Did you know...
Did you know...
...that Mt. Everest is not the tallest mountain in the world? Mauna Kea, which stands at 13,803 feet above sea-level, has an additional 19,673 feet below sea-level, for a total, from base-to-tip, of 33,476 feet. That's 4,441 feet higher than Mt. Everest, which, from base-to-tip, is 29,035 feet. Everest is the world's highest mountain, not tallest.
Did you know...
...that Norma Talmadge was the first person to leave footprints at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood, California?
Did you know...
...that an ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain?
Did you know...
...that the Hoover Dam was built to last 2000 years? The concrete in it will not even be fully cured for another 500 years.
Did you know...
...that the longest name in the Bible is Mahershalalbaz (Isaiah 8:1)?
Did you know...
...that Dr. Suess wrote Green Eggs and Ham after his editor dared him to write a book using fewer than fifty different words?
Did you know...
...that there are more insects in one square mile of rural land than there are human beings on the entire planet?
Did you know...
...that there are 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 different color combinations possible on a Rubik's Cube? (no wonder I've never completed one)
Did you know...
...that all the named-moons in the Solar System are named after Roman and Greek mythological figures, except the moons of Uranus, which are named after Shakespeare characters?
Did you know...
...that Kemo Sabe mean "soggy shrub" in Navejo?
Did you know...
...that a typical American eats twenty-eight pigs in his/her lifetime?
Did you know...
...that the most abundant mineral in the Earth's crust is aluminum?
Did you know...
...that Cheerios cereal was originally called Cheerioats?
Did you know...
...that almonds are the oldest, most widely cultivated and extensively used nuts in the world? (not by me, though...cannot stand nuts)
Did you know...
...that "fortnight" is a contraction of "fourteen nights?" In the US, "two weeks" is more commonly used.
Did you know...
...that the average person falls asleep in seven minutes? (two, if you're watching The English Patient...sorry, Mom)
Did you know...
...that in Erwin, Tennessee, an elephant was once hanged for murder? (...okaaayyy...)
Did you know...
...that the botanical name for the chocolate plant is Theobramba cacoa, which means "food of the gods?"
Did you know...
...that the Looney Tunes song is actually called "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down?"
Did you know...
...that in the 14th century, the Arabs started to cultivate coffee plants? The first commerically grown and harvested coffee originated in the Arabian Peninsula, near the port city of Mocha.
Did you know...
...that tobacco smoke contains over 4,000 chemicals, including at least fifty that cause, initiate, or promote cancer, such as tar, ammonia, carbon monoxide, oxides of nitrogen, and benzopyrene? (I guess the other 3,950 chemicals are perfectly safe)
Did you know...
...that by age 60, most people have lost half of their taste buds?
Did you know...
...that the first losing candidate in a US presidential election was Thomas Jefferson? He lost to John Adams. George Washington ran unopposed.
Did you know...
...that the first city to reach a population of 1 million was Rome, Italy, in 133 BC? It wasn't until 1810 that another city reached that mark: London, England. New York City, New York, hit 1 million in 1875. Today, there are over 300 cities in the world that boast a population in excess of 1 million.
Q&A
*note - the answers will be backwards and uncapitalized...don't want to make it too easy.
Q: What is the capital of New Zealand? A: notgnillew
Q: What is basketball star Karl Malone's nickname? A: namliam eht
Q: What is the only animal species not found on Antarctica? A: selitper
Q: Who was the only U.S. President never to be married? A: nanahcub semaj
Q: What is the unique feature of Ohio's state flag? A: ralugnatcer ton si ti
Q: On a standard deck of playing cards, which king has no moustache? A: straeh fo gnik eht
Q: What does "ZIP" in "ZIP-code" stand for? A: nalp tnemevorpmi gninoz
Q: The largest one of these ever found weighed 172 lbs., 13 oz. What is it? A: teggun dlog a
Q: What are the names of the Three Musketeers? A: sohtrop, sotha, simara
