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QI: Some quite interesting facts about figs - Telegraph

2012-09-06T13:55:00.001+03:00

QI: Some quite interesting facts about figs - Telegraph

38 Things You Should Know About Happiness - Business Insider

2012-09-04T14:40:00.001+03:00

38 Things You Should Know About Happiness - Business Insider

Interesting Coffee Trivia & Coffee Facts | PRLog

2012-08-29T13:47:00.001+03:00

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Interesting Coffee Trivia & Coffee Facts

Did you know that when you go shopping for perfume, you should take some coffee with you in your bag, but why?

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Well, if you have a good sniff in between smelling each perfume it will refresh your nose! This is just one of the many coffee trivia facts that we have come across and we also found several interesting facts for gardeners.

After enjoying a cup of coffee, if you sprinkle spent coffee grounds around the base of your garden plants, it will stop snails and slugs from eating them! A mixture of coffee grounds and sugar fed to a pot plant and watered regularly, will revive houseplants that have turned yellow in winter.

At the end of the 16th century records show there were at least 500 cafes in Istanbul alone. Immigrants from Asia opened the first European cafes around1650. Some of the worlds most powerful businesses today, including Lloyds of London and the New York Stock Exchange, started life as coffee houses.

Back in December 2001 Brazil produced a scented postage stamp to promote its coffee – it was said that the smell of coffee lasted between 3 and 5 years.

History shows that may famous people drank coffee; Vincent Van Gogh was a big partaker of the café society and famously said “I have tried to show the café as a place where one can go mad.” Pope Clement VIII loved coffee and authorised its use and contributed towards it rise in popularity.

There are many interest facts about the coffee tree itself, which has a lifespan of about 50 to 70 years. It can flower eight times in just one year and when in bloom the coffee tree is covered with 30,000 white flowers which begin to develop into fruit after 24 to 36 hours.

Coffee increases in volume during roasting by 18.60%, but the aromas in coffee (http://www.espressocoffeeclub.co.uk/espresso/) only develop at the 10th minute of roasting.

It is the second most widely used product in the world after oil and more than 100 million people make their living from coffee (http://www.espressocoffeeclub.co.uk/overview/), which we consume at the rate of 1400 million cups per day.

So if you fancy enjoying the world's second most popular drink after water, take a look at easy to use individual foil wrapped coffee capsules (http://www.espressocoffeeclub.co.uk/shop/) in a choice of flavours to suit you. All capsules are hermetically sealed to ensure optimum freshness and a rich, smooth taste and work in all Nespresso machines including the leading brands of Magimix, Krups, De’Longhi and Capitani.

A Few Awesome and Funny Facts

2012-08-23T10:45:00.001+03:00

‘Stewardesses’ is the longest word typed with only the left hand and ‘lollipop’ is the longest word typed with your right hand.
TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
The average person’s left hand does 56% of the typing.
There are only four words in the English language which end in ‘dous’: tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: ‘abstemious’ and ‘facetious.’ (Yes, admit it, you are going to say, a e i o u)
‘Dreamt’ is the only English word that ends in the letters ‘mt’.
No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
A ‘jiffy’ is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
A snail can sleep for three years.
An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.
In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.
Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite!
Rubber band last longer when refrigerated.
Babies are born without kneecaps. They don’t appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age.
Winston Churchill was born in a ladies’ room during a dance.
Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.
The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.
February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
If the population of China walked past you, 8 abreast, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.

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QI: Quite interesting facts about the Olympics - Telegraph

2012-08-17T00:46:00.001+03:00

QI: Quite interesting facts about the Olympics - Telegraph

A Few Awesome and Funny Facts

2012-08-17T00:36:00.001+03:00

Stewardesses’ is the longest word typed with only the left hand and ‘lollipop’ is the longest word typed with your right hand.
TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
The average person’s left hand does 56% of the typing.
There are only four words in the English language which end in ‘dous’: tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: ‘abstemious’ and ‘facetious.’ (Yes, admit it, you are going to say, a e i o u)
‘Dreamt’ is the only English word that ends in the letters ‘mt’.
No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
A ‘jiffy’ is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
A snail can sleep for three years.
An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.
In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.
Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite!
Rubber band last longer when refrigerated.
Babies are born without kneecaps. They don’t appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age.
Winston Churchill was born in a ladies’ room during a dance.
Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.
The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.
February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
If the population of China walked past you, 8 abreast, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.

A Few Awesome and Funny Facts

2012-08-17T00:34:00.001+03:00

A Few Awesome and Funny Facts

[klip-trivia] Trivia & Amazing Facts 18-07-12 - rmoses1@gmail.com - Gmail

2012-07-19T11:04:00.001+03:00

Every square inch of the Human body has an average of 32 million bacteria on it.

