Page 8 - The 'X' Zone Book of Triviology

o The first open-heart surgery was performed in 1893. o The most common bird in the world is the starling. o Ants may live up to 16 years. o The black bulldog ant of Australia and Tasmania can kill a person. o According to Billboard, the #1 song of the ‘60s was “Theme from a Summer Place.” o In Kentucky, 50% of the people who get married for the first time are teenagers. o Thomas Wedgewood took the world’s first photograph in 1802. o The first issue of Rolling Stone magazine featured a photo of John Lennon on the cover. o An erythrophobe is someone who blushes easily. o 57% of women would rather go on a shopping spree than have sex. o Elvis owned 18 TVs, including one installed on the ceiling over his bed. o A dragonfly, the fastest insect, can move up to 35 m.p.h. o Twinkie inventor Jimmy Dewar ate 40,177 Twinkies in his lifetime. o According to Guinness, the longest recorded of hiccups lasted for 65 years. o The longest recorded sneezing fit was 978 consecutive days. o 63% of pet owners sleep with their pets. o Only 2/3 of all American kids think we can avoid a nuclear war. o The longest-lived insects are queen termites, which live up to 100 years. o Ostriches measure up to 9 feet from head to feet and weigh as much as 350 pounds. o The zipper was invented in 1893, for use in shoes. o Belgians once tried to deliver mail using cats which did not work. o Fred Astaire’s dancing shoes were size 8 and a half. o The average American receives their first romantic kiss at age 13. o The word hitchhike was coined in 1926. o Crocodiles can’t move their tongues. o The annual odds of dying by falling from your bed: 2 in 1 million. o Odds that you’ll be killed by a plane falling from the sky: 1 in 25 million. Odds that it will happen today: 1 in 7 trillion. o Goldfish have a memory span of three seconds. o Siberia contains more than 25% of the world’s forests. o In ancient Egypt, pillows were made of stone. o Oldest form of surgery on Earth: trepanning - drilling holes into the skull. o A spider’s blood is transparent. o In the Middle Ages, chicken soup was considered an aphrodisiac. o Scientists think there’s gold on Mars, Venus, and Mercury. o Your stomach has 35 million digestive glands. o Half of all forest fires are started by lightning. o Side by side, 2,000 cells of the human body would cover about 1 square inch. o Americans consume an average of 736 million pounds of peanut butter each year. o The earliest form of electric shock treatment involved the use of electric eels. o The single most ordered item in American restaurants: French fries. o The first e-mail was sent over the Internet in 1972. o In Antarctica, sunsets can be green. o Ancient Rome had rent-a-chariot businesses. o Put 23 people in a room, and there’s a50% chance two will share a birthday.