Trivia

[Pickles]

I guess if a Man is the youngest and has 3 older brothers his chances of being gay, and not in the happy way is 100%.....but if he has one older brother he has a 33% chance of being gay...
laughing i just post these things....giggling.... [img]redface.gif[/img]

[Pickles]

Many actors believe peacock feathers, or even mentioning peacocks, is bad luck.

ecause of their racing metabolisms, hummingbirds are always two hours away from starvation.

Buttered popcorn sells twice as well as plain popcorn at movie theaters.

A "quinquagenarian" is someone in their fifties.

The largest diamond that was ever found was 3,106 carats.

Queen Ranavalona of Madagasgar executed any of her subjects who appeared in her dreams.

The wheelbarrow was invented by the Chinese.

The first president to have a picture taken was John Quincy Adams.

Antarctica is a desert. The average yearly total precipitation is about two inches.

The word "sneaker" was coined by Henry McKinney, an advertising agent for N.W. Ayer & Son.

In 1968, a lightning storm in Lapleau, France, killed all of the black sheep in a flock and left the white sheep unharmed.

NATO stands for North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

As a child, Casanova suffered from frequent nosebleeds. The condition was cured by a witch.

The longest recorded duration of a total solar eclipse was 7.5 minutes.

The first song to be performed in outer space was "Happy Birthday."

St. John's Lane in Rome is just 18.9 inches wide.

Just one mourner walked with Mozart's coffin before it was buried in a pauper's grave.

The adjective "metopic" pertains to the forehead.

Mark Twain was almost 50 years old before he learned to ride a bike.

In the Old Testament, Nimrod was famous for being a mighty hunter.

[Pickles]

The gold earrings once worn by pirates and sailors actually served a practical purpose. They covered the cost of a proper burial.

The average duration of a male orgasm is four seconds.

Dr. Seuss' popular book, "Green Eggs and Ham," was the result of a bet that he could not write a book using only 50 words.

The country of Andorra has a zero percent unemployment rate.

Sony's first product was a rice cooker.

Sex relieves headaches. Lovemaking can release the tension that restricts blood vessels in the brain.

The strongest earthquake on record hit Chile on May 22, 1960.

Elvis made just one commercial during his reign. It was for Southern Maid Doughnuts.

"Oral-B" is a combination of "oral hygiene" and the letter "b," which stands for "better."

Lambskin and latex condoms are biodegradable, but polyurethane condoms aren't.

Electric eels can deliver shocks up to 550 volts.

Casanova lived out his final years as a librarian.

On September 19, 1981, more than 300 people were eaten alive by piranhas when a ferry capsized at the Brazilian port of Obidos.

A group of finches is called a "charm."

Bats have sex in the air while flying.

As early as the 14th century, Egyptians used urine tests to diagnose pregnancy.

Men become sexually aroused nearly every time they dream.

The Irish cure for the mumps used to involve leading the patient three times around a pigsty.

Finland has 179,584 islands.

[Pickles]

Popcorn has been served in movie theaters since 1912.

Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do.

John Adams was the first President to display fireworks at the White House.

Casanova's full name was Giacomo Girolama Casanova.

In 1955, an Argentinean named Juan Potomachi died and left more than $37,500 to a local theater on the condition that they use his skull during a performance of "Hamlet."

Even though Dr. Seuss wrote successful books for children, he never had any of his own.

"Alma mater" means "bountiful mother."

Despite being over 27 times smaller, Norway's total coastline is longer than that of the U.S.

Russians celebrate their October Revolution in November.

In the Old Testament, Lot impregnated both of his own daughters. (Genesis 19:36.)

The mythical Scottish town of Brigadoon appears for one day every 100 years.

Vin Deisel's real name is Mark Vincent.

The average person sheds about one-and-a-half pounds of skin each year.

The first image ever transmitted on TV was Felix the Cat.

During pregnancy, the uterus expands to 500 times its normal size.

The word "maverick" came into use after a Texan, Samuel Maverick, refused to brand his cattle. Eventually, any unbranded calf became known as a maverick.

The 1912 Olympics was the last time gold medals were made entirely of gold.

"Pogonology" is the study of beards.

Kermit the Frog was named after Kermit Scott, a childhood friend of creator Jim Henson.

No synonym for "stutter" can be found in any native American language.

[Rogue Angel]

Originally posted by Pickles:


Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do.

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[Pickles]

Pregnant mothers carrying boys are less forgetful than those carrying girls.

An elephant's tooth can weigh as much as 12 pounds.

Fido means "faithful" in Latin.

Dr. Seuss nearly burned his first book, "And To Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street," after it was turned down by 27 publishers.

According to Playboy magazine, more women talk dirty during sex than men.

People who live in cities have longer, thicker and more dense nose hairs than those who reside in the country.

Author Truman Capote's real name was Truman Streckfus Persons.

A man's testicles grow 50% in size when aroused.

Americans write about 50 billion checks each year, making it the second most frequent payment method used after cash.

Every drop of seawater contains about one billion gold atoms.

Midgets and dwarfs almost always have normal-sized children.

David Schwimmer passed on the Will Smith role in Men in Black. Will Smith passed on the lead role in The Matrix.

There is a rare condition called Exploding Head Syndrome.

The word "gnat" appears just once in the Bible (in Matthew 23:24).

The colors yellow, red and orange are used in fast food restaurants because those are the colors that stimulate a hunger response.

Iranian women competed in the Olympics for the first time at the 1996 Atlanta Games.

