Trivia for Squiggle #XL!!!

With this 40th installment of Trivia for Squiggle, we finally reach 1,000 tidbits of useless information...and to celebrate, today's issue is all sexual-related with one surprise, commemorative entry. There shall be more...and if you like what you've seen so far, you can thank the Almighty Squiggle!

976. The term “scumbag” originally referred to a used condom.

977. The name of Wyoming’s Grand Teton peak literally means “big tit.”

978. In the original Grimm’s “Sleeping Beauty” fairy tale, the prince rapes her while she sleeps and then leaves before she wakes up.

979. The word “masturbation” comes from a Latin word meaning “to pollute oneself.”

980. The word “avocado” comes from the Spanish word aguacate, which in turn is derived from the Nahuatl word ahuacatl, which means “testicle.”

981. The eyelid and the skin of the scrotum are the only parts of the male body that contain no subcutaneous fat.

982. It’s believed that the purpose of pubic hair is to trap the scents released by the secretions in the pubic region; the same belief applies to armpit hair. Supposedly, the secretions serve as an erotic stimulus to the opposite sex.

983. There is a condition called “polymastia” wherein there are extra breast on the body. In 1886 there were two women who each had ten breasts, all of which secreted milk; and in 1894 there was a case reported of a man who had eight breasts. Interestingly enough, there was a woman named Madame Ventre in eighteenth-century France who had a fully functioning, lactating breast that stuck out of her left thigh just below the waist.

984. The term “venereal disease” was coined in the sixteenth century and originated from the Latin phrase morbus Veneris, which translates as “the sickness of Venus.” Venus was the goddess of love/sex.

985. Semen contains minute quantities of more than thirty elements, such as fructose, ascorbic acid, cholesterol, creatine, citric acid, urea, uric acid, sorbitol, pyruvic acid, glutathione, inositol, lactic acid, nitrogen, vitamin B12, various salts, and enzymes.

986. Coitophobia is the fear of coitus.

987. Cypridophobia is the fear of prostitutes or venereal disease.

988. Defecaloesiophobia is the fear of painful bowel movements.

989. Dishabiliophobia is the fear of undressing in front of someone.

990. Erotophobia is the fear of sexual love or sexual questions.

991. Eurotophobia is the fear of female genitalia.

992. Gymnophobia is the fear of nudity.

993. Hedonophobia is the fear of feeling pleasure.

994. Ithyphallophobia is the fear of seeing, thinking about, or having an erect penis.

995. Kolpophobia is the fear genitals, particularly female.

996. Medomalacuphobia is the fear of losing an erection.

997. Parthenophobia is the fear of virgins or young girls.

998. Scatophobia is the fear of fecal matter.

999. Venustraphobia is the fear of beautiful women.

And finally:

1000! A squiggle is a line that is wobbly. The name derives from the Latin word 'Squig' which literally translates as a 'road that is not straight'. This word has been in use since the Romans conquered Britain as they found that with the British countryside they could not build straight roads.

"Yes, I did it. I killed Yvette. I hated her so...much...it...it...the...it...the...f...flames...flames...on the side of my face...heaving...breathless...heaving breaths..."

Happy Birthday Samuel L. Jackson!

Bits & Pieces would like to take a moment to say happy birthday to one bad-ass motherfucker (not that he's reading this, but whatever!). God bless the woman who birthed him on this day. Snakes on a plane, bitches!

"You tell me where my suit is, woman!"

Trivia for Squiggle #XXXIX

This week's installment of Trivia for Squiggle is all about various animals. The next installment (which WILL arrive on time this week!) will bring us to the 1,000 mark!

951. It was discovered on a space mission that a frog can throw up. The frog throws up it's stomach first, so the stomach is dangling out of it's mouth. Then the frog uses it's forearms to dig out all of the stomach's contents and then swallows the stomach back down again.

952. Most elephants weigh less than the tongue of the blue whale.

953. Blue whales weigh as much as 30 elephants and are as long as 3 Greyhound buses.

954. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.

955. A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.

956. A baby eel is called an elver.

957. A baby oyster is called a spat.

958. Lake Nicaragua boasts the only fresh-water sharks in the entire world.

959. Crocodiles and alligators are surprisingly fast on land. Although they are rapid, they are not agile; so if you ever find yourself chased by one, run in a zigzag line. You'll lose him/her every time.

