Wednesday, October 19, 2011

TRIVIA BITS

 

  • 99% of all life forms to exist on Earth are now extinct.
  • 99% of the solar systems mass is concentrated in the sun.
  • A "Blue Moon" is the second full moon in a calendar month (it is rarely blue).
  • A 2 year old horse has 6 incisors.
  • A 6 pound sea-hare can lay 40,000 eggs in a single minute.
  • A bibliophile is a collector of rare books. A bibliopole is a seller of rare books.
  • A 'bitch' is more likely to bite you than a male dog.
  • A Boeing 707 uses four thousand gallons of petrol in its take-off climb.
  • A car travelling at 80 km/h uses half its fuel to overcome wind resistance.
  • A cat's whiskers are called vibrissae.

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