Trivial Trivia
My definition of “trivia” is basically, useless information. I’m not book smart, never have been. I am blond and definitely have many blond moments. So it’s always nice to be able to throw something out there that I do in fact know. Here are some of those oddities I have stored in my little blond closet.
A piece of gold, about an inch long, quarter of an inch thick, can be flattened out to the size of a tennis court.
A quarter has 119 ridges
A dime has 118 ridges, weird, huh?
On the TV show Gilligan’s island, Gilligan’s name was actually Willy, though he was only called this 1 time on the first episode.
George Washington grew pot.
Months that begin on Sunday will have a Friday the 13th
No mammal can survive being frozen, therefore, you can not microwave a frozen mouse for 33 seconds to bring it back to life.
No piece of paper can be folded more than 7 times.
Peanuts are used in the production of dynamite.
Opossums don’t “play opossum”, they actually pass out.
The word TESTIFY comes from the ancient Roman court room where men were made to swear on their testicles rather than a bible (was there a bible back then?)
And speaking of the bible, there is no mention of Adam & Eve eating apples.
There is a city called Rome on all 7 continents
The screwdriver was invented as a stirrer, to stir, what else, the drink we know as a screwdriver.
The term, “3 R’s, reading-writing-arithmetic, was coined by an illiterate man.
The only member of ZZ Top, that does not have a beard actually has the last name Beard.
The longest highway runs from Massachusetts to California.
Taste buds last about 10 days
Koala bears finger prints are so similar to humans that if a koala committed a crime, the finger prints would seem, in every way, human and be handled accordingly.
In our interstate systems, it is required that in every 5 miles, there must be 1 mile of straight road so that it can be used for airplane landings in the event of war.
The cigarette lighter was invented before the match
The bubbles in Guinness beer sink instead of float and rise.
Blondes have an average of 120,000 hairs on their heads. Next is average of 100,000 for brown and black hair while red heads have on average 80,000.
The guy who did the voice of Tony the Tiger on Frosted Flakes cereal also sang the songs in the cartoon How The Grinch Stole Christmas.
Spain means Land of rabbits
Eskimos commonly use refrigerators to keep their food FROM freezing.
S.O.S. means save our souls, not save our ship
The reason marijuana is illegal is because in the 1930’s, cotton farmers fought against it as it was competition
There is a tiny spider hidden on the upper right hand corner of a $1
Mike Nesmith (of the Monkees) is the heir to the Liquid Paper throne.
A dragonfly has 6 legs but can not walk.
If you were to lick 10 stamps, you would have consumed 1 calorie.
Porcupines can float.
The electric chair was invented by a dentist. Wonder what he had in mind!
Butterflies were originally called Flutterbys.
A sloth moves so slowly that moss grows on its fur.
Thomas Edison was afraid of the dark.
A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.
On the show Star Trek, Captain Kirk never said, “Beam me up Scotty”
President Ulysses S. Grant’s childhood nickname was Useless.
Elvis’s middle name, Aron was in honor of his twin brother that died at birth, Jesse Garon.
Earth is the only planet not named after a God.
A rhinoceros’s horn is made of compacted hair.
A whale’s pens is called a dork.
A barnacle has the largest penis, in relation to its size.
The bible says the chicken came first.
Anteaters prefer to eat termites.
Bob Dylan’s real name is Robert Zimmerman.
Baskin Robbins tried a ketchup flavored ice cream
Honey is the only food that will not spoil
Swans have actual penis’s
A bloodhound’s “evidence” is admissible in court.
The city of Chicago has a drive-thru post office, lucky!
Cows have a Bill of Rights in India
In a deck of card, the King of hearts does not have a moustache.
Pumice can float
An average ear of corn has about 800 kernels
Mosquitoes live on average, 2 weeks
Well, I’m done for now. Hope you learned a little bit of dumbness!
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