TRIVIA BITS 12 APRIL

 

• The only city whose name can be spelled completely with vowels is Aiea, Hawaii.
• The only continent without reptiles or snakes is Antarctica.
• The only country to register zero births in 1983 was the 'Vatican City'.
• The only Dutch word to contain eight consecutive consonants is 'angstschreeuw'.
• The only one of his sculptures that Michelangelo signed was the “The Pieta,” completed in 1500.
• The only rock that floats in water is pumice.
• The only time the human population declined was in the years following 1347, the start of the epidemic of the plague 'Black Death' in Europe.
• The only wild camels in the world are found in Australia.
• The only word in the English language with all five vowels in reverse order is "subcontinental."
• The only word that consists of two letters, each used three times is the word "deeded."