IT'S ALL TRIVIAL TO ME-Vol. 4

Trivia to amaze all..

Both the tomato and the jellyfish are 95% water...More flower seeds come from Lompoc, Calif., than from anyplace else in the world...Christopher Columbus visited Iceland long before he ever set sail for America...People eat more sharks than sharks eat people...Left-handed players are barred from playing Polo..A fourth of the bones in your body are in your hands...Only one person in 50 has an I.Q. over 140...Amish children quit school after the eighth grade... Kilts originated in France, not Scotland...If typical, you have about 110 hairs in every square inch of skin on the back of your hand...Dreams ordinarily last about 20 minutes...Bees are most inclined to sting people on very windy days...Experts in the game of Poker say your opponents can't judge whether it's your policy to bluff or not if you don't bluff more than 6% of the time...Nobody can fold a piece of paper in half ten times.

TIME


Taking a trip from New York City to Los Angeles? Consider this...

Mode of transport              NYC to LA (2,450 miles)

Feet                                    38 days, 3 hours
Bike                                    11 days,17 hours
Car                                      41 hours, 40 minutes
Bus                                      2 days, 21 hours, 55 minutes
Train                                    62 hours
Plane                                    5 hours


How often do we....?

Pray- 58% of Americans pray daily. Folks in southern states are most likely to say they pray, while those in the Northeast are the least likely. Young people pray less than older adults-only 46% between the ages of 18-29 say they pray daily.

Time Quiz

1- How much do you reduce your life by smoking  ONE cigarette?
    a) By a year
    b) By 3 months
    c) by 11 minutes
    d) by 1 hour and 10 minutes

2- Which country has the highest life expectancy?

    a) Japan
    b) Monaco
    c) United States
    d) Japan and Switzerland tied for first place

3- What's the worst month to be in the hospital?

    a) July
    b) January
    c) December
    d) August

4- How long did it take to build the Empire State Building?

    a) 1 year and 45 days
    b) 3 years, 2 months
    c) 6 years, 12 days
    d) 2 years

5- How long did it take for the Titanic to sink?

    a) 12 hours
    b) 3 hours and 10 minutes
    c) 35 minutes
    d) 2 hours and 40 minutes

Answers
1- c
2- b
3- a
4- a
5- d

Not So Trivia

* Lassie was never female. A series of male dogs played the part.
* Alcohol doesn't warm you. In fact, it helps cool you off, internally and externally.
* No witches were burned at the stake in Salem, Mass. Most were hanged.
* Autumn leaves actually do not turn color. They lose the color green, and show other colors they've had all along. The change is caused by the shortening of the days than by cooler weather,
People don't start most forest fires. Lightning does.
* The funny bone is not a bone but an exposed nerve.