Trivial or not, facts are facts! Some are really interesting & do make us think!

I'm not a trivia/facts junkie, meaning I would probably not download one of those applications to my mobile phone. But I do enjoy reading them when a friend has gone to the effort to compile a list of interesting ones. (adding humorous input..... even better ) I also enjoy thumbing through books with information such as this while at a book store, but I'm never inclined to buy such books. Fun! Thanks.

I quite ejoy reading these Tivia facts myself James. It's really strange about Bluebirds not being able to see the clor Blue. Here are some moe to add tto the list. May not be a bad idea to make a collection of sorts. Green was Coca Cola's original color. Intelligent people have more copper in their hair. Cats average 16 hours of sleep a day, more than any other mammal. A chimpanzee can learn to recognize itself in a mirror, but monkeys can't. A chameleon can move its eyes in two directions at the same time. Ants don't sleep. One plain milk chocolate candy bar has more protein than a banana. For every 10 successful attempts to climb Mount Everest there is one fatality. An individual blood cell takes about 60 seconds to make a complete circuit of the body. The human body has enough fat to produce 7 bars of soap. The largest hailstone ever recorded was 17.5 inches in diameter - bigger than a basketball. A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why. The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable. A pregnant goldfish is called a twit. More people are killed annually by donkeys than die in air crashes. Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten. Enjoy...

(huge sigh)facts arw dacts!!someome send me a link whick talked about the good qualities of cockroaches,it says cockroaches can live for a week without head,how bugging is thet but its a fact!!

hi,did you know it is against thelaw to sell a box of corn flake's in Ohio did you know it was against the law in Ohio to sell a box of corn flakes,on a sunday.

Oh, man, am I ever a trivia facts junkie!! I have several books contain all sorts of trivia, not to mention a couple of dictionaries, thesaurus, and other reference books. Of course, my working life fits quite nicely: I am a clinical laboratory scientist (I work in a hospital laboratory). Thanks for posting these little tidbits. The only one I knew of was about George Washington - many colonial farmers grew marijauna for the hemp fiber for making rope. And it would not surprise that more than a few would dry the leaves to smoke as a home rememdy.

These are great! Most of them I have heard before, especially the one about george washington! What mobile phone do you use, and what is the application called? There are some websites that have ridiculous laws for the united states, and some of them are hilarious! There is a link on bored.com The best one on there was actually from my hometown. We outlawed "spaceguns" What the hell is a spacegun!?

Hi James. Interesting to say the least Now I’m too guilty of peeing in the loo, but I thought that was common with all But I couldn’t really understand about being killed by donkey, I mean where, how? But I guess if we knew that, it would no longer be interesing

This is just great! Here area few more that I dug out from a book. Sneezes regularly exceed 100 mph. There’s a good reason why you can’t keep your eyes open when you sneeze–that sneeze is rocketing out of your body at close to 100 mph. This is, of course, a good reason to cover your mouth when you sneeze. Coughs clock in at about 60 mph. Viruses and colds get spread around the office and the classroom quickly during cold and flu season. With 60 mph coughs spraying germs far and wide, it’s no wonder. Women blink twice as many times as men do. That’s a lot of blinking every day. The average person, man or woman, blinks about 13 times a minute. A full bladder is roughly the size of a soft ball. No wonder you have to run to bathroom when you feel the call of the wild. The average bladder holds about 400800 cc of fluid but most people will feel the urge to go long before that at 250 to 300 cc. Feet have 500,000 sweat glands and can produce more than a pint of sweat a day. With that kind of sweatproducing power it’s no wonder that your gym shoes have a stench that can peel paint. Additionally, men usually have much more active sweat glands than women. During your lifetime, you will produce enough saliva to fill two swimming pools. Saliva plays an important part in beginning the digestive process and keeping the mouth lubricated, and your mouth produces quite a bit of it on a daily basis. Earwax production is necessary for good ear health. While many people find earwax to be disgusting, it’s actually a very important part of your ear’s defense system. It protects the delicate inner ear from bacteria, fungus, dirt and even insects. It also cleans and lubricates the ear canal. The fastest growing nail is on the middle finger. And the nail on the middle finger of your dominant hand will grow the fastest of all. Why is not entirely known, but nail growth is related to the length of the finger, with the longest fingers growing nails the fastest and shortest the slowest. HUman body is amazing. Ia m hoping to upload the book in MD for you to se.

Interesting!

very interesting James! One of my daughter's was a big fan of the little trivia facts on the inside of Snapple caps.

That first one about put me off of buying a newspaper. Especially when you can get all your news online. Yep I'm a trivia buff also. With a desire to get on Jeopardy and avenge the family honor (mom was on but didn't win).

I love trivia. Sometimes not sure how much of the trivia you see on websites online is "true" but i love the little tidbits. Thanks for posting them I wonder though " Astronauts can't burp in space! " do they have to hold it in til they land?? or what goes on there?

I think the vending machines fall on people whose item gets stuck and they then get mad and shake the machine, thinking their item will then fall down and instead, the machine takes revenge.... Crushed person - $1.25

I can’t believe the one about George Washington..wow! I wonder if he smoked it or ate it or laced his tea and biscuits with it lol. I’ve heard the one about vending machines, it’s crazy but they actually fall on people and kill them. Hopefully the newspapers will go to all digital one day because that is a waste of trees, the IRS taxing instructions make me sick especially since I had to pay them back this year extra not get any returns, and I am guilty of peeing in the shower too haha. Also, I have heard (sorry no source) that the average person will eat about fifteen miniscule spiders when they are sleeping.

Do you have an iphone by any chance honey? I need a new phone and my other half said I could get an iphone but it is an expensive contract so not sure if it is worth it! I have beaten one of your amazing facts though - I didn't die on my way to buy my lottery ticket today! Great news isn't it? Still I am sure I won't win either! xx

Yeah, I love that kind of stuff, although sometimes I wonder if I can believe it. For example 63,000 trees for one Sunday paper?!?! I am VERY HUMONGOUSLY DELERIOUSLY GLAD that I do not contribute to that madness by subscribing or reading, or recommending that anybody else read, an ANY day edition of a newspaper!

I love trivia facts. I guess that I love learning new things, on almost any subject. I especially like the kind of trivia that you maybe wouldn't normally see everyday. I don't have any facts that I can think of to share myself. I would have to think about some facts and come back later with them.

Here is a trivia fact for you. The Texas legislature is considering doing away with school textbooks. They will provide e-books instead. Thus, no trees will be cut down for that purpose.

Boy am I late to this discussion. Anyway here's my take on some of these cool facts. They should stop printing newspapers and just publish them online for the people to read. I'm sure they could come up with some way for people to pay before they read. Save those trees. What do you suppose George did with his plants? Dogs are color blind so why wouldn't birds be? Only two things will survive a nuclear war. Cockroaches and the IRS. That's my 2 cents worth. Good morning James.

Here's a couple of facts that most people don't know: -The Federal Reserve is a private corporation -Our US Dollars are not backed by gold or anything else (except our confidence) -The Dollar has lost 96% of its value since the FED took over in 1913 -Income taxes are unconstitutional