Tuesday, December 20, 2005

Trivia of the Week

1. Sir Winston Churchill rationed himself to 15 cigars a day.
2. There are 240 white dots in a Pacman arcade game.
3. A ten-gallon hat holds three-quarters of a gallon.
4. During the chariot scene in 'Ben Hur' a small red car can be seen in the distance.
5. Tiny Tim called his daughter Tulip after his 1968 hit 'Tiptoe through the Tulips'.
6. In the story of Cinderella, her slippers were originally fur, but they became glass because of an error in translation.
7. In 1935 Jesse Owens broke 4 world records in 45 minutes.
8. During its lifetime an oyster changes its sex from male to female and back several times..
9. Less than 1% of the Caribbean Islands are inhabited.
10. Dirty snow melts quicker than clean snow.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I so love these posts! :)