TRIVIA BITS

 

• During the reign of Elizabeth I, there was a tax put on men's beards.
• During the seventeen century, the Sultan of Turkey ordered his entire harem of women drowned, and replace with a new one.
• During winter, the skating rinks in Moscow cover more than 250 000 square metres of land.
• During World War II, bakers in the United States were ordered to stop selling sliced bread for the duration of the war on January 18, 1943. Only whole loaves were made available to the public. It was never explained how this action helped the war effort.
• During World War II, W.C. Fields kept US $50 000 in Germany 'in case the little bastard wins'.
• During World War One, the future Pope John XXIII was a sergeant in the Italian Army.
• Each episode of 'Dr. Kildare' contained 3 suffering patients.
• Each increase of five decibels will half the amount of time requires for a sound to cause permanent hearing loss.
• Each square inch of human skin consists of twenty feet of blood vessels.
• Each year, insects eat 1/3 of the Earth's food crop.