Page 11 - The 'X' Zone Book of Triviology

o There are over 1,000 different chemicals in a cup of coffee; 26 of them have been tested to see if they cause cancer in laboratory rats; 13 do. o No two fingerprints or tongue prints are alike. o “We hang petty thieves, but appoint the great ones to public office” - Aesop. o Stephen Spielberg named the model shark in Jaws Bruce, after his lawyer. o In Gone With the Wind, Clark Gable worked 71 days and made $120,000. o In Gone With the Wind, Vivien Leigh worked 125 days and made $25,000. o Ronal Reagan was the only U.S. president to head a labor union. o According to experts, if you’re typical, your body contains about four ounces of salt. o An adult crocodile can go without eating for two years. o In Thailand, the parents of the groom pay for the wedding. o When a roadrunner is content, it purrs. o Alaska is the state with the highest percentage of people who walk to work. o Besides humans, the Aztecs offered their gods tamales. o The jaws of a decapitated snapping turtle can keep snapping for about a day. o The London zoo reportedly employs an “entertainment director” for the animals. o Men are more likely than women to run stoplights but women are more likely to switch lanes without signaling. o Blue neckties sell best. Red ties are second. o A typical redwood trees’ roots are only 5 to 6 feet deep and spread out over an acre. o Queen bees only sting other queen bees. o According to sleep researchers, only about 5% of people dream in color. o Henry VIII was the eighth English king called Henry and the first anywhere called, “Your Majesty.” o Top four high school hazing sports: swimming, diving, soccer, lacrosse. o In an average minute, 20,900 gallons flow from the Amazon River into the sea. o 65% of American adolescents get acne. o Of the 1,000 varieties of cherries grown in the U.S., only 10 are grown commercially. o The U.S. Treasury mints about 19.5 million pennies a day. o The heaviest pumpkin ever recorded weighed 1,061 pounds. o Toto the dog was paid $125 a week for his work in The Wizard of OZ. o The average cow produces 70,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime. o Sound travels a mile in five seconds through the air. o Under water, sound travels a mile in one second. o 1 in 6 employees say they got so mad at a co-worker last year that “they felt like hitting them, but didn’t.” o The Mon Lisa has no eyebrows. Shaved eyebrows were the fad when she was painted. o The average American dinks 3.4 cups a coffee a day. o Every thousand years, spring gets two-thirds of a day shorter. o If you weigh 120 pounds on Earth, you’ll weigh about 20 pounds on the moon. o Americans consume 16,000 tons of aspirin every year. o Angels Falls in Venezuela is 15 times higher than Niagara Falls. o According to one study, 85% of parents use child car-safety seats incorrectly. o Horse jockeys are the only U.S. athletes legally allowed to bet on themselves. o If a woodchuck could chuck wood, it would chuck about 700 pounds. o The average American kid catches 6 colds a year.