Friday, August 19, 2011

TRIVIA BITS

 

  • instant coffee was invented in 1901
  • instant mashed potatoes (dehydrated potato flakes) were invented in Canadian in 1962
  • Isaac Newton invented the cat door
  • it takes 1 alligator to make a pair of shoes and 3 for a pair of boots
  • it takes 1 week to make a jelly bean
  • it takes 1,100 watts to power a toaster
  • it takes 110 silkworm cocoons to make an average tie
  • it takes 17 muscles to smile and 43 to frown
  • it takes 40 minutes to hard boil an ostrich egg
  • it takes 5 years for an oyster to produce a medium sized pearl

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