960. A cockroach can live without its head, until it starves to death.

961. Ants stretch when they wake up. They also appear to yawn in a very human manner before taking up the tasks of the day.

962. Only female mosquitoes bite.

963. The housefly hums in the middle octave, key of F.

964. Butterflies taste with their hind feet.

965. Mosquitoes are attracted to the color blue twice as much as to any other color.

966. Bees have 5 eyes. There are 3 small eyes on the top of a bee's head and 2 larger ones in front.

967. The outdoor temperature can be estimated to within several degrees by timing the chirps of a cricket. It is done this way: count the number of chirps in a 15-second period, and add 37 to the total. The result will be very close to the actual Fahrenheit temperature. This formula, however, only works in warm weather.

968. If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.

969. Every night, wasps bite into the stem of a plant, lock their mandibles (jaws) into position, stretch out at right angles to the stem, and, with legs dangling, fall asleep.

970. A giraffe can go without water longer than a camel can.

971. The male gypsy moth can "smell" the virgin female gypsy moth from 1.8 miles away.

972. Cat's urine glows under a black light.

973. Reindeer milk has more fat than cow milk.

974. Horses cannot vomit.

975. Only humans and horses have hymens.

"I manually masturbate animals for artificial insemination."

Brady Bunch Kung Fu!

Hey all, I've probably mentioned this before, but when I started working in the Wireless Business Development & Operations division of Nickelodeon & Viacom Consumer Products I came in at the end of production on the Brady Bunch Kung Fu mobile phone game (licensed by us to Mobliss, the developer of the game). Just wanted to let you all know that BBKF is now live on Sprint mobile phones with more carriers/phones to follow!

It has already won the 3G CDMA Industry Achievement Award for Most Innovative Mobile Game Development (read the Mobliss press release here) and there is currently (as of today, 12/15/05) an online ad campaign for the game over at WGWorld.com. You can read the WG article on it here where the game received an overall rating of 4 (out of 5)!

"One time I was over there. One bathroom for nine people? And I never did see a toilet."

The Güt

Steve Guttenberg is the man. Kudos to him for telling it like it is.

"Logically, if we need defense against Number 5, this is the best we have."

Trivia for Squiggle #XXXVIII

Today's installment of Trivia for Squiggle contains useless bits of information involving things, events, animals, places, people, etc. that/who are 'the only'...as in I'm probably the only black-hearted troll whom you know...I fear there may be a repeat (or two) in here but I'm just too damn lazy to check right now...hehe...there should be a prize or something if someone finds a repeat...which I will of course have to make up for in the future...hmmm...

The 1,000 mark is getting closer!

926. The only flying saucer launch pad in the world is located in St. Paul, Alberta, Canada.

927. The first graves in Arlington National Cemetery were dug by James Parks, a former Arlington Estate slave. Buried in Section 15, James Parks is the only person buried in Arlington National Cemetery who was also born on the property.

928. The Beatles held the Top Five spots on the April 4th, 1964 Billboard singles chart. To date, they're the only band that has ever accomplished that.

929. The hyoid bone in the throat is the only bone in the human body not joined to another.

930. The only crime defined in the U.S. Constitution is treason - Article III, Section 3.

931. The only Englishman to become Pope was Nicholas Breakspear, who was Adrian IV from 1154 to 1159.

932. The only father and son to hit back-to-back home runs in a major league baseball game? Ken Griffey, Jr., and his father, Ken Griffey, Sr., both of the Seattle Mariners, in a game against the California Angels on September 14, 1990.

933. The only lizard that has a voice is the Gecko.

934. The only part of the human body that has no blood supply is the cornea in the eye. It takes in oxygen directly from the air.

935. The only repealed amendment to the US Constitution deals with the prohibition of alcohol.

936. The only river that flows both north and south of the equator is the Congo. It crosses the equator twice.

937. The only rock that floats in water is pumice.

938. The only wood used by famed London cabinetmaker Thomas Chippendale was mahogany.

939. The pecan tree is the only naturally growing nut tree in North American. It is native to the Texas, Mississippi and Mexico River Valleys.

940. The Virginia opossum is the only marsupial (pouched mammal) indigenous to North America.

941. There is only one Q in a Scrabble game.

942. There's only one city in the United States named merely "Beach." It is found in North Dakota, which is a land-locked state.

