-----Original Message----- From: George <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2011 17:22:13 To: <Invalid address> Reply-To: [email protected] Subject: MisfitsCafe.com - Trivia -- interesting
PLEASE SCROLL DOWN > >Did you know? > >If you are right handed, you will tend to chew your food on the right side >of >your mouth. If you are left handed, you will tend to chew your food on the >left side of your mouth. > > >To make half a kilo of honey, bees must collect nectar from over 2 million >individual flowers > > >Heroin is the brand name of morphine once marketed by 'Bayer'. > >Communications giant Nokia was founded in 1865 as a wood-pulp mill by >Fredrik >Idestam. > > >Tourists visiting Iceland should know that tipping at a restaurant is >considered an insult! > > >People in nudist colonies play volleyball more than any other sport. > >Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952, but he >declined. > > >Astronauts can't belch - there is no gravity to separate liquid from gas in >their stomachs. > > >Ancient Roman, Chinese and German societies often used urine as mouthwash. > >The average person who stops smoking requires one hour less sleep a night. > >The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. In the Renaissance era, it was fashion to >shave >them off! > > >Because of the speed at which Earth moves around the Sun, it is impossible >for >a solar eclipse to last more than 7 minutes and 58 seconds. > > >The night of January 20 is "Saint Agnes's Eve", which is regarded as a time >when a young woman dreams of her future husband. > > >There are over 25 million bubbles waiting to burst out of each bottle of >Champagne > > >Google is actually the common name for a number with a million zeros > >It takes glass one million years to decompose, which means it never wears >out >and can be recycled an infinite amount of times! > > >The heat of peppers is rated on the Sackville scale > >Gold is the only metal that doesn't rust, even if it's buried in the ground >for thousands of years > > >Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one >end > >If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water. When a human body >is dehydrated, its thirst > >mechanism shuts off. > >Each year 2,000,000 smokers either quit smoking or die of tobacco-related >diseases. > > >When it originally appeared in 1886 - Coca Cola was billed as an Esteemed >Brain Tonic and Intellectual Beverage. > > >Zero is the only number that cannot be represented by Roman numerals > >Kites were used in the American Civil War to deliver letters and >newspapers. > >The song, Auld Lang Syne, is sung at the stroke of midnight in almost every >English-speaking country in the world to bring in the new year. > > >For every real Christmas tree harvested, two to three seedlings are planted >in >its place. > > >Drinking water after eating reduces the acid in your mouth by 61 percent > >Peanut oil is used for cooking in submarines because it doesn't smoke unless >it's heated above 450°F > > >The Shell Oil Company originally began as a novelty shop in London that >sold >seashells > > >The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the >ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear. > > >Nine out of every 10 living things live in the ocean > >The banana cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand >of >man > > >Airports at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air >density > > >Fish and Chip selling officially remained an offensive trade until 1940 due >to >the smell it produces > > >The University of Alaska spans four time zones > >The tooth is the only part of the human body that cannot heal itself. > >In ancient Greece, tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of >marriage. Catching it meant she accepted. > > >Do you know the names of the three wise monkeys? They are: Mizaru(See no >evil), Mikazaru(Hear no evil) > >and Mazaru(Speak no evil). > >Warner Communications paid $28 million for the copyright to the song Happy >Birthday. > > >Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair. (Intelligent >people have hair!) :-) > > >A comet's tail always points away from the sun > >The Swine Flu vaccine in 1976 caused more death and illness than the disease >it was intended to prevent > > >Caffeine increases the power of aspirin and other painkillers, that is why >it >is found in some medicines. > > >The military salute is a motion that evolved from medieval times, when >knights >in armor raised their visors to reveal their identity. > > >If you get into the bottom of a well or a tall chimney and look up, you can >see stars, even in the middle of the day. > > >When a person dies, hearing is the last sense to go. The first sense lost >is >sight > > >Trivia in Roman mythology was the goddess who haunted crossroads, graveyards >and was the goddess of > >sorcery and witchcraft. She wandered about at night, and was seen only by >the >barking of dogs who told of her approach. > > >In ancient times strangers shook hands to show that they were unarmed > >Strawberries are the only fruits whose seeds grow on the outside > >Avocados have the highest calories of any fruit at 167 calories per hundred >grams > > >It cost the soft drink industry $100 million a year for thefts committed >involving vending machines > > >The moon moves about two inches away from the Earth each year > >The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust > >Due to earth's gravity it is impossible for mountains to be higher than >15,000 meters > > >Men's shirts have the buttons on the right, but women's shirts have the >buttons on the left > > >Mickey Mouse is known as "Topolino" in Italy > >Soldiers do not march in step when going across bridges because they could >set >up a vibration which could be sufficient to knock the bridge down > > >The painting that won second place in a competition held by the US National >Academy of Design was hanging upside down when it was judged > > >Everything weighs one percent less at the equator > >For every extra kilogram carried on a space flight, 530 kg of excess fuel >are >needed at lift-off > > >The letter J does not appear anywhere on the periodic table of the >elements. > > > And last but not least : >In 2011, July has 5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays, and 5 Sundays. This apparently >happens once every 823 years! This is called 'money bags'.l > > > > -- you have this email because you join to "aga-madjid" GoogleGroups. to post emails, just send to : [email protected] to join this group, send blank email to : [email protected] to quit from this group, just send email to : [email protected] please visit to www.facebook.com/aga.madjid, add my Yahoo Messenger at [email protected] or add my twitter @aga_madjid thanks for joinning this group.
