TRIVIA BITS

 

• Facetious and abstemious contain all the vowels in the correct order, as does arsenious, meaning "containing arsenic."
• Ferdie Adoboe set a world record on 28 July 1983 by running 100 yards in 12.8 seconds … backwards.
• Fingernails grow faster than toenails.
• Fingerprints serve a function - they provide traction for the fingers to grasp things.
• First occupied by John Adams in 1800, the White House has witnessed one presidential wedding, five first-family weddings, 11 births, and seven presidential funerals. Recent additions include John F. Kennedy’s swimming pool, Richard Nixon’s bowling alley, and Bill Clinton’s running track.
• Fish are the only vertebrates that outnumber birds.
• Flying from London to New York by Concord, due to the time zones crossed, you can arrive 2 hours before you leave.
• Foghorn Leghorn's favourite song is ' Camptown Races '.
• Football was played in the twelfth century, though without any rules.
• For drinking, washing, etc., an average American uses 168 gallons of water per day. The average American residence uses 107,000 gallons per year.