Monday, April 9, 2012

TRIVIA BITS 09 APRIL

 

  • The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the "General Purpose" vehicle, G.P.
  • The name of the 'Love Boat' was the 'Pacific Princess'.
  • The national anthem of the Netherlands "Het Wilhelmus," is an 'acrostichon.' The first letters of each of the fifteen verses represent the name "Willem Van Nassov" (old spelling.)
  • The national flag of Italy was designed by Napoleon Bonaparte.
  • The native tribe of Tierradel Fuego has a language so guttural it cannot have an alphabet.
  • The natural substance the violin bows are strung with is horse hair.
  • The naval rank of "Admiral" is derived from the Arabic phrase "amir al bahr", which means "lord of the sea"
  • The Nazi-sympathist song 'Don't Let's Be Beastly to the German's', was sung seven times in one evening by Noel Coward, at the request of Winston Churchill.
  • The Neanderthal's brain was bigger than yours is.
  • The nerve fibres in the squid are 500 times thicker than a humans'.

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