Monday, May 14, 2012

TRIVIA BITS 14 MAY

 

  • Theodor Herzi, the Zionist leader who was born on May 2 1860, once had the astonishing idea of converting Jews to Christianity as a way of combating anti-Semitism.
  • Theodore Roosevelt was the only U.S. president to deliver an inaugural address without using the word "I". Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Dwight D. Eisenhower tied for second place, using "I" only once in their inaugural addresses.
  • There are 1,792 steps to the top of the Eiffel Tower.
  • There are 11 points on the collar around Kermit the Frog's neck.
  • There are 132 rooms in the US White House.
  • There are 14 phalanges (finger bones) in a human hand.
  • There are 240 white dots in a Pacman arcade game.
  • There are 256 semihemidemisemiquavers in a breve.
  • There are 3 Great pyramids at Giza.
  • There are 403 steps from the foundation to the top of the torch in the Statue of Liberty.

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