Thursday, January 19, 2012

TRIVIA BITS

 

  • More money is spent each year on alcohol and cigarettes than on Life insurance.
  • More people are killed annually by donkeys than die in air crashes.
  • More people are killed each year from bees than snakes.
  • More than 75% of all the countries in the world are north of the equator.
  • More water flows over Niagara Falls every year than over any other falls on earth.
  • Morphine was given its name in 1803 by the discoverer, a 20 year old German pharmacist named Friedrich Saturner. He named it after Morpheus, the Greek god of dreams.
  • Mosquitoes dislike citronella because it irritates their feet.
  • Mosquitoes prefer children to adults, and blondes to brunettes.
  • Most landfilled trash retains its original weight, volume, and form for 40 years.
  • Most of the distant shots of the submarines seen in the movie “The Abyss” are models.

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