Trivia for Squiggle #XLV
Has anyone else been having problems with Blogger? Every time I try to post something it tells me to republish my blog in 10 minutes...sometimes I'm able to log out and then log back in and republish just fine...other times it takes a few hours...grrr...anyways, here's today's issue of Trivia for Squiggle which involves a lot of random crap as I'm feeling rather random today...
1101. It took approximately 2.5 million blocks to build the Pyramid of Giza, which is one of the Great Pyramids.
1102. The Great Pyramids used to be as white as snow because they were encased in a bright limestone that has worn off over the years.
1103. Because of its enormous size, the Pentagon operates much like a small city; it has it's own shopping mall, power plant, water and sewage facilities, medical clinic, fire station, police force and a mayor.
1104. Printed on the tablet being held by the Statue of Liberty is July IV, MDCCLXXVI.
1105. The material to build the Taj Mahal was brought in from various parts of India by a fleet of 1000 elephants.
1106. 570 gallons of paint would be needed to paint the outside of the White House.
1107. Almonds are members of the peach family.
1108. Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave.
1109. The symbol on the "pound" key (#) is called an octothorpe.
1110. Dudley DoRight's Horses name was "Horse."
1111. The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
1112. Ethernet is a registered trademark of Xerox, Unix is a registered trademark of AT&T.
1113. Of the six men who made up the Three Stooges, three of them were real brothers (Moe, Curly and Shemp.)
1114. If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.
1115. Eskimos use refrigerators to keep food FROM freezing.
1116. Polar bears are left-handed!
1117. It was illegal to sell ET dolls in France because there is a law against selling dolls without human faces.
1118. The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan."
1119. Jimmy Carter was the first U.S. president to have been born in a hospital.
1120. The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days when the engines were pulled by horses. They kept the horses from walking up the stairs.
1121. The Bible has been translated into Klingon.
1122. Cranberries are sorted for ripeness by bouncing them; a fully ripened cranberry can be dribbled like a basketball.
1123. The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado.
1124. Ingrown toenails are hereditary.
1125. The largest city in the United States with a one syllable name is Flint, Michigan.
"What a magical mystery feeling
Dancing at the end of their silvery strings
Almost human in size
Like children with plague in their flesh
These puppets are so grotesque"
King Diamond, "The Puppet Master"
1101. It took approximately 2.5 million blocks to build the Pyramid of Giza, which is one of the Great Pyramids.
1102. The Great Pyramids used to be as white as snow because they were encased in a bright limestone that has worn off over the years.
1103. Because of its enormous size, the Pentagon operates much like a small city; it has it's own shopping mall, power plant, water and sewage facilities, medical clinic, fire station, police force and a mayor.
1104. Printed on the tablet being held by the Statue of Liberty is July IV, MDCCLXXVI.
1105. The material to build the Taj Mahal was brought in from various parts of India by a fleet of 1000 elephants.
1106. 570 gallons of paint would be needed to paint the outside of the White House.
1107. Almonds are members of the peach family.
1108. Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave.
1109. The symbol on the "pound" key (#) is called an octothorpe.
1110. Dudley DoRight's Horses name was "Horse."
1111. The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
1112. Ethernet is a registered trademark of Xerox, Unix is a registered trademark of AT&T.
1113. Of the six men who made up the Three Stooges, three of them were real brothers (Moe, Curly and Shemp.)
1114. If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.
1115. Eskimos use refrigerators to keep food FROM freezing.
1116. Polar bears are left-handed!
1117. It was illegal to sell ET dolls in France because there is a law against selling dolls without human faces.
1118. The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan."
1119. Jimmy Carter was the first U.S. president to have been born in a hospital.
1120. The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days when the engines were pulled by horses. They kept the horses from walking up the stairs.
1121. The Bible has been translated into Klingon.
1122. Cranberries are sorted for ripeness by bouncing them; a fully ripened cranberry can be dribbled like a basketball.
1123. The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado.
1124. Ingrown toenails are hereditary.
1125. The largest city in the United States with a one syllable name is Flint, Michigan.
"What a magical mystery feeling
Dancing at the end of their silvery strings
Almost human in size
Like children with plague in their flesh
These puppets are so grotesque"
King Diamond, "The Puppet Master"
posted by Scott at 4:31 PM
2 Comments:
I knew that one about Unix. However, there are so many different variations of Unix that I don't know if it really matters. I don't think I've ever met anyone who has used Unix. However, there've been users of Linux, HP-UX, and Minix.
Great trivia...oh, and nice tittles.
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