piece of the metal in your hand, it will melt. The melting point of the metal is 29.76 degrees Celsius.

-A rat's teeth grow about 6 inches in a year.

-Hitler was originally from Austria, but moved to Germany to avoid being called on for military services.

-During an ordinary day, your hand will come in indirect contact with about 15 penises.

NeonFishnets wrote:

-The metallic element Gallium has a strange property. If you put a piece of the metal in your hand, it will melt. The melting point of the metal is 29.76 degrees Celsius.

What's so strange about that? Mercury has an even lower melting point, that's why it's liquid, duh.

During an ordinary day, your hand will come in indirect contact with about 15 penises.


EEEEEEEEEEEEW!

2)Probably true, LOL!

7)Yeah, what a bitch!

8)OMG, you know how many jokes I can say about the last one!? You don't want to know!

The top 4% of Chinas students is greater than the ammount of children in the UK, in India its the top 6%

China will soon become the number one English speaking county in the world

There are 30,000 books published every day

There are more text messages sent in one day then there are humans on the planet

It is estimated that one weeks owrht of the times (newspaper) is greater than the ammont on knowledge of the avarage man in the 17th century

There are 3 times as many words in teh english today as there were in Shakespears time

it is estimated that within 10 years a computer will be created that will have more computing power than the human brain, and that by 2059 a standard family PC will have more computing power than the entire human race

More to come

Amazing trivia im going to post some stuff too soon.

15% of women send themselves flowers on Valentine's Day

There are, on average, 58 million bubbles in a bottle of champagne.

"Lead" in pencils is actually made with graphite powder, clay and water which are mixed in a controlled enviroment to create a homogeneous compound.

In Pirates of the Caribbean, Johhny Depp was imitating McJagger.

In Charlie in the Chocolate Factory, Johnny Depp was imitating Michael Jackson.

Charles Manson had his bottom ribs surgically removed so he could give himself head.

Clarinet keys are most commonly made of nickel or silver or brass.

Male reindeer lose their antlers in winter, which means all Santa's reindeer are girls. Except Donner who is a hermaphrodite.

^ The last.


You fall asleep twice as fast with socks than without

-I'm a DUMBASS! Done! (bet you people didn't know that, huh?)

Antarctica is the driest place on earth as some parts of the continent have not seen rain in the last 2 millions years

The highest mountain known to man is on mars called Mount Olympus

The largest living thing is a mushroom in Malheur National Forest it covers 890 hectares

The largest thing a blue whale can swallow is a grapefruit.

Female mosquitoes account for nearly half of all humans killed, approximately 45 billion

No man made objects are visible with the naked eye if you are sitting on the moon.

Things associated with but not invented by Scotland: The name Scotland, Kilts, bagpipes, haggis, porridge, whisky and tartan

Finally ill add a nice list of things that have been discovered or invented by the Scots (and yes I had check some of these) :adhesive stamps, the bank of England, bicycle pedals, Bovril, the breech loading rifle, the cell nucleus, chloroform, the cloud chamber, colour photography, cornflower, the cure for malaria, the decimal point, electromagnetism, the Encyclopedia Britannica, finger-printing, the fountain pen, hypnosis, hypodermic syringes, insulin, the kaleidoscope, the kelvin scale, the lawnmower, lime cordial, logarithms, lorries, marmalade, motor insurance, the MRI scanner, the paddle steamer, paraffin, piano pedals, pneumatic tyres, the postmark, radar, the raincoat, the reflecting telescope, savings banks, the screw propeller,the speedometer, the steam hammer, tarmac, the teleprinter, tubular steel, the typhoid vaccine, the ultrasound scanner, the United States Navy, Universal Standard Time, vacuum flasks, wave powered electricity generators and wire rope

^Ha ha, I find that pretty ironic.

Sweet Sorrow wrote:

The highest mountain known to man is on mars called Mount Olympus

I'm absolutely possitive Mount Olympus is a Greek mountain.

WTrocker wrote:

Sweet Sorrow wrote:

The highest mountain known to man is on mars called Mount Olympus

I'm absolutely possitive Mount Olympus is a Greek mountain.

It is but there is a volcano on Mars called Mount Olympus, or olymus mons, proberly someone alluding to mountain of the gods in Greece

- Abraham Lincoln created the Secret Service. Didn't work out so well for him though...

-The Secret Service was originally created to combat counterfeiting.

-The terms "graveyard shift" and "saved by the bell" actually come from being buried alive. Since medicine in the past couldn't tell the difference than say a narcaleptic episode or a coma and death, bells were placed inside coffins and the idea was if you woke up in the coffin, you'd ring the bell and someone would dig you up. The people who walked around around the graveyard listening for bells worked "graveyard shift" and if you were in fact dug up you were "saved by the bell".

Excuse the DP, but this needs revival.

Best piece of Shakespeare trivia ever right here:

In Elizabethan England "to die" had another meaning - orgasm. So. Just know that every time someone writes "*dies*" now, I'm laughing hysterical at you. ^_^

*orgasms* better?

-Dolly Parton lost a Dolly Parton look-alike contest.

-A crocodile can't stick out its tongue.

-The creators of Adidas and Puma were brothers...and Nazis.

-Lactose tolerance is a mutation. Lactose intolerance is the original form of the gene.

-Rats can't vomit, burp, or have acid reflux.

-If it's not from Champagne, France, you can't call your drink "champagne". It's against international law.

-India has more honor roll students than America HAS students.

-Einstein's final words died with him-the nurse at his bedside didn't speak German!

-The human mind can maintain social relationships with up to 150 people!

-Naked mole rats are immune to cancer.

-There are more plastic flamingos in America than real ones.

Blame Baltimore for the last one.