Reptiles were responsible for such body part innovations as fur, feathers, claws, differentiated teeth, water impervious skin, water impervious eggs, and the penis.

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Amazing movie trivia you probably never knew about! - subtafuge.comsubtafuge.com

2012-07-08T00:12:00.001+03:00

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Trivia and Amazing Facts-bacteria, rats, cake with a coin, aspirin cats, domesticate animals

2012-06-12T09:41:00.001+03:00

Every square inch of the Human body has an average of 32 million bacteria on it.

Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over a million descendants.

In Greece, a cake called peta is baked with a coin inside it. The person who gets the slice with the coin will have special luck in the coming year.

Never give your cat aspirin, unless advised to do so by your vet. Aspirin can cause hemorrhaging in the gastorintestinal tract. It can also depress bone marrow activity, which makes red blood cells and may also damage the kidneys.

In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.

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Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose. - Bill Gates

2012-04-19T10:39:00.001+03:00

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.
- Bill Gates

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2012-01-25T12:19:00.000+02:00

Saturday is the most popular day for people to eat out in the United States.

Are little girls still made with “sugar ‘n’ spice, and everything nice?” Well, almost. Females average 23% muscle by weight and 25% fat. Males - 40% muscle and 15% fat.

A cat cannot see directly under its nose. This is why the cat cannot seem to find tidbits on the floor.

In Hungary, a roast pig, with a four-leaf clover in its mouth, is prepared for New Year's.

An average person spends three years of his or her life on the toilet.

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2011-10-22T23:41:00.001+02:00

Trivia & Amazing Facts 22-10-11

Alexander I of the Hellenes, the King of Greece from 1917, died after being bitten by his pet monkey. While he was walking his dog in the garden, his pooch and his monkey started to fight. In an attempt to separate them, Alexander was bitten on the ankle by the monkey. Five days later, the wound turned septic and he came down with a fever. He later died from the resulting Cellulitis.
There are 3 times more automobiles in Los Angeles than people
One grape vine produce can produce about 20 to 30 glasses of wine.
A shrimp's heart is in their head.
Cat's urine glows under a black light.

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2011-10-10T10:31:00.000+02:00

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How long have we been drinking tea?

Tea was discovered in China more than 5,000 years ago. Tea is the most popular drink beverage in the world – next to water. The tea that graces tables in virtually every country around the globe comes from the same plant: Camellia sinensis, a member of the evergreen family. From the leaves of this one plant spring three basic types of tea: black, green, and oolong, and more than 3,000 varieties.

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How would you respond to an Irishman?

The correct response to the Irish greeting, "Top of the morning to you," is "And the rest of the day to yourself."

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How did Utah get its name?

"Utah" is from the Navajo word meaning "upper."

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Who was the first to guarantee satisfaction?

Montgomery Ward was the first to advertise "Satisfaction guaranteed or your money back" in 1874 – two years after Aaron Montgomery Ward launched his first mail-order catalog.

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How long have we had Thoroughbreds?

The breed of the Thoroughbred horse is only about 300 years old, although horse racing has been popular in England since Roman times, and can be traced back to Central Asia among prehistoric nomads.

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Why is rice grown underwater? - Trivia « ArcaMax Publishing

2011-08-04T15:34:00.000+03:00

The primary purpose of growing rice in flooded paddies is to drown the weeds surrounding the young seedlings rice can, in fact, be grown in drained areas.

Why is rice grown underwater? - Trivia « ArcaMax Publishing

Proverbs

2011-08-04T14:26:00.000+03:00

"Enjoy yourself; it's later than you think"

Chinese Proverb

"If you want a place in the sun, you must leave the shade of the family tree"

Native American Proverb

"He who has once burnt his mouth always blows his soup"

German Proverb

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2011-07-29T04:04:00.000+03:00

* Proverbs: Proverbs 28-07-11: ". 'The clothes hide the blemish' Yiddish Proverb 'A little help is better than a lot of pity' Celtic Proverb 'Broken eggs can never ..."

What animals move slower than humans? - Trivia « ArcaMax Publishing

2011-07-18T05:26:00.000+03:00

Well, there are a few. The elephant, when charging, only runs about 25 mph. Other slow-pokes: squirrel (12 mph), domestic pig (11 mph), chicken (9 mph), giant tortoise (0.17 mph), three-toed sloth (0.15 mph), and garden snail (0.03 mph).

