Trivia, Sometimes Interesting

[Richland123]

Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds; dogs only have about ten.

 

[Bob_Ross]

Not sure if this law is still on the books, but at one time (as recently as the late 20th century) it was illegal to sell an individual pickle in the state of Connecticut.

 

[zontar]

Hmmm that might have had ramification for Arlo Guthrie if he has lived there...

 

[Richland123]

Cat urine glows under a black light.

 

[Gorn]

The average healthy porpoise lives 30 years.

 

[Gorn]

Cat urine glows under a black light.

Most animals' urine glows under a black light.

 

[Bob_Ross]

Most animals' urine glows under a black light.

Yep. If you have any doubts, just bring a black light next time you check into a Days Inn motel and take a look at the mattress.

 

[jugglingfreak]

Yep. If you have any doubts, just bring a black light next time you check into a Days Inn motel and take a look at the mattress.

It's more than urine glowing under the black light in that case..

 

[Richland123]

China has more people who speak English than the U.S. does.

 

[Gorn]

Penguin urine makes up 3% of the ice in the Antarctic.

 

[Rickengeezer]

Penguin urine makes up 3% of the ice in the Antarctic.

Problem is, the entire Antarctic glows under a black light.

 

[BAG]

China has more people who speak English than the U.S. does.

This I find hard to believe. That would mean that more than 23%, or around 1 in 4, people in China speak English and I can tell you after spending some time there that I didn't find more than 1 in 100 or so that actually spoke English to even a basic level.

Edit: A quick google search (and only looking at the first couple of results) states that around 0.73% or Chinese speak English which is around 10,000,000 people. This certainly feels a lot closer to what I experienced.

It appears that somewhere between 50,000,000 and 150,000,000 are learning English but many never get to the point of being able to speak it well enough to be considered as English speakers. So, I suppose both statements could be considered correct to a certain extent. That would also reflect how many people are enrolled to learn a language at school in English speaking countries and never get to the point of being able to speak it to an understandable level.

 

[Justice]

One of the reasons that Clint Eastwood ran for Mayor of Carmel California was to overturn a law prohibiting the sale of ice cream cones.

 

[Richland123]

Elephants can't jump.

 

[zontar]

Elephants can't jump.

Elephants are the only mammals with 4 knees...

 

[Richland123]

Green Acres was the first TV show where the lead characters sang the theme song. It beat The Monkees by one year.

 

[mellowinman]

The secrets of alligator wrestling....

1. The muscles they use to open their jaws are very weak. Most humans can hold a gator's mouth closed with one hand.
2. If you rub an alligator's belly from tail to chin, it renders them unconscious. Rubbing from chin to tail revives them.

So, if you're ever in a situation where you have to battle an alligator, just hold his mouth shut with one hand, flip him over with the other, then rub his belly from tail to chin. Piece o' cake.

I do not believe this.

 

[Richland123]

Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer was created by Robert L. May in 1939, as an assignment for Montgomery Ward stores. The retailer had been buying and giving away coloring books for Christmas every year and it was decided that creating their own book would save money and generate Christmas sales through marketing the book. In its first year of publication, Montgomery Ward had distributed 2.5 million copies of Rudolph's story.

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[FilterFunk]

I do not believe this.

The part about the jaw-opening muscles is a fact. The belly-rubbing part...I don't know.

 

[zontar]

Randy Newman & Barry Manilow wrote the Dr Pepper Jingle, "I'm a Pepper, He's a Pepper, She's a Pepper..."