Tuesday, April 17, 2012

TRIVIA BITS 17 APRIL

 

  • The Professor on "Gilligan's Island" was named Roy Hinkley. The Skipper was named Jonas Grumby. Both names were used only once in the entire series, on the first episode.
  • The Puritans forbade the singing of Christmas Carols, judging them to be out of keeping with the true spirit of Christmas.
  • The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who
  • The rate of Quadruplets are 1 (set) in every 490 000 births.
  • The red dye 'cochineal' comes from the dried bodies of the scale insects.
  • The Red sea is not mentioned in the Bible.
  • The revolving door was invented in 1888.
  • The richest 10 per cent of the French people are approximately fifty times better off than the poorest 10 per cent.
  • The ridges on the sides of coins are called reeding or milling.
  • The right side of a boat was called the starboard side due to the fact that the astronavigators used to stand out on the plank (which was on the right side) to get an unobstructed view of the stars. The left side was called the port side because that was the side that you put in on at the port.

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