Random Trivia

[peanut]

Post bits of random trivia here.

France is shaped roughly like a hexagon.

[tasha36]

A cow can go up stairs but not down!

[mattj4226]

Italy is shaped like a boot.

[I heartpeterpan]

Your foot is the same distance as your elbow is to your wrist

[Conceited Ape]

The bullwhip is the first man-made device to break the sound barrier (the crack you hear is actually a small sonic boom).

[albino_pygmy]

rice paper does not contain a grain of rice.

[Tinker Bell]

Contrary to popular belief, it does not take 7 years to digest Maraschino cherries.

[peanut]

These are great! Thanks to everyone who has posted!


Guam and the Mariana islands have one of the highest rates of consumption of Spam in the world. Each person consumes an an average of 16 tins of spam a year.

[albino_pygmy]

Elvis Presley's hip wiggling started out as stage fright. According to Carl Perkins, "Elvis was so nervous his legs would shake. One day he did it, and the crowd went wild. He asked guitarist Scotty Moore, 'What did I do?' and Moore replied, 'I don't know but do it again!' "

[peanut]

Ted Nugent makes and sells his own line of beef jerky called "Gonzo Meat Biltong".

[albino_pygmy]

Hehe, Gonzo. By the way, anyone know what the heck is Gonzo from the Muppets? I've seen the Muppets in Space movie, but that really didn't explain much if I remember correctly, I think they ended it off leaving us still guessing but I could be wrong.

[peanut]

Gonzo is a ""creature of indeterminate provenance." And you are correct- they leave us guessing.

[albino_pygmy]

Thank you Pepe the Shrimp Prawn Peanut

[peanut]

Ohh jesss - the king prawn, he ees SO beeg!

[peanut]

During the reign of the Roman emperor Nero, sausages were associated with the Lupercalia festival. The early Catholic Church outlawed the Lupercalia Festival and made eating sausage a sin. For this reason, the Roman emperor Constantine banned the eating of sausages.