151. You breathe about 10 million times a year.
152. The colder the room you sleep in, the better the chances are that you'll have a bad dream.
153. The first non-human to win an Oscar was Mickey Mouse.
154. Lee Harvey Oswald was booked with mugshot number 54018.
155. The Gulf Stream could carry a message in a bottle at an average of 4 miles per hour.
156. The bullseye on a dartboard must be 5 feet 8 inches off the ground.
157. The foot is the most common body part bitten by insects.
158. The most common time for a wake up call is 7am.
159. The doorbell was invented in 1831.
160. The are 255 squares on a Scrabble board.
161. The electric shaver was patented on November 6, 1928.
162. There are 500 sheets of paper in a ream.
163. The monkey wrench was invented by Charles Moncke.
164. Japan is the largest exporter of frog's legs.
165. There are seven points on the Statue of Liberty's crown.
166. There are approx. 550 hairs in the eyebrow.
167. The most common non-contagious disease in the world is tooth decay.
168. The shell constitutes 12 percent of an egg's weight.
169. A squid has 10 tentacles.
170. A snail's reproductive organs are in its head.
171. A cow's only sweat glands are in its nose.
172. The word "AND" appears 46,277 times in the Bible.
173. The first word played in the Scrabble rules demonstration game is "horn".
174. The telephone's U.S. patent number is 174,465.
175. The typical person goes to the bathroom 6 times a day.
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Other random trivia installments: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, and Part 6.
Zayda posted on Feb 25, 2008
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Comments
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lioneljay said on Feb 25, 2008....
Ya gotta like those snails...giving a whole new meaning to "giving head."
Zoom! Watch that escargot!
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Zayda said on Feb 25, 2008....
LJ: LOL. OMG. You nearly made me choke on my Chai Latte. :P -
pickersplock said on Feb 25, 2008....
That's weird about the doorbell.I would've thought, early 1900s. -
Zayda said on Feb 25, 2008....
Yep, the electric doorbell was created in 1831 by Engineer John Henry -
Zayda said on Feb 25, 2008....
I thought at first they might be talking about the bells that were hung above doors that rang when opened, but it turns out they weren't. -
pickersplock said on Feb 25, 2008....
Well, what do you know!!!? -
Zayda said on Feb 25, 2008....
LOL. Not much some days, apparently. :D -
pickersplock said on Feb 25, 2008....
Oh! You didn't!!! -
Zayda said on Feb 25, 2008....
I didn't?!?! Just so it was clear, I was saying that some days I apparently don't know much. Typically those are days when I need quadruple the caffeine intake. Apparently, today is one of those days. -
pickersplock said on Feb 25, 2008....
I know way too much these days......................... -
lioneljay said on Feb 25, 2008....
Z, glad to be of service. :D
You know, if you took your caffeine in pill or tablet form (maybe even chocolate covered?) you wouldn't put your keyboard at risk so often. ;)
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Zayda said on Feb 25, 2008....
LJ: Well, I do still have some lovely chocolate covered espresso beans left from a package I received awhile back. -
the_infernal_optimist said on Feb 25, 2008....
Colder rooms = nightmares? No way! That's wild...I wonder how that works. It really reinforces the whole warmth-light-happiness-good/cold-dark-sorrow-bad thing.
~Infernal
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silverwhisper said on Feb 29, 2008....
OK, that was, as ever, really nifty. i wanna go over this more carefully later, i'm sure i'll be returning later. :>
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