The U.S. Congress passed a law in 1832 requiring all American citizens to spend one day each year fasting and praying. For the most part, people ignored the law, and no effort was made to enforce the legislation.
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Thursday, June 30, 2011
Does U.S. law require you to pray? - Trivia « ArcaMax Publishing
Monday, June 27, 2011
When does your hair grow slowest? // red bride // coca cola // gambling machine patent - Trivia « ArcaMax Publishing
When does your hair grow slowest?Hair grows slowest at night. It speeds up in the morning, slows in the afternoon, and grows faster again in the evening. Hair grows faster in summer than in winter. |
When was wearing red as a bride in fashion?During the American Revolution, many brides did not wear white wedding gowns; instead, they wore red as a symbol of rebellion. |
How much was the first bottle of Coke?The first bottles of Coca-Cola sold for a mere 5 cents per bottle in 1899. There are now more than 1,000 Coca-Cola bottling plants worldwide. |
How many patented gambling machines are there?No patent can ever be taken out on a gambling machine in the United States. |
Who knew? Milk trivia tests knowledge - pottsmerc.com
"Cows can go up stairs, but not down stairs." That's according to the Mobile Dairy Classroom,www.milkcow.org, and one of many fun facts in honor of June as National Dairy Month.
Cows can smell something as far as 6 miles away.
Every day, cows eat more than 90 pounds of food.
Cows drink more than 35 gallons of water daily — sometimes double that in the summer.
Cows chew at least 50 times a minute.
It takes 340 squirts of milk to fill a milk pail.
An inventor created the first milk bottle in 1884.
Plastic milk containers debuted in 1964.
Milk is approximately 97 percent water.
One gallon of ice cream equals 12 pounds of milk.
One pound of cheese equals 10 pounds of milk.
One pound of butter equals 21.1 pounds of milk.
America's favorite ice cream flavor is vanilla.
Every year, Americans eat an average of 29 pounds of cheese, which equals more than a ton in a lifetime.
Source: Mobile Dairy Classroom, www.milkcow.org
Cows can smell something as far as 6 miles away.
Every day, cows eat more than 90 pounds of food.
Cows drink more than 35 gallons of water daily — sometimes double that in the summer.
Cows chew at least 50 times a minute.
It takes 340 squirts of milk to fill a milk pail.
An inventor created the first milk bottle in 1884.
Plastic milk containers debuted in 1964.
Milk is approximately 97 percent water.
One gallon of ice cream equals 12 pounds of milk.
One pound of cheese equals 10 pounds of milk.
One pound of butter equals 21.1 pounds of milk.
America's favorite ice cream flavor is vanilla.
Every year, Americans eat an average of 29 pounds of cheese, which equals more than a ton in a lifetime.
Source: Mobile Dairy Classroom, www.milkcow.org
Monday, June 20, 2011
The World’s Oldest Light Bulb Has Been On for 110 Years - TIME NewsFeed
How many people does it take to change this light bulb? None.
On June 18, the oldest-known working light bulb in the world will celebrate the 110th year it has burned bright. The bulb, which hangs idly about in a fire station in Livermore, California, holds the Guinness World Record.
(LIST: The Making of Thomas Edison)
However, it's not clear how this particular bulb has been glowing since it was installed in 1901.
Read more: http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/06/16/the-worlds-oldest-light-bulb-has-been-on-for-110-years/#ixzz1PoRREivt
Monday, June 6, 2011
Trivia and Amazing Facts
- It's physically impossible for you to lick your elbow.
- Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia!
- WHAT COUNTRY HAS DIVERTED ROADS TO AVOID DISRUPTING "ELF MOUNDS"--COMMUNITIES OF ELVES? Iceland.
- The toothbrush was invented in 1498.
- From 1967-1976, the town of Tororo located in Uganda had thunder 251 out of the 365 days in a year for those years.
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Interesting Facts About Nature's Animals - Trivia « ArcaMax Publishing
1. You often hear the word gorilla used to describe a brute-like man. Where did this great ape get its name?
2. In addition to humans, there are a few species that can recognize their own reflection in a mirror. Name at least two of these animals.
3. Sticking with our great apes, most male mammals are larger than the females of their species. What is the weight difference between the sexes in the case of the mountain gorilla?
4. The Great Barrier Reef stretches about 1,250 miles along the northeast coast of Queensland, Australia. What is this reef made from?
5. The muntjac is the smallest member of this particular animal species.
6. If a plant were to be described as being sanative, what power would it have?
7. Is odor the only result of a skunk's spray?
8. Skunks of the Spilogale species take an unorthodox stance in a bid to warn potential attackers before resorting to a spray. What is this strange posture?
9. In addition to zebras, the spots on these animals are also unique.
10. True or False: The passenger pigeon is an example of an extinct species.
Mummies, Cannibals and Vampires: The ... - Google Books
The History of Corpse Medicine from the Renaissance to the Victorians
Mummies, Cannibals and Vampires charts in vivid detail the largely forgotten history of European corpse medicine, when kings, ladies, gentlemen, priests and scientists prescribed, swallowed or wore human blood, flesh, bone, fat, brains and skin against epilepsy, bruising, wounds, sores, plague, cancer, gout and depression. One thing we are rarely taught at school is this: James I refused corpse medicine; Charles II made his own corpse medicine; and Charles I was made into corpse medicine. Ranging from the execution scaffolds of Germany and Scandinavia, through the courts and laboratories of Italy, France and Britain, to the battlefields of Holland and Ireland, and on to the tribal man-eating of the Americas, Mummies, Cannibals and Vampires argues that the real cannibals were in fact the Europeans. Medicinal cannibalism utilised the formidable weight of European science, publishing, trade networks and educated theory. For many, it was also an emphatically Christian phenomenon. And, whilst corpse medicine has sometimes been presented as a medieval therapy, it was at its height during the social and scientific revolutions of early-modern Britain. It survived well into the eighteenth century, and amongst the poor it lingered stubbornly on into the time of Queen Victoria. This innovative book brings to life a little known and often disturbing part of human history.
Taylor & Francis, 2011 - 352 pages
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
How fast is a hummingbird's metabolism? - Trivia « ArcaMax Publishing
The ruby-throated hummingbird beats its wings at the incredibly rapid speed of 50 to 70 times a second. If a 170-pound man expended energy at the rate of the hummingbird, he would have to eat 285 pounds of hamburger or twice his weight in potatoes each day in order to maintain his weight. He would have to evaporate 100 pounds of perspiration per hour to keep his skin temperature below the boiling point of water.
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