Page 21 - The 'X' Zone Book of Triviology

o Most snails travel at the speed of 25 miles per day. o The Chilean Pudu, the smallest member of the deer family, is no larger than a rabbit. o Top speed attained in the first American auto race in Chicago in 1895 was 7.5 m.p.h. o First U.S. president born outside the original 13 states: Abe Lincoln. o It takes about 30 minutes for aspirin to find a headache. o 20% of drivers get 80% of the traffic tickets. o Caterpillars fast during the day. o Leading cause of death in Papua, New Guinea is falling trees. o Shameless promotion: www.xzoneradiotv.com and www.xchronicles-newspaper.com. o Humphrey Bogart’s first line as an actor was “Tennis anyone?” o The speed of a roller coaster increases an average of 10 m.p.h. when it’s raining. o Honolulu is Hawaiian for “sheltered harbor.” o A cremnophobeis someone who is afraid of falling down stairs. o Chili comes from an Aztec word that means “bowl of red.” o The average cigar smoker can smoke an average cigar in about an hour and a half. o One Swedish slang expression for “How are you?” is “Who stole the cash box?” o Woodrow Wilson was the last president to type all his own letters. o 69% of cake eaters eat the cake first, then the frosting. o The Cambodian language has 72 letters in its alphabet, the most of any language. o Babe Ruth wore a cabbage leaf under his baseball cap to keep cool during games. o 60% of pets in Great Britain have some form of health insurance. o The Ford Motor Co. earned an average of $2.00 profit on each Model T it manufactured. o Smallest U.S. towns: Hove Mobile Park City, ND, with a population of two. o If you feed a wild moose often enough, it will begin to attack people who don’t feed it. o The Mongols taught their children to ride horses by starting them on goats. o On the day The Wizard of Oz’s Judy Garland died, a tornado touched down in Kansas. o The kitty-litter capital of the world is Quincy, Florida. o About 60% of U.S. kids say they “don’t want to be like their parents.” o George Washington’s favorite tooth whitener: household chalk. o Aardvarks eventually stop growing…but their teeth never do. o Christopher Columbus introduced lima beans to Europe. o Elephants breathe 12 times a minute. o More roses are grown in the state of Texas than in any other country on earth. o Ducks can get the flu. th o 16 century French doctors prescribed chocolate as a treatment for venereal disease. o More thunderstorms - 3,000 a day - hit the tropics than any other place on earth. o Whales can get lice. o Sonny Bono had only one big solo hit: “Laugh at Me.” o Karate was not introduced to Japan until about 1917. o First meal ever eaten in space: “pureed applesauce.” o Fewer people golf on Tuesday than on any other day of the week. o Roughly $20 million in counterfeit U.S. currency is circulating at any given time. o “As the crow flies?” Crows don’t fly in straight lines. o Most popular target for shoplifters: food stores. o The diesel cruise liner Queen Elizabeth II gets 6 inches to the gallon.