Tuesday, January 18, 2005

Trivia Time

Trivial
Meaning: Of little or no consequence or value
Origin: In Ancient Rome, people often met at a trivium -- from the Latin words tri ("three") and via ("way"), a "place where the three roads meet". People mostly just talked about everyday things - weather, gossip, and other matters of little importance. It is from the idle chatter that took place there that we get the word trivia.

In Germany, making the shhhh sound means "HURRY UP".

It takes Pluto 25 years to receive as much solar energy as the earth receives in 1 minute.

Eggshells are 90% Calcium Carbonate, the same thing your teeth are made of.

More than half of the bones in your body are in your hands and feet.

Peaches used to be known as "persian apples".

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