Trivia for Squiggle #9
We're almost in the double digits on this trivia thing! Today's edition of Trivia for Squiggle contains 25 useless historical facts.
201. The shortest war on record, between Britain and Zanzibar in 1896, lasted just 38 minutes.
202. Wyoming was the first state to allow women to vote.
203. Yellowstone is the world's 1st national park. It was dedicated in 1872.
204. Until 1965, driving was done on the left-hand side on roads in Sweden. The conversion to right-hand was done on a weekday at 5 p.m. All traffic stopped as people switched sides. This time and day were chosen to prevent accidents where drivers would have gotten up in the morning and been too sleepy to realize 'this' was the day of the changeover.
205. There are more statues of Sacajewa, Lewis & Clark's female Indian guide, in the United States than any other person.
206. The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin during World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
207. The White House, in Washington DC, was originally gray, the color of the sandstone it was built out of. After the War of 1812, during which it had been burned by Canadian troops, the outside walls were painted white to hide the smoke stains.
208. The Union ironclad, Monitor, was the first U.S. ship to have a flush toilet.
209. The USSR set off the largest nuclear explosion in history, detonating a 50 megaton bomb (2600 times the Hiroshima bomb) in an atmospheric test over the Novaya Zemla Islands, October 30 1961.
210. The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal. It was adopted as the international signal for distress in 1912, and the Titanic struck the iceberg in April of that year.
211. The seven wonders of the ancient world:
1. Egyptian Pyramids at Giza
2. Hanging Gardens of Babylon
3. Statue of Zeus at Olympia
4. Colossus of Rhodes - or huge bronze statue near the Harbor of Rhodes that honored the sun god Helios
5. Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
6. Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
7. Lighthouse at Alexandria
212. The peace symbol was created in 1958 as a nuclear disarmament symbol by the Direct Action Committee, and was first shown that year at peace marches in England. The symbol is a composite of the semaphore signals N and D, representing nuclear disarmament.
213. The only repealed amendment to the US Constitution deals with the prohibition of alcohol.
214. The Miss America Contest was created in Atlantic City in 1921 with the purpose of extending the tourist season beyond Labor Day.
215. The name of the first airplane flown at Kitty Hawk by the Wright Brothers, on December 17, 1903, was Bird of Prey.
216. The first-known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 BC.
217. The ancient Egyptians slept on pillows made of stone.
218. The Black Death reduced the population of Europe by one third in the period from 1347 to 1351.
219. The 1st US Minimum Wage Law was instituted in 1938. The minimum wage was 25 cents per hour.
220. The 1st US federal legislation prohibiting narcotics (opium) was enacted in 1909.
221. Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later.
222. Members of the Nazi SS had their blood type tattooed on their armpits.
223. In 1892, Italy raised the minimum age for marriage for girls - to 12.
224. Christmas became a national holiday in the US in 1890.
225. Canada declared national beauty contests canceled as of 1992, claiming they were degrading to women.
"The venom of a black mamba can kill a human in four hours, if, say, bitten on the ankle or the thumb. However, a bite to the face or torso can bring death from paralysis within 20 minutes. Now, you should listen to this, 'cause this concerns you. The amount of venom that can be delivered from a single bite can be gargantuan. You know, I've always liked that word..."gargantuan"... so rarely have an opportunity to use it in a sentence. If not treated quickly with antivenom, 10 to 15 milligrams can be fatal to human beings. However, the black mamba can deliver as much as 100 to 400 milligrams of venom from a single bite."
201. The shortest war on record, between Britain and Zanzibar in 1896, lasted just 38 minutes.
202. Wyoming was the first state to allow women to vote.
203. Yellowstone is the world's 1st national park. It was dedicated in 1872.
204. Until 1965, driving was done on the left-hand side on roads in Sweden. The conversion to right-hand was done on a weekday at 5 p.m. All traffic stopped as people switched sides. This time and day were chosen to prevent accidents where drivers would have gotten up in the morning and been too sleepy to realize 'this' was the day of the changeover.
205. There are more statues of Sacajewa, Lewis & Clark's female Indian guide, in the United States than any other person.
206. The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin during World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
207. The White House, in Washington DC, was originally gray, the color of the sandstone it was built out of. After the War of 1812, during which it had been burned by Canadian troops, the outside walls were painted white to hide the smoke stains.
208. The Union ironclad, Monitor, was the first U.S. ship to have a flush toilet.
209. The USSR set off the largest nuclear explosion in history, detonating a 50 megaton bomb (2600 times the Hiroshima bomb) in an atmospheric test over the Novaya Zemla Islands, October 30 1961.
210. The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal. It was adopted as the international signal for distress in 1912, and the Titanic struck the iceberg in April of that year.
211. The seven wonders of the ancient world:
1. Egyptian Pyramids at Giza
2. Hanging Gardens of Babylon
3. Statue of Zeus at Olympia
4. Colossus of Rhodes - or huge bronze statue near the Harbor of Rhodes that honored the sun god Helios
5. Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
6. Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
7. Lighthouse at Alexandria
212. The peace symbol was created in 1958 as a nuclear disarmament symbol by the Direct Action Committee, and was first shown that year at peace marches in England. The symbol is a composite of the semaphore signals N and D, representing nuclear disarmament.
213. The only repealed amendment to the US Constitution deals with the prohibition of alcohol.
214. The Miss America Contest was created in Atlantic City in 1921 with the purpose of extending the tourist season beyond Labor Day.
215. The name of the first airplane flown at Kitty Hawk by the Wright Brothers, on December 17, 1903, was Bird of Prey.
216. The first-known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 BC.
217. The ancient Egyptians slept on pillows made of stone.
218. The Black Death reduced the population of Europe by one third in the period from 1347 to 1351.
219. The 1st US Minimum Wage Law was instituted in 1938. The minimum wage was 25 cents per hour.
220. The 1st US federal legislation prohibiting narcotics (opium) was enacted in 1909.
221. Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later.
222. Members of the Nazi SS had their blood type tattooed on their armpits.
223. In 1892, Italy raised the minimum age for marriage for girls - to 12.
224. Christmas became a national holiday in the US in 1890.
225. Canada declared national beauty contests canceled as of 1992, claiming they were degrading to women.
"The venom of a black mamba can kill a human in four hours, if, say, bitten on the ankle or the thumb. However, a bite to the face or torso can bring death from paralysis within 20 minutes. Now, you should listen to this, 'cause this concerns you. The amount of venom that can be delivered from a single bite can be gargantuan. You know, I've always liked that word..."gargantuan"... so rarely have an opportunity to use it in a sentence. If not treated quickly with antivenom, 10 to 15 milligrams can be fatal to human beings. However, the black mamba can deliver as much as 100 to 400 milligrams of venom from a single bite."
posted by Scott at 10:29 AM
2 Comments:
I've spotted a mistake ... You got the last wonder of the world wrong:
"211. The seven wonders of the ancient world:
1. Egyptian Pyramids at Giza
2. Hanging Gardens of Babylon
3. Statue of Zeus at Olympia
4. Colossus of Rhodes - or huge bronze statue near the Harbor of Rhodes that honored the sun god Helios
5. Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
6. Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
7. Column of Squiggle in his pants."
Hopefully further inaccuracies will be kept to a minimum!
~grins~
I would like to express my sincerest apologies to the Almighty Squiggle for the heinous inaccuracy in this week's 'Trivia for Squiggle.' I can assure you that all trivia will be checked more thoroughly from now on. (Scott apologetically bows in reverence).
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