Trivia for Squiggle #53
Yet another step into the realm of Trivia for Squiggle. This week's installment once again features a motherlode of random crap. =)
1301. In 2003, the Transportation Security Administration dropped a requirement that air marshals pass a marksmanship test. Some applicants were even hired after they repeatedly shot flight attendants in mock hijacking episodes.
1302. A Costa Rican worker who makes baseballs earns about $2,750 annually. The average American pro baseball player earns $2,377,000 per year.
1303. Former keyboard player for Jethro Tull David Palmer is now a woman named Dee Palmer. He waited until his wife died before going through with his longtime desire for a sex change.
1304. During Bill Clinton's entire eight year presidency, he only sent two e-mails. One was to John Glenn when he was aboard the space shuttle, and the other was a test of the e-mail system.
1305. The UK's best selling hiking magazine published faulty coordinates for descending Scotland's tallest peak (Ben Nevis), and recommended a route that leads climbers off the edge of a cliff.
1306. The Mars Rover "Spirit" is powered by six small motors the size of "C" batteries. It has a top speed of 0.1 mph..
1307. The Amish have a diet high in meat, dairy, refined sugars and calories. Yet obesity is virtually unknown among them. The difference is since they have no TVs, cars or powered machines, they spend their time in manual labor.
1308. Microsoft threatened 17 year old Mike Rowe with a lawsuit after the young man launched a website named MikeRoweSoft.com.
1309. As of January 1, 2004, the population of the United States increases by one person every 12 seconds. There is a birth every eight seconds, an immigrant is added every 25 seconds, but a death every 13 seconds.
1310. There is a Starbucks in Myungdong, South Korea that is five stories tall.
1311. The weight of air in a milk glass is about the same as the weight of an aspirin tablet.
1312. The world's smallest winged insect is the Tanzanian parasitic wasp. It's smaller than the eye of a housefly.
1313. A human head remains conscious for about 15 to 20 seconds after it has been decapitated.
1314. Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.
1315. The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.
1316. The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.
1317. There are more plastic flamingoes in the United States than real ones.
1318. The chance that you will die on the way to buy your lottery ticket is greater than the chance of you winning the big prize in most lotteries.
1319. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
1320. Dolly Parton once lost a Dolly Parton Look-Alike contest.
1321. An average of 100 people choke to death on ball point pens each year.
1322. The National Anthem of Greece has 158 verses.
1323. Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.
1324. The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as a substitute for blood plasma.
1325. Astronauts cannot burp in space. There is no gravity to separate liquid from gas in their stomachs.
Brodski: What's going on?
Rowan: Jason-fucking-Voorhees, that's what's going on!
The previous post's quote was from "Evil Dead II"
Henrietta = Ted Raimi
Ash = Bruce Campbell
1301. In 2003, the Transportation Security Administration dropped a requirement that air marshals pass a marksmanship test. Some applicants were even hired after they repeatedly shot flight attendants in mock hijacking episodes.
1302. A Costa Rican worker who makes baseballs earns about $2,750 annually. The average American pro baseball player earns $2,377,000 per year.
1303. Former keyboard player for Jethro Tull David Palmer is now a woman named Dee Palmer. He waited until his wife died before going through with his longtime desire for a sex change.
1304. During Bill Clinton's entire eight year presidency, he only sent two e-mails. One was to John Glenn when he was aboard the space shuttle, and the other was a test of the e-mail system.
1305. The UK's best selling hiking magazine published faulty coordinates for descending Scotland's tallest peak (Ben Nevis), and recommended a route that leads climbers off the edge of a cliff.
1306. The Mars Rover "Spirit" is powered by six small motors the size of "C" batteries. It has a top speed of 0.1 mph..
1307. The Amish have a diet high in meat, dairy, refined sugars and calories. Yet obesity is virtually unknown among them. The difference is since they have no TVs, cars or powered machines, they spend their time in manual labor.
1308. Microsoft threatened 17 year old Mike Rowe with a lawsuit after the young man launched a website named MikeRoweSoft.com.
1309. As of January 1, 2004, the population of the United States increases by one person every 12 seconds. There is a birth every eight seconds, an immigrant is added every 25 seconds, but a death every 13 seconds.
1310. There is a Starbucks in Myungdong, South Korea that is five stories tall.
1311. The weight of air in a milk glass is about the same as the weight of an aspirin tablet.
1312. The world's smallest winged insect is the Tanzanian parasitic wasp. It's smaller than the eye of a housefly.
1313. A human head remains conscious for about 15 to 20 seconds after it has been decapitated.
1314. Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.
1315. The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.
1316. The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.
1317. There are more plastic flamingoes in the United States than real ones.
1318. The chance that you will die on the way to buy your lottery ticket is greater than the chance of you winning the big prize in most lotteries.
1319. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
1320. Dolly Parton once lost a Dolly Parton Look-Alike contest.
1321. An average of 100 people choke to death on ball point pens each year.
1322. The National Anthem of Greece has 158 verses.
1323. Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.
1324. The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as a substitute for blood plasma.
1325. Astronauts cannot burp in space. There is no gravity to separate liquid from gas in their stomachs.
Brodski: What's going on?
Rowan: Jason-fucking-Voorhees, that's what's going on!
The previous post's quote was from "Evil Dead II"
Henrietta = Ted Raimi
Ash = Bruce Campbell
posted by Scott at 12:36 PM
1 Comments:
I've heard that Charlie Chaplin also lost a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.
It makes you wonder how accurate those things are!
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