943. When Pierre Trudeau wed Margaret Sinclair in 1971 he became the only Canadian Prime Minister to get married while in office. The couple divorced in 1984.

944. Woodrow Wilson was the only US president to earn a doctorate.

945. The only active diamond mine in the United States is in Arkansas.

946. James Buchanan was the only US president never to be married.

947. Ohio is the only US state without a rectangular flag. Ohio's flag is a pennant.

948. Only one person ever won an Oscar by a write-in. In 1934 and 1935, write-in votes were permitted and Hal Mohr won an Oscar for Cinematography in 1935 for his work on "A Midsummer Night's Dream" as a write-in. 1935 was the last year such votes were permitted.

949. The only one of his sculptures that Michelangelo signed was the "The Pieta," completed in 1500.

950. The world's only museum of Phallology is in Reykjavik, Iceland. Phallology is the science of the penis.

"Yippee-ki-yay, motherfucker!"

Trivia for Squiggle #XXXVII

Many apologies once again for my tardiness in posting last week's trivia. You will find installment #XXXVI just below this one. Today's issue of Trivia for Squiggle completes our look into geogrpahy and space that began a few issues ago...we're quickly approaching the 1,000 mark!

901. The world's worst earthquake occurred in the Eastern Mediterranean in July 1201, killing over one million people that were predominately in Egypt and Syria.

902. There are 500,000 detectable earthquakes in the world each year.

903. There are over 2,000 different species of cactuses.

904. There are over one hundred billion galaxies with each galaxy having billions of stars.

905. There are over three trillion craters on the moon, with some being having a diameter over three feet.

906. There have been 191 coups in Bolivia since it became a sovereign country in 1825.

907. There is a "cemetery town" in California named Colma, which is located five miles south of San Francisco. Concerns about the public health, crime, and the need for space forced the city of San Francisco to outlaw burials in 1902, hence the establishment of Colma, where the ratio of dead to living people is 750 to 1.

908. There is a town in California called Tarzana. It was named after Tarzan's creator, Edgar Rice Burroughs.

909. There was once a country called Prussia, but after World War II it was divided among Poland, Germany, and the USSR.

910. Thirty to forty gallons of sugar maple sap must be boiled down to make just one gallon of maple syrup.

911. Toronto was the first city in the world with a computerized traffic signal system.

912. Trees that are near street lights do not shed their leaves as fast as a tree that is in the country.

913. Tropical rainforests cover about 7% of the Earth and receive over 80 inches of rain every year.

914. Twelve men have landed on and explored the moon.

915. Two-thirds of Canadians live in Quebec and Ontario.

916. Uranus has 27 moons.

917. When explorers first arrived in Venezuela, they were reminded of Venice. They named the country "Little Venice", which translated into Spanish is Venezuela.

918. When the volcano Krakatoa off the Java islands exploded in 1883, it was so loud that it woke some people up in South Australia.

919. Hell is located not only in Michigan but a small town with the same moniker is also located in the Cayman Islands. They even have a post office.

920. New York’s Central Park has 125 drinking fountains.

921. Every year, an igloo hotel is built in Sweden that has the capacity to sleep 100 people.

922. From 1939 to 1942, there was a undersea post office in the Bahamas.

923. Hawaii's Mount Waialeale is the wettest place in the world - it rains throughout the year and about 460 inches per annum.

924. Ho-Ho-Kus, a small town in New Jersey, is the only town in the United States of America that has two dashes in its name.

925. In 1785, the city of Paris removed bones from cemeteries to ease the overflow of dead people. They took these bones and stacked them in tunnels now known as the Catacombs. You can visit these tunnel attractions and work your way along long corridors, which are stacked with skulls and bones.

"Thirty-seven?!? In a row?"

Trivia for Squiggle #XXXVI

This issue of Trivia for Squiggle (originally intended for December 8, 2005) brings us one step closer to finishing up our look at useless tidbits on Geography and Space!

876. The highest mountain in the Western Hemisphere is Mount Aconcagua in Argentina. It rises 22,834 feet above sea level.

877. The highest point in France is Mont Blanc, located in the Alps.

878. The largest coral reef in the world is the Great Barrier Reef located in Australia. The reef is approximately 2023 kilometers long.

