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Some of the best trivia you wish to share with others

 
 
Reply Tue 17 May, 2005 04:05 pm
Trivia may be considered unimportant, but some are fun to know about. For example, on my recent visit to Malta, I learned that the temples built in Malta are older than the pyramids of Egypt. I didn't know that until my visit to Malta, but I think that's interesting trivia. I'm sure most of us have heard of other trivia that has universal appeal - just to have that knowledge. How about it? Share yours.
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smorgs
 
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Reply Tue 17 May, 2005 11:16 pm
Tetley Triangle tea bags are really tetrahedrons.
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roger
 
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Reply Tue 17 May, 2005 11:32 pm
Really? So are caldrops, except they are all points and no planes.
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cicerone imposter
 
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Reply Wed 18 May, 2005 09:23 am
Really? See; I knew there are trivia out there to share.... LOL
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shewolfnm
 
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Reply Wed 18 May, 2005 09:34 am
http://members.tripod.com/~kon_artz/cultures/egyptame.htm

I thought this site was interesting .
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smorgs
 
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Reply Wed 18 May, 2005 09:51 am
I was told that a banana is technically a herb and not a fruit...I don't know how true it is...so don't quote me on it!
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cicerone imposter
 
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Reply Wed 18 May, 2005 09:57 am
shewolf, Great link to show the similarities between the cultures and pyramids of South America and Egypt. Amazing stuff; I'm gonna need to rethink why there so many similarities between the two, and the Negroid features are just fascinating, and also something to think about. Thanks for sharing.
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Bekaboo
 
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Reply Wed 18 May, 2005 10:07 am
The two i always tell people (because i know that they are true)

-A pig's orgasm lasts for 22 minutes - not the half an hour most forwards of trivia will tell you (i know this because mum's degree is in rural science... guess what she had to do Wink)
- Cat's urine glows under black light

And here is something i only learnt recently (in a German exam of all places...)
Birmingham (UK) has more canals than venice!!! Surprised
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cicerone imposter
 
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Reply Wed 18 May, 2005 10:21 am
Hi Bekaboo, Interesting info on the canals of Birmingham (UK). Most people don't know that Berlin and St Petersburg are also canal cities. Wink
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smorgs
 
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Reply Wed 18 May, 2005 10:43 am
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Bananas do not actually grow on trees. They grow on giant herbs related to the Lily and Orchid family

It's true! Did a UK google and found this!
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Clary
 
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Reply Wed 18 May, 2005 10:53 am
I heard today that Norway is the third major oil producing nation, after Saudi Arabia and Russia. I didn't know that.
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cicerone imposter
 
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Reply Wed 18 May, 2005 10:54 am
Poor Norway; they might become the next target of Bush and Company. LOL
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Clary
 
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Reply Wed 18 May, 2005 11:00 am
RICH Norway, however! No wonder they didn't join the EU.
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smorgs
 
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Reply Wed 18 May, 2005 11:05 am
I can't whistle or curl my tongue!
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cicerone imposter
 
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Reply Wed 18 May, 2005 11:08 am
I can't curl my ears. Wink
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Letty
 
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Reply Wed 18 May, 2005 11:12 am
Hey, C.I. I just found out that Clary Sage is a smoothing body butter which also contains buchu leaf. Damn, and all this time I thought she was a lexicographer.

If one wants to purchase a snake, the price is figured by the foot.

Also, bananas often grow in a climate far below the equator, so you should never put bananas in your refrigerator. oh, no, no, no.
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Clary
 
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Reply Wed 18 May, 2005 11:15 am
Lexicographers can be smooth.
Snakes don't have feet.
Far below the equator it's quite cold.
What the devil is buchu leaf?
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Letty
 
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Reply Wed 18 May, 2005 11:29 am
Clary, I have no idea what buchu leaf is. I received a nice little cosmetic kit as a gift and since I always look at the contents, I was delighted not to know what buchu was. What's a foot in the metric system?

beurre lissant pour le corps avec sauge sclaree germes de bie et feuilles de buchu. That's French for stuff.
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Clary
 
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Reply Wed 18 May, 2005 11:32 am
A foot in the metric system is worth two in the mouth.

So I'm sclarée now. Well, don't get sclared.
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Letty
 
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Reply Wed 18 May, 2005 12:02 pm
Hee Hee. Ah, the cosmetic business.

Here's another bit of interesting trivia. In Virginia, one would pay a very fancy price for potted Asparagus ferns. Here, I just pulled up about a thousand pounds(not sterling)
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