Page 15 - The 'X' Zone Book of Triviology

o Washington, D.C., has more psychiatrists per capita than any other city in the U.S. o One in ten children sleepwalks. o An algologist studies seaweed. o Linked end-to-end, the blood vessels in your body would wrap around the equator three times. o The Phoenicians invented the world’s first phonetic alphabet, in 2000 B.C. o Largest cast ever assembled for a film scene was 3,000 for the funeral scene in Gandhi. o “Genitofermoral neuropahthy” means “jeans are too tight.” o One-humped camels run faster than two-humped camels. o A misodoctakleidist is someone who hates practicing the piano. o About a third of the human race has perfect 20-20 vision. o Odds of winning if you challenge a traffic ticket in court is about 1 in 3. o The first thing Thomas Edison filmed with his movie camera was a person sneezing. o Both tomatoes and olives are fruits. o You can sweat as much as 3 gallons of water a day in a hot climate. o Dr. Pepper, Coca-Cola and Hires Root Beer were all invented in 1886. o John Scott Harrison’s father, William Henry Harrison, was U.S. president and so was his son Benjamin Harrison. o Your fingernails are made from the same substance as a bird’s beak. o Coconut shells can absorb more impact than most crash helmets. o One in every 5 potatoes grown in the U.S. ends up as French fried. o An adult horse eats 15 pounds of hay and 9 pounds of grain every day. o A runner consumes about 7 quarts of oxygen while running a 100-yard dash. o When you pop a champagne cork, it can travel as fast as 100 m.p.h. o The Battle of Waterloo wasn’t fought in Waterloo, it was fought in Pancenoit, 4 miles away. o Bagpipes were invented in Iran and brought to Scotland by the Romans. o Cost to mail a letter using the Pony Express was $5 per half-ounce. o Hardest substance in your body is the enamel in your teeth. o Armadillos can catch malaria. o Aspirin has never been approved by the FDA - nor has it ever been rejected. o Your teeth are 6 months older than you are; they start growing 6 months before you were born. o In her entire life, Queen Berengaria of England never once visited England. o Odds that you will become famous enough to merit mention in a history book is 1 in 6 million. o Originally, the “five golden rings” in the Twelve Days of Christmas were ringed pheasants and not rings. o You big toes have only two bones each while the rest of your toes have three. o Last animal in the dictionary is the zyzzyva which is a tropical American weevil. o Elvis owned $60,000 worth of prescription sunglasses when he died. o It isn’t a “big band” unless it has 14 different instruments. o The most popular TV show in Venezuela is the “Miss Venezuela Pageant.” o Black sheep have a better sense of smell than white sheep. o All of the characters in Shakespeare’s plays did not smoke. o According to a German doctor who weight patients at the moment of death, the human soul weighs ¾ of an ounce. o The Pentagon uses up 666 rolls of toilet paper on an average day. o More babies are conceived in December than in any other month.