TRIVIA BITS

 

• Men are ten times more likely to be colour-blind than women.
• Men commit suicide three times more frequently than women do. But women attempt suicide two to three times more often than men.
• Men have on average 10% more red blood cells than women
• Mercury is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature.
• Mexican jumping beans jump because of a moth larva inside the bean.
• Mexico City is sinking at a rate of 6 to 8 inches a year because it's built on top of an underground reservoir. Wells are drawing out more and more water for the city's growing population of more than 15 million people.
• Mexico City is the oldest capital city in the Americas.
• Michelangelo died at the age of 88.
• Mick Jagger's favourite game is cricket.
• Mickey Mouse is known as 'Topolino' in Italy.