Saturday, January 28, 2012

TRIVIA BITS

 

 

  • Of all the words in the English language, the word "set" has the most definitions.
  • Of the 2200 persons quoted in the current edition of "Bartlett's Familiar Quotations," only 164 are women.
  • Of the two chipmunks, Chip and Dale, Chip has the black nose.
  • Offered a new pen to write with, 97% of all people will write their own name.
  • On 15 April 1912 the SS Titanic sunk on her maiden voyage and over 1,500 people died. Fourteen years earlier a novel was published by Morgan Robertson which seemed to foretell the disaster. The book described a ship the same size as the Titanic which crashes into an iceberg on its maiden voyage on a misty April night. The name of Robertson's fictional ship was the Titan.
  • On 15th May 1948, the Australian touring team scored a world record total of runs in one day. In just under six hours they made 721 all out against Essex, at Southchurch Park, Southend.
  • On 30 March 1867, Alaska was officially purchased from Russia for about 2 cents an acre. At the time many politicians believed this purchase of ' wasteland to be a costly folly '.
  • On 7 January 1904 the distress call 'CQD' was introduced. 'CQ' stood for 'Seek You' and 'D' for 'Danger'. This lasted only until 1906 when it was replaced with 'SOS'.
  • On 9 February 1942, soap rationing began in Britain.
  • On a clear night over 2 000 stars are visible to the naked eye.

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