Thursday, February 2, 2012

TRIVIA BITS

 

  • Orienteering originated in Sweden.
  • Orson Welles was only 21 years old when he starred in & directed in the movie Citizen Kane.
  • Our galaxy is 75 000 light years in diameter and our sun is 26 100 light years from the centre.
  • Our own galaxy is minute compared to the radio galaxies being discovered at the edge of the universe.
  • Over 1,400 actresses were interviewed to play the part of Scarlett O'Hara for the movie Gone with the Wind.
  • Over 400 films have been made, based on the plays of Shakespeare.
  • Over 80% of professional boxers have suffered brain damage.
  • Over the years the Niagara Falls has moved more than 11 kilometres from its original site.
  • Over two hundred different languages are spoken throughout the Soviet Union.
  • Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.

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