SUNDAY TRIVIA

Did you know...


Chocolate manufacturers currently use 40 percent of the world's almonds and 20 percent of the world's peanuts.


"Video Killed the Radio Star" was the very first video ever played on MTV.


The average age of an Italian barista is 48 years old. A barista is a respected job title in Italy.

Basketball was invented in 1891 by James Naismith. He set out to invent a game to occupy students between the football and baseball seasons.


Ivory bar soap floating was a mistake. They had been over mixing the soap formula causing excess air bubbles that made it float. Customers wrote and told how much they loved that it floated, and it has floated ever since.


Casey Kasem is the voice of Shaggy on "Scooby-Doo.


More money is printed daily for the Monopoly game than by the U.S. Treasury.


Anteaters prefer termites to ants.


Cheryl Ladd (of Charlie's Angels fame) played the voice, both talking and singing, of Josie in the 70s Saturday morning cartoon "Josie and the Pussycats.


If you put a raisin in a glass of champagne, it will keep floating to the top and sinking to the bottom.


There are only three cities that are named exactly after the state they are located in: Maine, ME; New York, NY; and Wyoming, WY.


The first time the word "hell" was spoken on TV was in an original "STAR TREK" episode entitled "City on the Edge of Forever". The exact quote was "...let's get the hell out of here...", spoken by William Shatner.


Blueberry Jelly Bellies were created especially for Ronald Reagan.


A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.


The term "devil's advocate" comes from the Roman Catholic church. When deciding if someone should be sainted, a devil's advocate is always appointed to give an alternative view.