TRIVIA BITS

 

• The British did not release the body of Napoleon Bonaparte to the French until twenty days after his death.
• The Brothers Grimm compiled 211 fairy/folk tales. The brothers Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm did not write their tales as original stories, but from folk stories handed down through the generations. Their interest was in the early nineteenth century effort to create a German nation as at that time, modern Germany was divided into dozens of sovereign states. Their efforts also included the creation of a German dictionary that brought together the many dialects in an effort to establish a single German language.
• The bubbles in Guinness beer sink to the bottom rather than float to the top as in other beers.
• The Budget speech on April 17 1956 saw the introduction of Premium Savings Bonds into Britain. The machine which picks the winning numbers is called "Ernie", an abbreviation, which stands for' electronic random number indicator equipment'.
• The buzz that you hear when a bee approaches is the sound of its four wings moving at 11,400 strokes per minute. Bees fly an average of 15 miles per hour.
• The California grape and wine industries were started by Count Agoston Haraszthy de Moksa, who planted Tokay, Zinfandel, and Shiras varieties from his native Hungary in Buena Vista in 1857.
• The California redwood - coast redwood and giant sequoia - are the tallest and largest living organism in the world.
• The canine filmstar Rin Tin Tin is buried in Pere-Lachaise cemetery in Paris.
• The car manufacturer Henry Ford was awarded Hitler's Grand Cross of the Supreme Order of the German Eagle. Henry Ford was the inventor of the assembly line, and Hitler used this knowledge of the assembly line to speed up production, and to create better and interchangeable products.
• The carpet designs seen in Sid's hallway in Toy Story are the same as the carpet designs seen in "The Shining."