879. The longest freshwater shoreline in the world is located in the state of Michigan.

880. The longest U.S. highway is Route 20, which is over 3,365 miles.

881. The meaning of Siberia is "sleeping land."

882. The most common rock on Earth is basalt.

883. The oceans of the world would rise about 60 meters if Antarctica's ice sheets melted.

884. The oil that is found in poison ivy is called "urushiol."

885. The only married couple to fly together in space were Jan Davis and Mark Lee, who flew aboard the Endeavor space shuttle from Sept 12-20, 1992.

886. The only desert in Canada is located in Osoyoos, British Columbia.

887. The planet Venus spins opposite to the other planets in the solar system.

888. The reason why the Canadian Arctic is called the "Land of the Midnight Sun" is because during the summer many communities have light 24 hours of the day. Many people have to cover their windows with tin foil to keep the light out when they sleep.

889. The sun is approximately 149 million kilometres from the earth.

890. The sun is approximately 75% hydrogen, 25% helium by mass.

891. The sun shrinks five feet every hour.

892. The tallest tree recorded is located in Humboldt Redwoods State Park, California. It is a coast redwood and has been measured at 117 metres high.

893. The term "The Big Apple" was coined by touring jazz musicians of the 1930s who used the slang expression "apple" for any town or city. Therefore, to play New York City is to play the big time - The Big Apple.

894. The town of Churchill, Manitoba, located in Canada, is known as the "Polar Bear Capital of the World"

895. The word "America" comes from the European explorer "Amerigo Vespucci.

896. The word "comet" comes from the Greek word "kometes" meaning long hair and referring to the tail.

897. The word Thailand means "land of the free."

898. The word tulip comes from the Turkish word for turban.

899. The world's highest capital is La Paz, which is the capital of Bolivia. The capital is located about 12,000 feet above sea level.

900. The world's highest tide is in the Bay of Fundy located in Nova Scotia, Canada.

"I don't care whose fault this was, just get it sorted! And could someone please bring me something deep fat fried and smothered in chocolate..."

Blogging Overload!

...well, not really...seeing as how the multiple posts of today are really just making up for all the trivia entries I didn't post in the past week and a half due to the Thanksgiving holiday followed by the injury of my ankle. It's all geography and space trivia...enough to make you want to shoot yourself!...and there's some more coming, too...and before I get too deep into this party, I wanted to let you all know that today (December 5) is Walt Disney's birthday, so all the quotes for today's posts are from a Disney movie.

Also, I have finally uploaded [most] of the pictures I have of me right after I got home from that GWAR show on November 20. Click here to see the images on the Visual Smorgasbord.

The mending of Scott's left ankle is coming along just fine. Of course it still hurts, but not as bad as before...and even then I would say that I've been through worse. I can sort of walk on it now...very slowly and with a limp and some pain, of course. It's so much faster to mosey about with my crutches so I may do that for a little while longer.

Many thanks to the family, Squiggle, and Yvette for the birthday well wishes. In regards to Squiggle's inquiry: I didn't really go for 'cool' stuff this year...I instead requested more practical things: shelves! I used to keep my DVDs and CDs in 3 Case Logic binders that held something close to 300 discs each...but organizing them was a pain in the ass when I would acquire new stuff, which I do on a regular basis. I would only file new items every couple months when a pile would accumulate, but ugggghhh. So yeah, the discs would go in binders and then I kept the cases in storage bins that I tucked away in the closet...I kept the liner notes for the CDs in a separate little box...but I like having the artwork and cases all together and only kept them apart due to space issues. So now I have these bitchin shelving units and everything is keen. I also got some DVDs and a bunch of cards...and the Vicodin...which is always a gift at any given time. I didn't drink on my 'Natal Day' as I heard that alcohol and painkillers can lead to internal bleeding...I don't know how truthful that is, but I'm sure not going to take the chance. I'm going to wait until I'm walking at least semi-not-like-a-zombie until I ingest alcohol...because I imagine a tipsy gimp would probably not be a pretty sight.

This is unrelated to anything within this post, but I figured I'd ask: is it wrong that I have a soft spot for Europe's "The Final Countdown"?

