Don Hite at myITforum.com

More Trivial Musings

• 7Up was originally called "Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda."
• A group of finches is called a "charm."
• A group of kittens is called a "kindle."
• A new Tupperware demonstration starts about every two seconds somewhere in the world.
• American Timmie Jean Lindsay was the first woman to have silicone *** implants in 1962.
• Antarctica is a desert. The average yearly total precipitation is about two inches.
• Antarctica is the only land on Earth not owned by any country.
• Arachibutyrophobia is a fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth.
• At one time, Baskin Robbins made ketchup ice cream.
• Casanova learned to read in less than a month.
• Coprastasophobia is the fear of constipation.
• During the 1600s, boys and girls in England wore dresses until they were about seven.
• Early in his career, Liberace performed as Walter Busterkeys.
• Elvis made just one commercial during his reign. It was for Southern Maid Doughnuts.
• England's archives list women charged with witchcraft between 1556 and 1718. The most common name on the list is Ann.
• Eskimos are known to use walrus whiskers as toothpicks.
• Fewer than 1% of inventions make any money for their inventors.
• In 1968, a lightning storm in Lapleau, France, killed all of the black sheep in a flock and left the white sheep unharmed.
• Iron weighs more after it rusts.
• It's estimated that 40% of direct mail advertising is thrown away without it being opened.
• July is National Wheelchair Beautification Month.
• Marilyn Monroe's real name was Norma Jean Mortenson.
• Mark Twain was born in 1835, the year Halley's Comet appeared. He died in 1910, the year the comet again made an appearance.
• Mattresses have an average life span of 8 to 10 years.
• More than 100,000 auto accidents in the U.S. each year can be attributed to drowsiness.
• October is National Sarcastic Awareness Month.
• Sir Isaac Newton invented the cat door.
• Somniphobia is the fear of sleep.
• Sony's first product was a rice cooker.
• Stonefish are the most poisonous fish in the world.
• The "silly" in Silly Putty is derived from the word "silicone."
• The Backstreet Boys have sold more than 200 million books worldwide.
• The constellation we call the Big Dipper was called the Hippopotamus in ancient Egypt.
• The first magician to saw a woman in half was Count de Grisley in 1799.
• The first player to hit a home run in the major leagues was Ross Barnes in 1876.
• The first president to have a picture taken was John Quincy Adams.
• The first song to be performed in outer space was "Happy Birthday."
• The office cubicle was invented by furniture designer Bob Probst in 1968.
• The presiding doctor at an execution by hanging is known as a "ligophysician."
• The wheelbarrow was invented by the Chinese.
• There is just one Q in a Scrabble game.

I don't vouch for the accuracy of these. Elena