Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Just a little bit of trivia...

1. The Beatles held the Top Five spots on the April 4th, 1964 Billboard singles chart. To date, they're the only band that has ever accomplished that.

2. The hummingbird is the only bird that can fly backwards.

3. The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache on a standard playing card.

4. The number 4 is the only number in the English language that has the same number of letters in its name as its meaning.

5. The only lizard that has a voice is the Gecko. (Scott, I listed this one for you)

6. The only one of his sculptures that Michelangelo signed was the "The Pieta," completed in 1500.

7. There is only one Q in a Scrabble game.

8. MINIMUS - The name for the little finger or toe.

9. On average people fear spiders more than they do death. (For Scott AND Anthony)

10. Woodrow Wilson was the only US president to earn a doctorate.

11. Apples are more efficient than caffeine in keeping people awake in the mornings!

12. Bulls are colorblind, therefore will usually charge at a matador's waving cape no matter what color it is -- be it red or neon yellow!

13. The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet!

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