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THE ‘X’ ZONE 2013 BOOK OF TRIVIOLOGY Edited by Rob McConnell o The most valuable bathtub in the world is valued at $5 million - it is solid gold. o What food are you most likely to be allergic to? Nuts o The first shopping centre was built in Baltimore, MD, in 1896. o Leaf cutter ants can build anthills 16 feet deep and a square mile. o About 10 billion cigarettes are produced annually throughout the world. o More babies are bone in the month of September than in any other month. o There are nine muscles in your ear. o Every day, people around the world drink more than 300 million Cokes. o Pulitzer Prize Playhouse was the first TV show to win an Emmy for Outstanding Drama. o Surprising poll result: 53% of Americans think they’ve paid” the right amount.” o Vitamin rule of thumb: The darker green vegetable is the more vitamin C it contains. o Foster Hewitt was the first announcer to say, “He shoots, he scores!” o Ketchup was once sold as a medicine. o Only ¼ of the American population lives in rural areas. o When mating, hummingbirds’ wings beat 200 times per second. o The navel divides the body of a newborn baby into two equal parts. o Two dogs were hanged for witchcraft during the Salem witch trials. o Cost, in parts and labour, for an Academy Award Oscar statuette is about $300.00 o America’s first pizzeria opened in New York City in 1895. o If the average male never shaved, his beard would be 13 feet long on the day he died. o Experts tell us that the human body has about 60,000 miles of blood vessels. o Jackrabbits got their name because their ears look like a donkey’s (jackass). o Odds of being injured by a toilet seat in your lifetime: 1 in 6,500. o The biggest recorded bubble ever blown with bubble gum was 22 inches in diameter. o If you lined up all the Slinkys made in a row, they would wrap around the Earth 126 times. o The ideo locator on a map is the part that says “You Are Here.” o The oldest living goldfish lived to 41 years of age. Its name was Fred, o The word “gullible” does not appear in the dictionary. o Rabbits and horses in common the fact that they can’t vomit. o The heaviest dog on record was a St. Bernard that weighed 310 pounds. o According to Guinness, an Arkansas boy grew a 260-lb. watermelon in 1985. o John Lennon’s (Just Like) Starting Over is the bestselling posthumous hit of all times. o Politics aside: The heel of a sock is called the “gore.” o The tomato comes in over 4,000 varieties. o According to some experts, the tongue is the only muscle that is just attached at one end. o About 8,000 Americans are injured by musical instruments each year. o Chance that a public road in the U.S. is unpaved: 1%, In Canada: 75% o Fetuses can hiccup. o According to one survey, 2/3 of men in America believe in love at first sight. o In medieval Japan, dentists extracted teeth with their hands. o Only 1 in 12 Americans alphabetize their spice rack.