Trivia for Squiggle #58
Currently listening to: "Foxy, Foxy" by Rob Zombie
Here is the long overdue Trivia for Squiggle #58! Is it wrong that #1450 makes me chuckle a little?...and in that regard, I should be laughing at myself as I ran into a 'window' once (a sliding glass door). It was late, I was tired, the glass was very clean and clear...and there were people inside smoking close to the door which kind of made it hard to see any glare in the glass that would've alerted me to the fact that there was a closed glass door there...um, yeah...moving on...
1426. Mark Twain didn't graduate from elementary school.
1427. Pilgrims ate popcorn at the first Thanksgiving dinner.
1428. Iceland consumes more Coca-Cola per capita than any other nation.
1429. Heinz Catsup leaving the bottle travels at 25 miles per year.
1430. It is possible to lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs.
1431. Men get hiccups more often than women.
1432. Armadillos can be housebroken.
1433. Human teeth are almost as hard as rocks.
1434. A mole can dig a tunnel 300 feet long in just one night.
1435. Peanuts are one of the ingredients in dynamite.
1436. Ancient Egyptians slept on pillows made of stone.
1437. A hippo can open its mouth wide enough to fit a 4 foot tall child inside.
1438. A hummingbird weighs less than a penny.
1439. Until 1796, there was a state in the United States called Franklin. Today it is known as Tennessee.
1440. The flashing warning light on the cylindrical Capitol Records tower spells out HOLLYWOOD in Morse code.
1441. The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year.
1442. One in every 4 Americans has appeared on television.
1443. The average American will eat about 11.9 pounds of cereal per year.
1444. You're born with 300 bones, but when you get to be an adult, you only have 206.
1445. Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.
1446. The State of Florida is bigger than England.
1447. Ants stretch when they wake up in the morning.
1448. It's against the law to have a pet dog in Iceland.
1449. Thomas Edison, light bulb inventor, was afraid of the dark.
1450. Over 1000 birds a year die from smashing into windows.
Here is the long overdue Trivia for Squiggle #58! Is it wrong that #1450 makes me chuckle a little?...and in that regard, I should be laughing at myself as I ran into a 'window' once (a sliding glass door). It was late, I was tired, the glass was very clean and clear...and there were people inside smoking close to the door which kind of made it hard to see any glare in the glass that would've alerted me to the fact that there was a closed glass door there...um, yeah...moving on...
1426. Mark Twain didn't graduate from elementary school.
1427. Pilgrims ate popcorn at the first Thanksgiving dinner.
1428. Iceland consumes more Coca-Cola per capita than any other nation.
1429. Heinz Catsup leaving the bottle travels at 25 miles per year.
1430. It is possible to lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs.
1431. Men get hiccups more often than women.
1432. Armadillos can be housebroken.
1433. Human teeth are almost as hard as rocks.
1434. A mole can dig a tunnel 300 feet long in just one night.
1435. Peanuts are one of the ingredients in dynamite.
1436. Ancient Egyptians slept on pillows made of stone.
1437. A hippo can open its mouth wide enough to fit a 4 foot tall child inside.
1438. A hummingbird weighs less than a penny.
1439. Until 1796, there was a state in the United States called Franklin. Today it is known as Tennessee.
1440. The flashing warning light on the cylindrical Capitol Records tower spells out HOLLYWOOD in Morse code.
1441. The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year.
1442. One in every 4 Americans has appeared on television.
1443. The average American will eat about 11.9 pounds of cereal per year.
1444. You're born with 300 bones, but when you get to be an adult, you only have 206.
1445. Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.
1446. The State of Florida is bigger than England.
1447. Ants stretch when they wake up in the morning.
1448. It's against the law to have a pet dog in Iceland.
1449. Thomas Edison, light bulb inventor, was afraid of the dark.
1450. Over 1000 birds a year die from smashing into windows.
posted by Scott at 2:02 PM
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Thomas Edison also tried to discredit a rival's invention by saying the rival's invention was dangerous. So dangerous, it could kill. What was that invention? Alternating current. Because of Edison's smear campaign, the electric chair was born!
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