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Sunday, July 17, 2011

SUNDAY TRIVIA

Did You Know?

The names of the three wise monkeys are: Mizaru (See no evil), Mikazaru (Kikazaru – Hear no evil), and Mazaru (Iwazaru – Speak no evil).

Barbie was introduced at the New York Toy Fair on 9 March 1959; her real name is Barbie Millicent Roberts and her parents are Ruth and Elliot Handler. Barbie has four sisters: Skipper (1964), Stacie (1992), Kelly (1995) and Krissy (1995).

On average, a woman’s heart beats faster than a man’s heart.

There are more TV sets in the US than there are people in the UK.

On every continent there is a city called Rome.

The elephant is the only animal with 4 knees.

The pin that holds a hinge together is called a pintle.

Some 160 billion emails are sent daily – more than 2 million per second – by 1,2 billion email senders. 97% of it is spam.

Buttermilk does not contain any butter.

0% of all pictures on the internet are of naked women.

Eskimos use refrigerators to keep food from freezing.

The sentence “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” uses every letter of the alphabet.

The vibrator was originally used as a medicinal treatment for female "hysteria" during the 19th century.

Lightning strikes men about seven times more often than it does women.

The United States hold the record for the highest divorce rate in the world.

An olive tree can live up to 1500 year.

There are 86,400 seconds in day.

Ants never sleep.

Everyday, 15 billion cigarettes are smoked worldwide.

Dalmatians are born without spots.

The electric chair was invented by a dentist.

Every human spent about half an hour as a single cell.

During thinking, humans use on about 35% of their brains.

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