Trivia for Squiggle #3
This week's issue of Trivia for Squiggle contains information on plants, general people/humanity facts, and a few bits on measurement.
51. Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.
52. A pineapple is a berry.
53. A notch in a tree will remain the same distance from the ground as the tree grows.
54. 99% of the pumpkins sold in the US end up as jack-o-lanterns.
55. Almonds are the oldest, most widely cultivated and extensively used nuts in the world.
56. Wine grapes, oranges, figs and olives were first planted in North America by Father Junipero Sera in 1769.
57. When you give someone roses, the color can have a meaning. The meaning of rose colors:
Red = Love and respect
Deep pink = Gratitude, appreciation
Light pink = Admiration, sympathy
White = Reverence, humility
Yellow = Joy, gladness
Orange = Enthusiasm, desire
Red & yellow blend = Gaiety, joviality
Pale blended tones = Sociability, friendship
58. Wheat is the world's most widely cultivated plant; grown on every continent except Antarctica.
59. When a coffee seed is planted, it takes five years to yield consumable fruit.
60. The plant life in the oceans make up about 85 percent of all the greenery on the Earth.
61. The fragrance of flowers is due to the essences of oil which they produce.
62. The largest single flower is the Rafflesia or "corpse flower". They are generally 3 feet in diameter with the record being 42 inches.
63. A person afflicted with hexadectylism has six fingers or six toes on one or both hands and feet.
64. A Saudi Arabian woman can get a divorce if her husband doesn't give her coffee.
65. America's first nudist organization was founded in 1929, by 3 men.
66. For drinking, washing, etc., an average American uses 168 gallons of water per day. The average American residence uses 107,000 gallons per year.
67. Hans Christian Andersen, Cher, Tom Cruise, Albert Einstein, Whoopie Goldberg, Greg Louganis, Lee Harvey Oswald, and Gen. George S. Patton, are (were) all dyslexics.
68. More people are killed annually by donkeys than die in air crashes.
69. Humans are the only animals that copulate face to face.
70. The three best-known western names in China: Jesus Christ, Richard Nixon, and Elvis Presley.
71. You share your birthday with at least nine million other people around the world.
72. Nearly 50% of all bank robberies take place on Friday.
73. The base of the Great Pyramid of Egypt is large enough to cover 10 football fields.
74. A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
75. There are 31,557,600 seconds in a year.
Today's quote actually comes not from a film but an online flash movie which is also available on DVD:
"Burninating the countryside, burninating the peasants, burninating all the people in the thatched roof cottages! Thatched roof cottages!!!"
51. Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.
52. A pineapple is a berry.
53. A notch in a tree will remain the same distance from the ground as the tree grows.
54. 99% of the pumpkins sold in the US end up as jack-o-lanterns.
55. Almonds are the oldest, most widely cultivated and extensively used nuts in the world.
56. Wine grapes, oranges, figs and olives were first planted in North America by Father Junipero Sera in 1769.
57. When you give someone roses, the color can have a meaning. The meaning of rose colors:
Red = Love and respect
Deep pink = Gratitude, appreciation
Light pink = Admiration, sympathy
White = Reverence, humility
Yellow = Joy, gladness
Orange = Enthusiasm, desire
Red & yellow blend = Gaiety, joviality
Pale blended tones = Sociability, friendship
58. Wheat is the world's most widely cultivated plant; grown on every continent except Antarctica.
59. When a coffee seed is planted, it takes five years to yield consumable fruit.
60. The plant life in the oceans make up about 85 percent of all the greenery on the Earth.
61. The fragrance of flowers is due to the essences of oil which they produce.
62. The largest single flower is the Rafflesia or "corpse flower". They are generally 3 feet in diameter with the record being 42 inches.
63. A person afflicted with hexadectylism has six fingers or six toes on one or both hands and feet.
64. A Saudi Arabian woman can get a divorce if her husband doesn't give her coffee.
65. America's first nudist organization was founded in 1929, by 3 men.
66. For drinking, washing, etc., an average American uses 168 gallons of water per day. The average American residence uses 107,000 gallons per year.
67. Hans Christian Andersen, Cher, Tom Cruise, Albert Einstein, Whoopie Goldberg, Greg Louganis, Lee Harvey Oswald, and Gen. George S. Patton, are (were) all dyslexics.
68. More people are killed annually by donkeys than die in air crashes.
69. Humans are the only animals that copulate face to face.
70. The three best-known western names in China: Jesus Christ, Richard Nixon, and Elvis Presley.
71. You share your birthday with at least nine million other people around the world.
72. Nearly 50% of all bank robberies take place on Friday.
73. The base of the Great Pyramid of Egypt is large enough to cover 10 football fields.
74. A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
75. There are 31,557,600 seconds in a year.
Today's quote actually comes not from a film but an online flash movie which is also available on DVD:
"Burninating the countryside, burninating the peasants, burninating all the people in the thatched roof cottages! Thatched roof cottages!!!"
posted by Scott at 10:38 AM
1 Comments:
Nutmeg is also a hallunicangenic (sp?)
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