TRIVIA BITS 04 APRIL

 

• The little lump of flesh just forward of your ear canal, right next to your temple, is called a tragus.
• The liver is the largest internal organ weighing about 10.5 kilograms.
• The Lone Ranger's "real" name is John Reid.
• The longest Hollywood kiss was from the 1941 film, "You're in the Army Now". It lasted for three minutes and three seconds.
• The longest muscle in the human body is the sartorius. This narrow muscle of the thigh passes obliquely across the front of the thigh and helps rotate the leg to the position assumed in sitting cross-legged. Its name is a derivation of the adjective "sartorial," a reference to what was the traditional cross-legged position of tailors (or "sartors") at work.
• The longest muscle name is the "levator labiisuperioris alaeque nasi" and Elvis popularized it with his lip motions.
• The longest Oscar acceptance speech was made by Greer Garson for 1942's "Mrs. Miniver." It took 5 minutes, 30 seconds.
• The longest place-name still in use is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu, a New Zealand hill.
• The longest railway in the world is the Trans-Siberian Railway or Trans-Siberian Railroad, built 1891-1916, a network of railways connecting European Russia with Russian Far East provinces. It is 9,288.2 kilometres (5,787 miles) long and spans 8 time zones.
• The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds.