TRIVIA BITS 08 APRIL

 

• The most commonly sung song in the world - Happy birthday to you - was under copyright, the copyright ran out in 2010.
• The most prescribed drug in the United Kingdom in 1985 was Valium.
• The most sensitive cluster of nerves is at the base of the spine.
• The motto for the Olympic Games is Citius - Altius - Fortius (Faster - Higher - Stronger).
• The Mount of Jupiter and the Girdle of Venus are found on the palm of your hand.
• The movie ' Wanda whips Wall Street ' was the first to be billed as being backed by Wall Street.
• The movie 'Cleopatra', starring Elizabeth Taylor, was banned from Egypt in 1963 because she was a Jewish convert.
• The mullet fish only turns red after death.
• The Museum of Modern Art in New York City hung Matisse's ‘Le Bateau’ upside-down for 47 days before an art student noticed the error.
• The music hall entertainer Nosmo King derived his stage name from a 'No Smoking' sign.