Page 26 - The 'X' Zone Book of Triviology

o Apatosaurus is the correct name for the dinosaur people refer to as the Brontosaurus. o Two American engineers invented the microchip in 1959. Edison invents the mimeograph in 1875; the Xerox cop machine is introduced in 1960. o Yuri Gagarin, a Russian, was the first human to travel in space in 1961. o April 21, 1970, is the first celebration of Earth Day. o The video game craze starts with Pong in 1972. o Sony creates a new fad with their introduction of the Sony Walkman in 1960. o Cellular phones first appeared in cars in 1985. o Every hour your kidney filters about 200 quarts of fluid. o The shells of cashew nuts contain caustic oil that can blister the skin. o The number on cause of daytime fatigue is water. o Dogs can make around 10 vocal sounds; cats can make over 100. o Dogs see objects in this order: by movement, brightness, and then shape. o Frogs croak more before a rainstorm. o As you age, your thymus gets smaller in size. o Lettuce is part of the sunflower family. o Eating celery burns more calories than the celery contains. o The first hominoid fossil found was a skull fragment unearthed in Germany in 1856. o A baby panda is smaller than a stick of butter. o The Canary Islands are named for a breed of dog, not a canary. o Dragonflies can fly at speeds up to 35 m.p.h. and can move their two sets of wings separately. o The Frisbee was first named the Pluto Platter. o The tentacles on the largest jellyfish ever found measured 100 feet long. o An adult octopus has over 2,000 suckers on average. o A sperm whale can hold its breath underwater for 90 minutes. o Mosquitos kill more than a million people annually. o Snakes don’t have ears; they “hear” by feeling vibrations from the ground. o Cats can jump as high as the length of their tail five times. o Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong’s first meal on the moon was roast turkey. o Pintos and palominos are colors of horses - not breeds. o All coffee is grown within 1,000 miles of the equator. o Africa is home to the shortest (the Pygmy) and tallest (the Watusi) people in the world. o People with blue urine suffer from a hereditary condition called porphyria. o Only Alaskan natives can legally hunt polar bears. o Blind people don’t see images in their dreams, they hear and feel. o Type 0 (46%) and Type A (40%) are the two most common blood types. o Beeswax and fish scales are common lipstick ingredients. o Dry ice is used to seed clouds and produce rain. o Japanese high-speed trains use magnets to “float” over the tracks so they can go faster. o Earth’s water is 97% salt water, 2% frozen water, and 1% fresh water. o The world’s biggest rodent - up to 150 pounds - is the South American capybara. o Frogs jump and toads walk. o The only prime numbers that end in 2 and 5 are 2 and 5. o Some spiders produce threads that are stronger than a steel wire of the same size. o Glucons, leptons, and taus are some of the strange names for particles smaller than atoms.