What animals move slower than humans? - Trivia « ArcaMax Publishing

* Trivia and Amazing Facts: Trivia & Amazing Facts 15-07-11

2011-07-17T15:06:00.000+03:00

* Trivia and Amazing Facts: Trivia & Amazing Facts 15-07-11

Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.

WHEN WAS THE ARK OF THE COVENANT LAST SEEN? The wooden chest that contained God's laws as presented to Moses was taken on its last trip to Jerusalem by King David. Eventually King Solomon put it in the Temple. It disappeared when the Temple was destroyed in 586 B.C.

In most television commercials advertising milk, a mixture of white paint and a little thinner is used in place of the milk.

The entire life of a House Fly is spent within a few hundred feet of the area where it was born.

The Toronto Maple Leafs used to be called the Toronto Arenas, then the St. Patricks and finally the Maple Leafs.

10 Interesting Space Shuttle Facts

2011-07-12T10:25:00.000+03:00

Posted by Natasha Paracha on July 8, 2011

1) Space Shuttles are the only vehicles to take human into space.

2) During the time in orbit, the space shuttle travels circles around the Earth at about 17,500 mile speed which means 28, 000 kilometers per hour, which enables the crew to see sunrise or sunset each 40 minutes.

3) A Space Shuttle and its boosters are the same height of Statue of Liberty but weigh nearly three times of it.

4) The astronauts’ food consists of peanut butter, fruits, vegetables nuts, chicken, beef, and spaghetti. As the things fly away in space, the foodstuff for astronauts is kept in some kind of packages which prevents the food from flying.

5) Space Shuttles suffered two disastrous accidents that killed 14 astronauts and 2 orbiters.

6) NASA assured that there would be 50 flights a year but couldn’t make it and was only able to manage nine flights a year, each of them costing almost $1.45 billion.

7) The Space Shuttle’s main engine has a weight of about one-seventh as of a train engine but has a horsepower of as much as 39 train engines.

8) During its 10th flight, Challenger broke right after its launch, in which all of the crew members died. One of crew member who died in this flight was a teacher , who volunteered to be part of this flight and was selected from over 1000 applicants for the new Teacher In Space Program.

9) The speed of a space shuttle is 17,500 mph.

10) Columbia stayed for 17 days in space, the longest stay in history in 1996 and was destroyed in 2003 during its twenty-eighth flight.

10 Interesting Space Shuttle Facts

Alphabetical List of Facts About Animals & Wildlife Trivia | Global Animal

2011-07-07T17:33:00.000+03:00

(ABOUT ANIMALS) We all know cats land on their feet and dogs wag their tails when happy. But do you know which animal has hairy eyes or what to call a pre-pubescent eel? Here’s a list of odd animal facts — from Aardvark to Zebra — and other creatures in between, courtesy of the wild and wonderful animal kingdom. Test your wildlife trivia here and tell us how many you knew. Or share other animals facts of your own in the comments section below. — Bianca Caraza, Global Animal

A is for aardvark

Fewer than 12 aardvarks are born in captivity in North America each year.

B is for blue whale

The blue whale is the loudest animal on earth.

C is for crocodile

Despite their powerful tails and fierce bites, crocodiles cannot stick out their tongues—the appendages are stuck to the inside of their mouths.

D is for dalmatian

Remembered best for a certain Disney film, dalmatians are the only breed of dog that suffers from gout.

E is for eel

An eel, before it reaches sexual maturity, is called an elver. Elvers were once a staple in coastal dweller’s diets. Yummy.

F is for flamingo

A flamingo can’t eat properly unless its head is upside down.

G is for goat

Goats have rectangular pupils. This helps them to spot predators over wide, flat grazing lands.

H is for honeybee

Honeybees have tiny hairs on their eyes to help them collect pollen.

I is for impala

The impala, a small antelope, is capable of jumping 10 feet in the air when threatened.

Named for its miraculous abilities, the Amazon’s ‘Jesus Christ lizard’ can run over water.

J is for Jesus Christ lizard

K is for kiwi bird

The kiwi bird, native to New Zealand, lays eggs up to half its own weight.

L is for lionfish

The spiny and colorful lionfish is covered in as many as 18 needle-like fins that inject poison. While seemingly dangerous, the toxins nauseate humans, but rarely prove fatal.

M is for mudpuppy

The African mudpuppy, or waterdog, is a type of salamander so named for emitting a high-pitched squeaking sound reminiscent of a dog’s bark.

N is for nurse shark

Though the origin of their name is unclear, nurse sharks are nocturnal bottom dwellers that rest daily in large piles of up to forty sharks.

O is for ostrich

The feathery flightless ostrich’s muscular legs are powerful enough to kill man and lion alike.

