Friday, April 6, 2012

TRIVIA BITS 06 APRIL

 

  • The maximum possible duration of an eclipse is 7 minutes and 31 seconds when the observer is land based and stationary.
  • The mechanical shark used in the movie Jaws was nicknamed Bruce, named after Spielberg's lawyer.
  • The medical term for a black eye is circumorbital haematoma.
  • The Mercedes-Benz motto is 'Das Beste oder Nichts' meaning 'the best or nothing'.
  • The metal Gallium will melt in the heat of your hands.
  • The metre was originally defined as one 10-millionth of the distance from the equator to the Pole.
  • The Middle ear and the Pharynx are joined with the Eustachian tube.
  • The Milky Way galaxy contains 5 billion stars larger than our sun.
  • The Mills Brothers have recorded the most songs of any artist: about 2,250.
  • The minimum number of darts required to finish a single in, double out game of 501 is 9.
  • The Moa bird of New Zealand, which became extinct four hundred years ago, was over ten feet tall.

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