A page of Trivia to amaze your friends...
FUN FACTS
Sheep don"t swim...Only one out of every 20 young athletes who sign professional baseball contracts ever makes it to the majors...The English of the upper class 100 years ago always served two kinds of food on napkins: asparagus and ice cream...A shrimp"s heart is in its head...Guide dogs never watch the stop-and go- lights, only the traffic itself...Far more boys than girls drink milk at school... If you see the lightning, it missed you...Zane Grey wrote three novels a year for 29 years...All of Sweden has fewer people than the city of Tokyo...A marble factory turns out 200 marbles a minute...A perfect game in Bowling- 12 strikes in a row- occurs once every 450,000 games...A gallon of wine weighs less in the summer than in winter
ANSWER DEPT.
What kind of meat has the least cholesterol? Turkey
How many of the original Seven Wonders of the World still exist? Only one, the Sphynx
Who was the first woman named "Athlete of the Year" by Sports Illustrated? Billie Jean King in 1972
What natural phenomena- floods, fires, earthquakes- kills the most people? Heat waves.
Where is Santa Claus a woman? In Italy. The gift-giving Christmas figure there is an elderly lady called :La Befana".
PENNSYLVANIA TRIVIA
How many international airports are in Pennsylvania? Six ( Allentown, Erie, Harrisburg, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh,Wilkes barre/Scranton.
On what date did Pennsylvania gain statehood? December 12, 1787
What is the official Pennsylvania state insect\? Firefly
What is the official Pennsylvania state fish? Brook trout
When the Pennsylvania Turnpike first opened in 1940, what was the fixed speed limit? None
TRIVIA....NOT
Lincoln did NOT write the Gettysburg Address on the back of an envelope. In fact, he worked on the speech for two weeks.
The Statue of Liberty is NOT in the territorial waters of New York, but rather, in New Jersey.
Lucille Ball was NOT a natural redhead. She was a brunette in her first appearances on stage.
Eskimos did not and do not live in igloos. Generally an igloo is an emergency shelter.
Crickets do NOT chirp by rubbing their legs together. They rub their wings.
Bulls can NOT see red. Like most animals, they are color blind. It is the movement of the cloth that urges them on in Bullfighting
Birds do NOT sing because they are happy. It is territorial behavior
.Raindrops are NOT shaped like tears. They are flattish,like a hockey puck
ARE YOU NORMAL?
1 in 10 people say they have seen a ghost.
Over 27% of people skip ahead to find out what will happen in a book before they finish it.
On average, we send 38 Christmas cards a year.
Do you lock your front door? 6 out of 10 people do
What"s your favorite room in your house? 46% of women and 26% of men say the kitchen
Ever take music lessons? Only 4 out of every 10 of us have ever taken lessons for an instrument. Piano is the top choice followed by guitar
Ever broken a bone? 44% of us have suffered a fracture. The most frequent broken bone is the metatarsal in the foot
What is your favorite restaurant food? Hands down, more people order french fries at a restaurant than any other food.What about candy? We eat more Snickers than any other candy. On average we down 16.3 pounds of chocolate a year. (Brown is the favorite color of M&M).
What is your favorite flavor of ice cream? Despite all the new wacky flavors, 1 of 4 ice cream servings is still good ol vanilla
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