And because I don't know if I'm going to have time to post until the next installment of Trivia for Squiggle, here's one of those 'getting to know you' things that I swiped from someone's blog over at SuicideGirls.com. Feel free to post your own answers in the comments section:

1. What is the middle name of the first person you ever had sex with?
She didn’t have a middle name.

2. What kind of underwear are you wearing and what color?
Boxer briefs...black.

3. What is the song you want played at your funeral?
Buckethead’s “For My Parents”...that is if I'm keeping in mind that the funeral is not really for me but those who survived me. "FMP" is an absolutely gorgeous instrumental piece...but if I'm only thinking about me then just pick any White Zombie or Rob Zombie disc and put it on random.

4. What would your last meal be before getting executed?
Chili fries...no cheese.

5. Beatles or Stones?
STONES!

6. If you HAD to pick one person on earth who should die, who would it be?
Only one?!?!?!

7. The person whose problems you would never want to hear again?
Mine.

8. What is the thing most important to you (physical) about the preferred sex?
I go more for a keen personality (really) but if I had to choose then I guess I would prefer my significant other to be around my height or shorter...dark hair...wonderful eyes to stare into...

9. Do you secretly hate some of your friends but are too nice to reject them?
No. I make my hate known.

10. If you could have any super power what would it be?
To be good in bed. May not seem like a super power to most, but in my case...

11. Favorite hangover cure?
Never had one...a hangover, I mean.

12. How many drinks does it take to get you drunk?
Never been flat out DRUNK...I have to drive myself home, damn it!

13. Favorite Song Lyric?
Die Liebe ist ein wildes Tier
Sie beißt und kratzt und tritt nach mir
Hält mich mit tausend Armen fest
Zerrt mich in ihr Liebesnest
Frißt mich auf mit Haut und Haar
und würgt mich wieder aus nach Tag und Jahr
Läßt sich fallen weich wie Schnee
Erst wird es heiß dann kalt am Ende tut es weh
-Rammstein, “Amour”

14. Hair color you most like someone you're dating to have?
Dark brown or black...

15. If you had to be blind or deaf?
Shit, I’m already a little bit of both...but...um...deaf? I’d hate to not be able to see where I’m going and can always employ the use of closed-captioning!

16. Do you have any psychiatric problems?
Not that I know of...

17. Siblings that should go to rehab?
None...wait, what kind of rehab?

18. Least favorite month?
I was going to say December because of all the holiday shite, but I'll say January instead because that's merely the start of another miserable year.

19. First movie you can remember seeing as a kid?
I don’t remember...but I do remember watching Raiders of the Lost Ark with my Dad a few times when I was young...

20. Favorite person in the whole world?
I have no one favorite...

21. When's the last time you went on a date?
Two weeks ago...and I called her, but she hasn’t called me back.

22. Do you like violent movies or dirty movies?
Absofuckinglutely.

23. Fall or spring?
Fall.

24. Person you most wish you hadn't made out with?
Don’t have one...I’ve only made out with two people...sure I hate the second one now, but making out with her back when things were good was nice.

25. If you are straight, what person of the same sex would you do it with?
Bruce Campbell.

26. Where do you want to live when you are old and brittle?
Iceland.

27. Who is the person or persons you can count on the most?
Myself.

28. If you could date any celebrity past or present, time and age who would it be?
Madeline Kahn in her “Blazing Saddles” days...

29. What books have you pretended you've read?
Instruction manuals...

30. What's a word you would use to describe your life?
I am cursed but with many blessings...so I will say: keen.

31. Favorite drinking game?
The one where I don’t get drunk...

32. What did you dream last night?
I dreamt I was running...sounds cheesy, given my condition, but it's true...

"“I never look back, darling, it distracts from the now."

Trivia for Squiggle #XXXV

Today's issue of Trivia for Squiggle finally gets us up to date and continues the onslaught of geography and space trivia started back in issue #XXXII.

851. The Earth's atmosphere is, proportionally, thinner than the skin of an apple.

852. The Earth orbits the Sun at a speed of about 108,000 km per hour.

853. The Earth's rain forests are home to about 75% of all known species of plant and animal life.

854. The Huang He (Yellow River) in China is also called "China's sorrow." This is because it overflows its banks, and has caused much destruction. One of the biggest floods was in 1887, where approximately one million people died because of it.

855. The Netherlands has the highest concentration of museums in the world. The are 42 museums in Amsterdam alone.

856. The Pacific Ocean covers 28% of the Earth's surface.

857. The Rainbow Bridge is the world's largest natural bridge. It is located at the base of Navajo Mountain, Utah and is as long as a football field.

