Not so interesting trivia....

Gayle · 18-03-2007, 21:04

I love trivia, you know the really bizarre information that you can't imagine why anyone would bother working it out.

Like, for instance, 80% of girl's names have an 'a' in them.

Lots more trivia please!

slinky · 18-03-2007, 21:06

Like...............

It's impossible to lick your own elbow. And your foot is as big as your arm, from the inside of your elbow, to your wrist.

Eric · 19-03-2007, 00:02

There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar ... easy way out: leave the change as a tip.

shillelagh · 21-03-2007, 19:29

Across the UK, mobile phone chargers left plugged in waste over £60 million and are responsible for a quarter of a million tonnes of CO2 every year.
Source: Energy Saving Trust (2007)

***Mr D*** · 21-03-2007, 19:38

The average bed is home to over 6 billion dust mites.

mrskitty · 24-03-2007, 14:34

Women can talk longer with less effort than men can. That has been proved repeatedly. Why? Because the vocal cords of women are shorter than those of men and so release less air through them to carry the sound. It's all a matter of breathing.
Source-www.gagirl.com/trivia

garinda · 24-03-2007, 15:11

I read that the only thing that can be genetically predicted about a child, but only a male child, it isn't applicable to girls, is that he'll be taller than is mother.

Eric · 24-03-2007, 18:09

Do you know that nine out of ten doctors leaves one.

flashy · 24-03-2007, 19:49

ha ha ha that was erm.................funny

harwood red · 24-03-2007, 19:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by garinda

I read that the only thing that can be genetically predicted about a child, but only a male child, it isn't applicable to girls, is that he'll be taller than is mother.

Hmm I remember you telling me this the other night when I was concerned about whether my youngest would ever grow

Gayle · 24-03-2007, 20:16

I was told that you should divide the height difference of the father and mother and add it onto the father for working out how tall a son will be and onto the mother to work out how tall the daughter will be.

mrskitty · 26-03-2007, 18:34

How about just waiting then buying a height chart?

Lolly · 26-03-2007, 18:59

In the kingdom of Bhutan, all citizens officially become a year older on New Year's Day.

flashy · 26-03-2007, 20:50

The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache on a standard playing card!

Tourists visiting Iceland should know that tipping at a restaurant is considered an insult!

It takes glass one million years to decompose, which means it never wears out and can be recycled an infinite amount of times

Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill!

Most lipstick contains fish scales!

No piece of square dry paper can be folded more than 7 times in half!

The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet!

The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable"!

Cat urine glows under a black-light!

A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off - it dies from starvation!

Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie!

It's against the law to pawn your dentures in Las Vegas!

Gayle · 26-03-2007, 20:54

Wow, I thought I was the queen of trivia but I bow down to you flashytart.