Page 93 - The 'X' Zone Book of Triviology

o Adjusted for inflation, it now costs as much to attend a 4-year college as it did 25 years ago. o In 2006, 1 out of every 136 Americans spent time in jail. o Febris is the Roman goddess of fevers. The month of February is named after her. o In 2007 Harlequin introduced romance novels about NASCAR. o Wizard of Oz director Victor Fleming nearly cut “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.” o A year after quitting smoking, a person’s risk of having a heart attack drops by half. o A Colombian company makes a stab-proof T-shirt. Price $500. o There are about 2,000 snakes living in captivity in Ireland. o The human body’s total daily requirement for vitamins and mineral is less than a thimbleful. o Longest cell in your body: the motor neurons running from your spinal cord to your big toes. o How do they say “Godfather?” Mafia comes from the Old Arabic word for “swagger.” o Before jets, jet lag was called Boat Lag. o The alcohol content of a can of beer and a shot of whisky are virtually identical. o A sloth can move twice as fast in water as on land - but it’s still really slow. o “W” is the only letter in the alphabet with more than one syllable. o Hydrangeas produce pink and white flowers in alkaline soil; blue ones in acidic soil. o Director Tim Burton wears mostly black because he “doesn’t like having to match colors.” o The range of a medieval longbow was about 220 years - more than two football fields. o For six months in 1777, Vermont was called New Connecticut. o In Belgium, there is a strawberry museum. o 55% of Americans say they’ll let someone else into the bathroom with them. o Pilgrims didn’t eat with forks. The used spoons, knives, and their fingers. o Ma Yo Ching’s Bucket Chicken House opened in China in 1153. o Jesse James’s nickname “Dingus.” o The Quecha language of Peru has about 1,000 words for “potato.” o In the U.S., an average of two people year die from flatulence. o 33% of American 4 -graders can’t find their own state on an unmarked map. th o Lions can’t roar until they’re two years old. o Bestselling Christmas album of all time: Elvis’ Christmas Album (1957). o Zambian authorities do not allow tourists to take pictures of Pygmies. o Average number of lights on an American Christmas Tree: 200. o Picasso carried a revolver loaded with blanks which he would fire at people who asked him what his work “meant.” o The term “superhero” was jointly trademarked by DC Comics and Marvel Comics. o Percentage of high-school seniors in 1970 who smoked: 18.4. In 2011: 42.9 percent. o 80% of children polled didn’t know their own phone numbers - it was on speed dial on their cell phone though. o Roger Stauback with 5 , holds the record for most career Super Bowl fumbles. o 2 -most-annoying thing to Canadians: someone reading over your shoulder.” First,: traffic. nd o Snails kiss before mating (by rubbing their antennae together). o The doors that cover U.S. nuclear silos weigh 748 tons and opens in 19 seconds. o Pill bugs are more closely related to crabs and shrimp than to insects. o In 1965 CEOs earned about 44 times as much as their factory workers did. In 1999: 419 times. o Ancient Roman wrestling matches had only one rule: No eye gouging. o During the Arctic’s winter solstice, the Sun is below the horizon for at least 24 hours straight.