Thursday, September 8, 2011

TRIVIA BITS

 

  • the $ sign was introduced in 1788
  • the 1st full length animated film was released by Disney Studios in 1937 - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
  • the 3 most common languages in the world are Mandarin Chinese, Spanish and English
  • the African Rock Python can survive 2 years without eating
  • the algae found in the world's oceans produces nearly 50% of the world's oxygen
  • the Amazon rainforest produces half the world's oxygen supply
  • the ancient Greeks first grew carrots as a form of medicine and not a food
  • the Arctic Ocean is the smallest in the world
  • the atomic symbol for iron is Fe (the original name for iron was Ferric)

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