Saturday, January 14, 2012

TRIVIA BITS

 

  • Liverpool is the most filmed British city.
  • Lobsters have blue blood.
  • Lord Byron had a club foot.
  • Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula" and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size, "L.A."
  • Louis XIV (1638-1715), was recorded to eat "four soups, a pheasant, a partridge, a plate of salad, sliced mutton with garlic, two lumps of ham, a plate of pastries, fruits and preserves" at one sitting.
  • Lucifer is Latin for "Light Bringer". It is a translation of the Hebrew name for Satan, Halael. Satan Means "adversary", devil means "liar".
  • Mae West was once dubbed 'The statue of Libido'.
  • Magnesium was used in early flash photography because it burns with a brilliant light.
  • Maine is the only state in the United States whose name has one syllable.
  • Many sailors used to wear gold earrings so that they could afford a proper burial when they died.

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