Sunday, March 4, 2012

TRIVIA BITS

 

  • The 1st US zoo was built in Philadelphia, PA, in 1876.
  • The 1st winner of the Academy Award for best picture, and the only silent film to achieve that honour was the 1927 film, "Wings."
  • The 3 largest newspaper circulations are Russian.
  • The 7 Dwarfs are Happy, Grumpy, Dopey (the beardless one), Doc, Bashful, Sneezy, Sleepy. They were miners.
  • The abbreviation "PDX" (Portland International Airport) is derived from "P" standing for Portland and "DX" meaning long distance or wide reaching.
  • The abbreviation "ORD" for Chicago's O'Hare airport comes from the old name "Orchard Field."
  • The abbreviation for pound, "lb.," comes from the astrological sign Libra, meaning balance, and symbolized by scales.
  • The active ingredient in Chinese Bird's nest soup is saliva.
  • The Agen plum which would become the basis of the US prune industry was first planted in California in 1856.
  • The air we breathe is 78% nitrogen, 21.5% oxygen, .5% argon and other gases.

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