858. The Red Cross is called the Red Crescent in Arab countries.

859. The Sea of Tranquility on the moon is deeper than the highest mountain on Earth.

860. The Tibetan name for Mount Everest is Chomolungma.

861. The Tonle Sap River in Cambodia flows north for almost half the year and then south for the rest of the year.

862. The U.S. paid Russia $7.2 million for Alaska in 1867.

863. The actual smallest sovereign entity in the world is the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (S.M.O.M.). It is located in the city of Rome, Italy, has an area of two tennis courts, and as of 2001 has a population of 80, 20 less people than the Vatican. It is a sovereign entity under international law, just as the Vatican is.

864. The age of a saguaro cactus is calculated by its height.

865. The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof. Also, the redwood’s extremely high water content reduces the tree's susceptibility to fire.

866. The capital of Burkina Faso is Ouagadougou.

867. The city of Seoul has been the capital city of Korea for more than 600 years.

868. The city of Tokyo was originally called Edo.

869. The country of Bolivia is named after a fighter Simon Bolivar.

870. The country of Fiji is made up of 332 islands.

871. The deepest mine in the world is the East Rand mine, which goes to a depth of about 3,585 metres.

872. The deepest point on the Earth's surface is in the Pacific Ocean located in the Marianas trench. This point is called the "Challenger Deep" and is 35,818 feet deep.

873. The driest place on earth is Calama, in the Atacama Desert in Chile.

874. The greatest mountain range is the Mid-Ocean Ridge, extending 64,374 km from the Arctic Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean.

875. The highest bridge in the world is located in the Himalyan mountains. It was built by the Indian Army, in 1982, and is about 5,600 metres above sea level.

"What are you talking about? You are Eliasti-girl! My god! Pull yourself together! 'What will you do?' Is this a question? You will show him that you remember that he's Mr. Incredible, and you will remind him who *you* are. You know where he is, go and cofront the problem. Fight. Win! And do call me when you get back, Darling. I enjoy our visits."

Trivia for Squiggle #XXXIV

This issue of Trivia for Squiggle (originally intended for December 1, 2005) features more useless tidbits on...you guessed it! Geography and space!

826. Moscow was founded in 1147 by Yury Dolgoruky.

827. Neptune was the first planet in our solar system to be discovered by mathematics.

828. Next to Warsaw, Chicago has the largest Polish population in the world.

829. Ninety percent of the world's ice covers Antarctica. This ice also represents seventy percent of all the fresh water in the world.

830. Oak trees can live 200 or more years.

831. Of all the countries, Brazil has the most plant species, with over 56,000.

832. One Neptune year lasts 165 Earth years.

833. One percent of Greenland's population lives in one single apartment building, named Blok P.

834. Pakistan has the world's largest canal based irrigation system.

835. Persia changed its name to Iran in 1935.

836. Pluto is the only planet in our solar system that has not been visited by a spacecraft.

837. Punta Arenas in Chile is the world’s southernmost city.

838. Rice flour was used to strengthen some of the bricks that make up the Great Wall of China.

839. Seven asteroids were especially named for the Challenger astronauts who were killed in the 1986 failed launch of the space shuttle.

840. Soil heated by geysers is now making it possible to produce bananas in Iceland.

841. Some asteroids have other asteroids orbiting them.

842. St. Paul, Minnesota was originally called Pigs Eye after a man named Pierre "Pig's Eye" Parrant who set up the first business there.

843. Stalks of sugar cane can reach up to 30 feet.

844. Tasmania is said to have the cleanest air in the world.

845. Thailand used to be called Siam.

846. The Amazon rainforest produces more than 20% the world's oxygen supply.

847. The Angel Falls in Venezuela were named after an American pilot, Jimmy Angel, whose plane got stuck on top of the mountain while searching for gold.

848. The Apollo 17 crew were the last men on the moon.

849. The Arctic Ocean covers an area of about 14,056,000 sq miles.

850. The Dead Sea has been sinking for last several years.

"Supermodels. Heh! Nothing super about them... spoiled, stupid little stick figures with poofy lips who think only about themselves. Feh! I used to design for *gods*!"

