Saturday, May 26, 2012

TRIVIA BITS 26 MAY

 

  • When the T-Rex devours the traffic light in San Diego within the movie “The Lost Word: Jurassic Park“, there is a sign close by that reads "No Dinosaurs".
  • When they mate, a yak and a cow produce a dzo.
  • When two words are combined to form a single word (e.g., motor + hotel = motel, breakfast + lunch = brunch) the new word is called a "portmanteau."
  • When you blush, your stomach lining also reddens.
  • When young and impoverished, Pablo Picasso kept warm by burning his own paintings.
  • When young, Black sea basses are mostly female, but at the age of 5 years many switch sexes to male.
  • While at Harvard University, Edward Kennedy was suspended for cheating on a Spanish exam.
  • While sleeping, one man in eight snores, and one in ten grinds his teeth.
  • Widows in equatorial Africa actually wear sackcloth and ashes when attending a funeral.
  • William Henry Harrison (1773-1841) was the first US president to die in office. At 32 days, he also had the shortest term in office.
  • William Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway on 27 November 1582, he was 18 at the time.

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