Wednesday, February 8, 2012

TRIVIA BITS

 

  • Rhinoceros horn, when powered, is believed in some countries to increase a persons sexual potency.
  • Rice - Lloyd Webber contemplated a show based on the Cuban missile crisis.
  • Rice is the staple food of more than one-half of the world’s population.
  • Rice paper isn't made from rice but from a small tree which grows in Taiwan.
  • Richard II died aged 33 in 1400. A hole was left in the side of his tomb so people could touch his royal head, but 376 years later some took advantage of this and stole his jawbone.
  • Richard Strauss wrote a 'gay Viennese ballet' on the subject of Whipped Cream.
  • Rio de Janeiro translates to ' River of January'.
  • Roger Ramjet's American Eagle Squadron consists of Yank, Doodle, Dan and Dee.
  • Rolling Stone Keith Richards was set to make a cameo appearance as the father of Captain Jack Sparrow, in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, a commitment he could not keep.
  • Roughly 80% of all human beings on earth have one or more internal parasite infestations. For America, the estimate is 95%. Almost all human beings will suffer from internal or external parasites at least once in their lifespan and may never even know it.

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