TRIVIA BITS 20 MAY

 

• Two minor earthquakes occur every minute somewhere in the world.
• Two of the greatest writers who ever lives, William Shakespeare and Miguel de Cervantes (who wrote Don Quixote), both died on 23 April 1616.
• Underneath the great icy plains of the Antarctic, sometimes can be found little pools of unfrozen water.
• Until the 18th century India produced almost all the world’s diamonds.
• Until the time of Michelangelo, many sculptors coloured their statues, and most from ancient Greece and Rome at one time had been painted or “polychromed.” Over the course of years, rain washed the colours off the marble.
• Upon the death of F.D. Roosevelt, Harry S Truman became the President of America on 12 April 1945. The initial S in the middle of his name doesn't in fact mean anything. Both his grandfathers had names beginning with 'S', and so Truman's mother didn't want to disappoint either of them.
• Uranus is visible to the naked eye.
• Uri Geller, the professional psychic was born on December 20 1946. As to the origin of his alleged powers, Mr Geller maintains that they come from the distant planet of Hoova.
• Urine was once used to wash clothes.
• US President, Richard Nixon, tried to offer tactics to an American Football team.