The true identity of Batman's archenemy, the Penguin, was Oswald Cobblepot.

The first American coins were half dimes, spelled "dismes," which were struck in the fall of 1792.

A cat can recognize its owner's footsteps from hundreds of feet away.

Isaac Newton was an ordained priest.

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An hour of typing burns 110 calories.

The French tickler was invented by a Tibetan monk.

"Corduroy" comes from the French, "cord du roi," or "cloth of the king."

Malaria has caused half of all deaths since the Stone Age.

Martha Washington is the only woman ever to have her portrait appear on a U.S. currency note.

Whispering is more wearing on your voice than a normal speaking tone.

The average woman uses about 7,000 words a day. Men use around 2,000.

Lucifer is Latin for "light bringer."

When commercial telephone service was introduced between New York and London in 1927, the first three minutes of a call cost $75.

"Medomalacuphobia" is the fear of losing an erection.

Superman had a pet monkey. It was named Beppo.

There are more than 30,000 varieties of orchid?more than any other kind of flower.

There are three million stutterers in the United States.

The original title of the movie Pretty Woman was 3000. That's the amount of money Richard Gere's character pays Julia Roberts' character for a week of companionship.

The "Kama Sutra" was written by Mallanga Vatsyayana, rumored to have been celibate.

Only one crime was defined in the US Constitution. Treason.

A group of lizards is called "lounge."

The oldest gun manufacturer in the world is Beretta firearms. The company was founded in 1526.

Frank Sinatra's epitaph reads, "The best is yet to come."

In Kansas, it is illegal to shoot rabbits from a motorboat.

[Pickles]

It would take 517,578 dollar bills to cover a football field.

Sheep can recognize other sheep from pictures.

Americans did not commonly use forks until after the Civil War.

George W. Bush was a cheerleader in prep school.

A recent study revealed 44% of American women can't enjoy sex with a partner who is not their intellectual equal. Just 31% of men felt the same way.

An atom bomb accidentally fell from a U.S. plane over New Mexico in 1957. It failed to detonate.

In the Czech Republic, peas are thrown at brides and grooms rather than rice.

Only 51% of South Carolina high school students graduate?the lowest of any state.

"Ecouteurism" is listening to others having sex without their consent.

Pablo Picasso often paid for things by check because people would keep the check for the value of his signature, thus allowing him to get things for free.

In ancient Egypt, only high priests were allowed to wear garments made from cotton.

In Haiti, only one out of 200 people own a car.

The average American watches the equivalent of two months of TV each year.

Typically, a $1 bill lasts 18 months, $5 bills last two years, $10 bills last three years, $20 bills last four years, and $50 and $100 bills make it about nine years.

Scientists are researching spider silk as a possible replacement for Kevlar, the material used in bulletproof vests.

About 96% of American households purchase bananas at least once each month.

Sex is a natural antihistamine.

There are 592,439 words used in the Old Testament.

Wal-Mart is the world's largest private employer.

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There are about 180 million cell phone subscribers in the United States.

Eighty percent of people shot with handguns survive.

"Endytophilia" is the desire to keep one's clothes on during sex.

The average U.S. farm has 467 acres. The average Japanese farm has three acres.

Popeye has nephews named Peepeye, Poopeye, Pipeye and Pupeye.

There are 412 doors in the White House.

About one-third of recorded CDs are pirated.

Experts insist bright blue cars and yellow cars are the safest to drive.

Nearly 70% of African-American children are born out of wedlock. It's 42% for Hispanics, and 22% for whites.

Oak trees are struck by lightning more than other trees.

The last word in the Old Testament is "curse."

According to a recent survey, 85% of streakers keep their shoes on.

Sweden made bestiality legal in 1944.

One million dollars in $1 bills would weigh 2,040.8 pounds.

Milk is the official drink of Louisiana.

There are 18 animals in the popular animal crackers known as Barnum's Animals.

According to surveys, the man is the most likely partner to be tied up during sex.

A tattoo that says "AFFA" stands for "Angels Forever, Forever Angels." The tattoo is often worn by current or aspiring members of the Hell's Angels.

There's a town in South Carolina called North.

Someone who uses as few words as possible when speaking is called "pauciloquent."

[Pickles]

Donald Duck's sister is named Dumbella.

Birds prefer their droppings to be on white cars, according to a recent scientific study.

"Zoophobia" is the fear of animals.

A flea expert is a pullicologist.

There are 142,000 recognized species of moths.

French Lick Springs, Indiana once passed a law requiring all black cats to wear bells on Friday the 13th.

Slugs have four noses.

A group of goats is called a "trip." A group of hares is called a "husk."

Some fish practice fellatio.

The only bird that can fly backwards is the hummingbird.

According to a Texas superstition, a bag filled with 13 sow bugs tied around a child's neck will cure the child from sores in the mouth.

Honeybees have hair on their eyes.

In ancient Babylon, eating the heart of a male partridge was the cure for impotence.

"Lutraphobia" is the fear of otters.

In 1933, Mickey Mouse received 800,000 fan letters.

The female ferret is called a Jill.

Female hyenas have more testosterone in their bodies than most male hyenas. As a result, females have "masculinized genitalia," which means a female's clitoris is enlarged and resembles a penis.

At horserace tracks, the favorite wins less than 30% of the time.

"Pnigophobia" is the fear of choking on fish bones.

Hamsters can have sex 75 times a day.

To avoid being eaten by birds, some caterpillars disguise themselves to look like bird droppings.

"Zorro" means "fox" in Spanish.