Trivia for Squiggle #XXVIII
Today's issue of Trivia for Squiggle is another day of completely random stuff...but that's not to say there aren't some good ones in here. The next installment will have a bit of a theme...and then we have the #XXX issue coming up...hmmm...
676. The USS Abraham Lincoln has five gymnasiums on the ship and a basketball league with 22 teams.
677. The Welwitschia plant can live up to 1,000 years.
678. The average day is actually 23 hours, 56 minutes and 4.09 seconds. We have a leap year every four years to make up for this shortfall.
679. The city of Nottingham, England was the first city to have Braille signs for the blind in its shopping malls.
680. The first Valentine's Day card was sent from a knight to his wife in 1415. The knight was held captive in the Tower of London.
681. The largest diamond found in the United States was a 40.23 carat white diamond. It was found in 1924 and nicknamed the "Uncle Sam."
682. The largest stamp was issued by China and measured 210 x 65 mm.
683. The longest engagement lasted 67 years, and the couple ended up marrying when they were 82 years old.
684. The month of December is the most popular month for weddings in the Philippines.
685. The more a person struggles to get out of quicksand the faster they will sink. Staying still, and being calm will actually make the body float in the quicksand because the body is less dense than the quicksand is.
686. The most overdue book in the world was borrowed from Sidney Sussex College in Cambridge, England and was returned 288 years later.
687. The size of a red blood cell is 708 microns. This is equivalent to one millionth of a meter.
688. The strike note of the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is e-flat.
689. The third biggest party day after New Year's and Super Bowl Sunday is Halloween.
690. The titan arum flower is the largest flower in the world and gives off a horrible odor that smells like rotting flesh when it blooms.
691. The world's deepest gold mine is seven kilometers below the surface of the Earth.
692. The world's oldest rose is located Hildeshiem Cathedral in Germany and is thought to be over 1,000 years old.
693. There are over 1,000,000 swimming pools in Florida, even though the ocean is no farther than 80 miles away.
694. There is a large brass statue of Winnie-the-Pooh in Lima, Peru.
695.There is a type of coffin made that can be used as a wine rack or picnic table before its final use.
696. There is an organization called SCROOGE in Charlottesville, Virginia that stands for Society to Curtail Ridiculous, Outrageous, and Ostentatious Gift Exchanges. This was formed to keep gift giving affordable and simple.
697. There is enough water in American swimming pools to cover the whole city of San Francisco seven feet deep.
698. There was a 19th century Native American tribal chief who went under the name, "Not Able to Fornicate."
699. Touching and stroking a plant will aid in it growing healthy.
700. When Easter baskets were first introduced they were made to look like a bird's nest.
"You got fucked by an oven full of witches?"
676. The USS Abraham Lincoln has five gymnasiums on the ship and a basketball league with 22 teams.
677. The Welwitschia plant can live up to 1,000 years.
678. The average day is actually 23 hours, 56 minutes and 4.09 seconds. We have a leap year every four years to make up for this shortfall.
679. The city of Nottingham, England was the first city to have Braille signs for the blind in its shopping malls.
680. The first Valentine's Day card was sent from a knight to his wife in 1415. The knight was held captive in the Tower of London.
681. The largest diamond found in the United States was a 40.23 carat white diamond. It was found in 1924 and nicknamed the "Uncle Sam."
682. The largest stamp was issued by China and measured 210 x 65 mm.
683. The longest engagement lasted 67 years, and the couple ended up marrying when they were 82 years old.
684. The month of December is the most popular month for weddings in the Philippines.
685. The more a person struggles to get out of quicksand the faster they will sink. Staying still, and being calm will actually make the body float in the quicksand because the body is less dense than the quicksand is.
686. The most overdue book in the world was borrowed from Sidney Sussex College in Cambridge, England and was returned 288 years later.
687. The size of a red blood cell is 708 microns. This is equivalent to one millionth of a meter.
688. The strike note of the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is e-flat.
689. The third biggest party day after New Year's and Super Bowl Sunday is Halloween.
690. The titan arum flower is the largest flower in the world and gives off a horrible odor that smells like rotting flesh when it blooms.
691. The world's deepest gold mine is seven kilometers below the surface of the Earth.
692. The world's oldest rose is located Hildeshiem Cathedral in Germany and is thought to be over 1,000 years old.
693. There are over 1,000,000 swimming pools in Florida, even though the ocean is no farther than 80 miles away.
694. There is a large brass statue of Winnie-the-Pooh in Lima, Peru.
695.There is a type of coffin made that can be used as a wine rack or picnic table before its final use.
696. There is an organization called SCROOGE in Charlottesville, Virginia that stands for Society to Curtail Ridiculous, Outrageous, and Ostentatious Gift Exchanges. This was formed to keep gift giving affordable and simple.
697. There is enough water in American swimming pools to cover the whole city of San Francisco seven feet deep.
698. There was a 19th century Native American tribal chief who went under the name, "Not Able to Fornicate."
699. Touching and stroking a plant will aid in it growing healthy.
700. When Easter baskets were first introduced they were made to look like a bird's nest.
"You got fucked by an oven full of witches?"
posted by Scott at 10:32 AM
1 Comments:
Four minutes seems like a long time to lose each day, but the math works out. How weird.
Not an oven! A coven!
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