Trivia for Squiggle #1
At the behest of Squiggle in the comments section of the post before this one, I am providing you all with some trivia...which will now be a weekly feature of this blog because I had a great time doing the research to find this stuff. There will be 25 per week, resulting in 100 per month (except for the month of July, of course). So, if you like the idea, thank Squiggle…but if you hate the trivia idea, blame Squiggle...hehehe
Trivia for Squiggle #1 contains useless information about historical events, the human body, and animals...which will probably only come in handy if you are ever on Jeopardy! and these are categories.
1. In 453 AD, Attila the Hun bled to death from a nosebleed on his wedding night.
2. In 1790, Samuel Hopkins became holder of US Patent #1. Thousands of patents were issued before his, but his was the first when the numbering started. He patented a process for making potash and pearl ashes.
3. In 1796, Catherine the Great (Empress of Russia) died of a stroke...while going to the bathroom.
4. In 1893, Queen Isabella of Spain was the 1st woman to appear on a US postage stamp.
5. In 1994, Jeffrey Dahmer was beaten to death with a broomstick by a fellow inmate at the Columbia Correctional Institute.
6. In 1998, Elizabeth Ann Oliver became the 1st woman to have her baby's birth broadcast live over the Internet (on June 16).
7. In 2002, Steve Fossett became the 1st balloonist to fly solo around the world when he landed in Australia on 4th July 2002.
8. A fetus acquires fingerprints at the age of three months.
9. A healthy individual releases 3.5 oz. of gas in a single flatulent emission, or about 17 oz. in a day.
10. By age sixty, most people have lost half of their taste buds.
11. Every human spent about half an hour as a single cell.
12. Every person has a unique tongue print.
13. Camel milk does not curdle.
14. A capon is a castrated rooster.
15. The cat lover is an ailurophile, while a cat hater is an ailurophobe.
16. A chimpanzee can learn to recognize itself in a mirror, but monkeys can't.
17. The poisonous copperhead snake smells like fresh cut cucumbers.
18. A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.
19. An electric eel can produce a shock of up to 650 volts.
20. Elephants can communicate using sounds that are below the human hearing range: between 14 and 35 hertz.
21. Felix the Cat is the first cartoon character to ever have been made into a balloon for a parade.
22. Macaroni, Gentoo, Chinstrap and Emperor are types of penguins.
23. Rats can't throw-up.
24. Swans are the only birds with penises.
25. A zebra is white with black stripes.
“Boy, the next word that comes out of your mouth had better be some brilliant fucking Mark Twain shit because it’s definitely getting chiseled on your tombstone.”
Trivia for Squiggle #1 contains useless information about historical events, the human body, and animals...which will probably only come in handy if you are ever on Jeopardy! and these are categories.
1. In 453 AD, Attila the Hun bled to death from a nosebleed on his wedding night.
2. In 1790, Samuel Hopkins became holder of US Patent #1. Thousands of patents were issued before his, but his was the first when the numbering started. He patented a process for making potash and pearl ashes.
3. In 1796, Catherine the Great (Empress of Russia) died of a stroke...while going to the bathroom.
4. In 1893, Queen Isabella of Spain was the 1st woman to appear on a US postage stamp.
5. In 1994, Jeffrey Dahmer was beaten to death with a broomstick by a fellow inmate at the Columbia Correctional Institute.
6. In 1998, Elizabeth Ann Oliver became the 1st woman to have her baby's birth broadcast live over the Internet (on June 16).
7. In 2002, Steve Fossett became the 1st balloonist to fly solo around the world when he landed in Australia on 4th July 2002.
8. A fetus acquires fingerprints at the age of three months.
9. A healthy individual releases 3.5 oz. of gas in a single flatulent emission, or about 17 oz. in a day.
10. By age sixty, most people have lost half of their taste buds.
11. Every human spent about half an hour as a single cell.
12. Every person has a unique tongue print.
13. Camel milk does not curdle.
14. A capon is a castrated rooster.
15. The cat lover is an ailurophile, while a cat hater is an ailurophobe.
16. A chimpanzee can learn to recognize itself in a mirror, but monkeys can't.
17. The poisonous copperhead snake smells like fresh cut cucumbers.
18. A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.
19. An electric eel can produce a shock of up to 650 volts.
20. Elephants can communicate using sounds that are below the human hearing range: between 14 and 35 hertz.
21. Felix the Cat is the first cartoon character to ever have been made into a balloon for a parade.
22. Macaroni, Gentoo, Chinstrap and Emperor are types of penguins.
23. Rats can't throw-up.
24. Swans are the only birds with penises.
25. A zebra is white with black stripes.
“Boy, the next word that comes out of your mouth had better be some brilliant fucking Mark Twain shit because it’s definitely getting chiseled on your tombstone.”
posted by Scott at 4:02 PM
4 Comments:
I hope you know I'm stealing these for the "G-Mail"...
Yay!
Finally something to distract me from my work!
"8. A fetus acquires fingerprints at the age of three months."
How long before government demands that this information is recorded on a biometric passport?
So is "hung like a swan" a compliment or an insult?
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