Trivia

Trivia

Fredric Baur invented the Pringles can.
When he passed away in 2008, his ashes were buried in one.

Only female mosquitoes will bite you.

Coca-Cola originally contained cocaine

The $ sign was introduced in 1788

Sir Isaac Newton was 23 when he discovered the law of gravity

Shakespeare invented the words 'lackluster' and ‘green-eyed’ implying jealousy.'

It took Leonardo Da Vinci 10 years to paint Mona Lisa

The Unicorn is the National animal of Scotland.

You can hear a Blue Whale’s heartbeat more than 2 miles away.
The world's largest animal's heart weighs about 400 pounds approximately the size of a small piano.

The odds of getting a royal flush at cards which is 10 J Q K A all of the same suit are exactly 1 in 649,740.

A baby Puffin is called a Puffling.

The speed of a computer mouse is measured in Mickeys per second.

About 700 grapes go into a bottle of wine, that’s about 2.6 pounds.

The fear of the number 13 is called triskaidekaphobia.

The Crown Jewels contain the two biggest cut diamonds on Earth.
They both came from the Cullinan Diamond, a 3,106-carat gem found in South Africa in 1905.
The largest stone, called the Great Star of Africa, is in the Sovereign's Sceptre, while the second largest is mounted in the Imperial State Crown.

The hashtag symbol is technically called an octothorpe.

King Henry VIII had a “Groom of the Stool”, whose job was to monitor and assist in the King’s bowel motions.
The role remained in existence until King Edward VII abolished it in 1901.

A group of flamingos is called a “flamboyance”.

NASA developed a technology called FINDER,it's able to detect heartbeats and breathing through up to 30 feet of rubble,20 feet of solid concrete and was used to find survivors during the2015 earthquake.

An adopted man in Michigan searched for his birth Mother for 4 years before finding out she worked at the same lowes store he worked at..neither of them knew.

1 Clever stuff

2 What a coincidence Mo

It's not a coincidence Ray..I read yours and just thought I'd add a couple.

"It's not a coincidence Ray..I read yours and just thought I'd add a couple"

The first one is amazing technology to save lives
The second one is an amazing coincidence that they worked at the company.

I got them off Quora Ray,there's hundreds.

"I got them off Quora Ray,there's hundreds."

Good to know Mo.
It's a site I've not been on.
I may be able to use them for future 'Trivia' posts.

There was a big, big problem recycling Pringles cans. They are made of so many different materials. I believe they have redesigned the material in the cans to make them more environmentally friendly.

This trivia stuff is very interesting and enlightening too.
I like doing trivia quizzes.

I'm more of a crossword lover especially Cryptic or Codebreaker

I like crosswords too. Gives the old grey matter something to do.

I love cryptic crosswords and the Express newspaper one is very good.
But as for Quora,,it has some brilliant info on under the title 'Did you know',on the other hand it can be very hard work..I don't know if the blame is with my iPad but you can be reading something really interesting and it will just go off then come back on another subject..there's all sorts on it history true facts about everything and everybody but as I say it can get frustrating.

I do the Lovatt’s Cryptic crossword first thing every morning. It is easily found on the Internet.

I always take a Lovatt’s Cryptic crossword book away on holiday with me, sadly this year a non event.
At the risk of being chucked off on here, join us on Wigan Peers every Wednesday night at 8 o'clock on 'Quiz and Puzzle Corner' for Cryptic Crosswords, all are welcome.

Thanks Bill I like this one I part way through todays

I didn't know about Lovatts cryptic so,have just started it,and will go back to it later on..thank you.

Did you know Hugo Boss the fashion chap was a Nazi party member In 1931.That's when he started to make the uniforms for the SA and SS, also the Hitler Youth, later on in the thirties he began making the uniforms of the Wehrmacht and Waffen SS. He died in 1948 in his hometown of Metzingen his kids took over the business and made suits, Boss is a global player now.

Good thread, ray

"Good thread, ray"

Cheers BB , I've got more.