P is for polar bear

All polar bears are left-handed, or rather, left-pawed.

Q is for queen angelfish

Young queen angelfish sometimes groom other fish and remove unwanted parasites, an honor not usually offered to royalty.

R is for rhesus monkey

The rhesus monkey holds the historic distinction of making it into space before Mr. Armstrong ever walked on the moon.

S is for sloth bear

The shaggy, nocturnal sloth bear feeds itself by sucking ants through a gap in its front teeth.

T is for tarantula

Despite fearsome looks, the tarantula is actually harmless to humans with a venom weaker than that of a bee’s sting.

U is for unicorn

The narwhal is known as the “unicorn of the sea” due to an eight-foot tooth that sticks out like a horn.

V is for vulture

Vultures are rarely a humorous sight, but most find it chuckle-worthy that some particularly gluttonous vultures eat so much they become too heavy to fly.

W is for wildebeest

Wildebeest calves learn to walk minutes after being born and can keep up with their heard by one-week old.

X is for Xiphactinus Audux

Y is for Yorkshire terrier

The 17-foot Xiphactinus Audux was an enormous spiny fish that haunted the Late Cretaceous with an upturned jaw and massive teeth that made it resemble a bulldog.

The Yorkshire terrier, a favorite breed of dog named for Yorkshire, England, were originally put to work hunting rats in factories.

Z is for Zebra

No two zebras have the same stripes.

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http://www.buildingblocksplaygroup.com/blog/strange-animal-facts/

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http://www.peoplepets.com/news/cute/cute-photo-baby-aardvark-nurses-a-drink/1

http://www.thatsweird.net/facts6.shtml

http://www.thejunglestore.com/Eels

Alphabetical List of Facts About Animals & Wildlife Trivia | Global Animal

Does U.S. law require you to pray? - Trivia « ArcaMax Publishing

2011-06-30T11:33:00.000+03:00

The U.S. Congress passed a law in 1832 requiring all American citizens to spend one day each year fasting and praying. For the most part, people ignored the law, and no effort was made to enforce the legislation.

Does U.S. law require you to pray? - Trivia « ArcaMax Publishing

When does your hair grow slowest? // red bride // coca cola // gambling machine patent - Trivia « ArcaMax Publishing

2011-06-27T10:57:00.000+03:00

When does your hair grow slowest?

Hair grows slowest at night. It speeds up in the morning, slows in the afternoon, and grows faster again in the evening. Hair grows faster in summer than in winter.

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When was wearing red as a bride in fashion?

During the American Revolution, many brides did not wear white wedding gowns; instead, they wore red as a symbol of rebellion.

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How much was the first bottle of Coke?

The first bottles of Coca-Cola sold for a mere 5 cents per bottle in 1899. There are now more than 1,000 Coca-Cola bottling plants worldwide.

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How many patented gambling machines are there?

No patent can ever be taken out on a gambling machine in the United States.

When does your hair grow slowest? - Trivia « ArcaMax Publishing

Who knew? Milk trivia tests knowledge - pottsmerc.com

2011-06-27T10:00:00.000+03:00

"Cows can go up stairs, but not down stairs." That's according to the Mobile Dairy Classroom,www.milkcow.org, and one of many fun facts in honor of June as National Dairy Month.

Cows can smell something as far as 6 miles away.

Every day, cows eat more than 90 pounds of food.

Cows drink more than 35 gallons of water daily — sometimes double that in the summer.

Cows chew at least 50 times a minute.

It takes 340 squirts of milk to fill a milk pail.

An inventor created the first milk bottle in 1884.

Plastic milk containers debuted in 1964.

Milk is approximately 97 percent water.

One gallon of ice cream equals 12 pounds of milk.

One pound of cheese equals 10 pounds of milk.

One pound of butter equals 21.1 pounds of milk.

America's favorite ice cream flavor is vanilla.

Every year, Americans eat an average of 29 pounds of cheese, which equals more than a ton in a lifetime.

Source: Mobile Dairy Classroom, www.milkcow.org

Who knew? Milk trivia tests knowledge - pottsmerc.com

The World’s Oldest Light Bulb Has Been On for 110 Years - TIME NewsFeed

2011-06-20T13:55:00.000+03:00

How many people does it take to change this light bulb? None.

On June 18, the oldest-known working light bulb in the world will celebrate the 110th year it has burned bright. The bulb, which hangs idly about in a fire station in Livermore, California, holds the Guinness World Record.

(LIST: The Making of Thomas Edison)

However, it's not clear how this particular bulb has been glowing since it was installed in 1901.

The World’s Oldest Light Bulb Has Been On for 110 Years - TIME NewsFeed

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