Trivia - Which city was the first with a million? - ArcaMax Publishing

Trivia - Which city was the first with a million? - ArcaMax Publishing:

"Which city was the first with a million?
The first city to reach a population of 1 million people was Rome, Italy in 133 B.C. London, England reached the mark in 1810 and New York City, USA made it in 1875. Today, there are over 300 cities in the world that boast a population in excess of 1 million."

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• “Stewardesses” is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.

• One of the reasons marijuana is illegal today is because cotton growers in the 30s lobbied against hemp farmers — they saw it as competition. It is not chemically addictive as is nicotine, alcohol, or caffeine.

• By recycling 1 ton of paper you save: 17 trees; 6,953 gallons of water; 463 gallons of oil; 587 pounds of air pollution; 3.06 cubic yards of landfill space; and 4,077 Kilowatt hours of energy.

• A man died after being killed by his own gas. His diet had consisted mostly of beans and cabbage and he was sleeping in a room with no ventilation. It appeared that the man died in his sleep from breathing the poisonous cloud that was lurking over his bed. An autopsy showed large amounts of methane gas in his system.

• Today, 62 million newspapers will be printed in the U.S., and 44 million will be thrown away. That means the equivalent of about 500,000 trees will be dumped into landfills this week.

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How did the Colosseum receive its name?

The Colosseum received its name not for its size, but for a colossal statue of Nero that stood close by, placed there after the destruction of his palace.

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Unraveling Clues / the oldest map

Why do you unravel a clue?

A "clue" originally meant a ball of thread. This is why one is said to "unravel" the clues of a mystery.

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How long have people been using maps?

The oldest known map is carved on a clay tablet that dates to about 2300 B.C., which now resides in the Fogg Art Museum in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Excavated at Nuzi in northern Iraq during the early 1920s, the clay map portrays the river Euphrates flowing through northern Mesopotamia.

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funny definitions

Classic Definitions and Cool Meanings Cigarette: A pinch of tobacco rolled in paper with fire at one end and a fool at the other. Love affairs: Something like cricket where one-day internationals are more popular than a five day test. Lecture: An art of transferring information from the notes of the lecturer to the notes of the students without passing through "the minds of either". Conference: The confusion of one man multiplied by the number present. Compromise: The art of dividing a cake in such a way that everybody believes he got the biggest piece. Tears: The hydraulic force by which masculine willpower is defeated by feminine water-power . Conference Room: A place where everybody talks, nobody listens & everybody disagrees later on. Classic: A book which people praise, but do not read. Office: A place where you can relax after your strenuous home life. Yawn: The only time some married men ever get to open their mouth. Etc.: A sign to make others believe that you know more than you actually do. Committee: Individuals who can do nothing individually and sit to decide that nothing can be done together. Experience: The name men give to their mistakes. Philosopher: A fool who torments himself during life, to be spoken of when dead. Opportunist: A person who starts taking a bath if he accidentally falls into a river. Optimist: A person who while falling from Eiffel Tower says midway "See I am not injured yet." Pessimist: A person who says that O is the last letter in ZERO, Instead of the first letter in word OPPORTUNITY. Boss: Someone who is early when you are late and late when you are early. Politician: One who shakes your hand before elections and your confidence after. Doctor: A person who kills your ills by pills, and kills you with his bills. Computer Engineer: Someone who gets paid for reading these type of mails.

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Trivia - Why do wizards say 'hocus-pocus?' - ArcaMax Publishing

Trivia - Why do wizards say 'hocus-pocus?' - ArcaMax Publishing

Why do wizards say 'hocus-pocus?'

The magician's words "hocus-pocus" were taken from the name of a mythological sorcerer, Ochus Bochus, who appeared in Norse folktales and legends.