Trivia for Squiggle #XXXIII

This issue of Trivia for Squiggle (originally intended for November 28, 2005) continues our foray into the realm of geography and space!

801. In a day, a mature oak tree can draw approximately 50 gallons of water.

802. In a year approximately 900 million trees are cut down to make the raw materials needed for American pulp mills and paper.

803. In approximately 18 months, the papaya tree can grow to be 20 feet tall.

804. In proportion, if Jupiter were a basketball, then the sun would be the size of the Louisiana Super Dome.

805. In the Sahara Desert, there is a town named Tidikelt, which did not receive a drop of rain for ten years.

806. In the United States, forests cover about 33% of the land.

807. In the dry valleys region of Antarctica, it has not rained in 2 million years according to scientists

808. In the early 1700's, Siberia became a place of exile for many criminals and political extremists.

809. India is the world's largest consumer of gold.

810. Indonesia consists only of islands - 13,667 altogether.

811. Istanbul, Turkey is the only city in the world located on two continents.

812. It takes approximately 12 years for Jupiter to orbit the sun.

813. It would take 29 million years for a car traveling 100 miles per hour to reach the nearest star.

814. Japan has approximately 200 volcanoes and is home to 10% of the active volcanoes in the world.

815. Jupiter is the fastest rotating planet, which can complete one revolution in less than ten hours.

816. Jupiter's Great Red Spot is 25,000 miles wide.

817. Lake Baikal, in Siberia, is the oldest freshwater lake on Earth, having formed between 20 and 25 million years ago. It is also the deepest lake in the world.

818. Lake Mead is the largest man-made lake in the world.

819. Lake Ontario was originally named Lake St. Louis.

820. Manitoulin Island is the largest island in a fresh water lake. It is located in Canadian Lake Superior.

821. Mars is the home of Olympus Mons, the largest known volcano in our solar system.

822. Montreal has an underground city, which has over 2,000 shops and 26 kilometres of walkways. This is the largest underground network for any city.

823. Montreal is actually located on an island.

824. Montreal is the second largest French speaking city after Paris.

825. Montreal was named after a local mountain "Mont Royal."

"You can't! It's impossible! I'm far too busy, so ask me now before I again become sane."

Trivia for Squiggle #XXXII

This issue of Trivia for Squiggle (originally intended for November 24, 2005) begins a few installments into the world of geography and space.

776. Angel Falls in Venezuela is the world's highest waterfall, at 979 meters. This waterfall is sixteen times the height of Niagara Falls.

777. A maple tree is usually tapped when the tree is at least 45 years old and has a diameter of 12 inches.

778. A tree in metropolitan area will survive for approximately eight years.

779. A volcano has enough power to shoot ash as high as 50 km into the atmosphere.

780. An acre of trees can remove about 13 tons of dust and gases every year from the surrounding environment.

781. An estimated 690 million people live in Africa.

782. An olive tree can live up to 1500 years.

783. Astronauts get taller when they are in space.

784. Canada has more inland waters and lakes than any other country in the world.

785. Corals take a long time to grow. Some corals only grow one centimeter in one year.

786. Davao City, located at the Southern state of Philippines, is the largest city in the world in terms of area.

787. Despite being over 27 times smaller, Norway's total coastline is longer than the USA's.

788. Devon, England has about 33,000 miles of hedgerows, more hedgerows than any other country.

789. Each day the sun causes about one trillion tons of water to evaporate.

790. Even though red roses look the same, there are over 900 different types of red roses.

791. Even though the rose does not bear any fruit, the rose hips have more Vitamin C than most vegetables and fruits.

792. Every 238 years, the orbits of Neptune and Pluto change making Neptune at times the farthest planet from the sun.

793. Fine-grained volcanic ash can be found as an ingredient in some toothpaste.

794. Finland has 187,888 lakes and 179,584 islands.

795. Florida has twice as many lightning injuries and deaths than any other state.

796. If you were standing on Mercury, the Sun would appear 2.5 times larger than it appears from Earth.

797. In 1958, the United States Coast Guard off western Greenland measured the tallest known iceberg at five hundred and fifty feet.

798. In 1998, approximately 1.6 billion tree seedlings were planted in the United States. This amounts to about five trees per American.

799. In Albania, nodding your head means "no" and shaking your head means "yes."

800. In France, the Big Dipper is called the "casserole."

"No capes!"