Thursday, November 10, 2011

TRIVIA BITS

 

  • Bilbo and Frodo (from 'Lord of the Rings') share the same birthday, September 22.
  • Bilbo Baggins was born on September 22 1290.
  • Blackbird, who was the chief of Omaha Indians, was buried sitting on his favourite horse.
  • Blonde beards grow faster than darker beards.
  • Blondes have more hair than dark-haired people.
  • Blood sucking hookworms inhabit 700 million people worldwide.
  • Bob Dylan turned The Beatles on to marijuana.
  • Bogart never said "Play it again Sam" in the movie Casablanca. What Bogart did say was "Play it Sam".
  • Bonnie Prince Charlie, the leader of the Jacobite rebellion to depose of George II of England, was born 31 December 1720. Considered a great Scottish hero, he spent his final years as a drunkard in Rome.
  • Born 4 January 1838, General Tom Thumb's growth slowed at the age of 6 months, at 5 years he was signed to the circus by P.T. Barnum, and at adulthood reached a height of only 1 metre.

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