Silliness

Just a little bit of fun today. I feel like I’ve been a little “deep” lately, so I decided to fill your head with some useless knowledge. Perhaps the following things will come in handy the next time you have the opportunity to play Trivial Pursuit or you run out of small talk at a party. For some reason, my brain seems to soak up these little tidbits throughout the day and I can’t shake them. Where I leave my keys or when my power bill is due – these things slip my mind constantly but meaningless trivia is there forever. So here you go…enjoy!

Did you know…

It would take you 31,000 years to count to 1 trillion if you counted one number per second.

In order for a phrase or comment used in a television show to be considered a “catch phrase” it must be used in the show at least 7 times.

The phrase “Play it Again Sam” is never said in the movie Casablanca

The diameter of Pluto is less than the distance between London, England, and Athens, Greece.

Echinacea – the herb that is now said to help boost the immune system and speed up the recovery from the common cold – was the original “snake oil”.

Las Vegas is the brightest man-made space visible from space.

Thursday is named after the god Thor.

The state of Washington is called the Evergreen State.

Mistletoe is a parasite of the apple tree.

Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney never met during the recording of their duet Ebony and Ivory.

The tiniest muscle in the human body is located in the ear.

John Wayne only won 1 Oscar in all his years of film making for the movie True Grit

Ichthyology is the study of fish.

Apiculture is the proper name for the hobby of bee keeping.


Now you all can amaze and astound your friends with your new useless knowledge. I hope you enjoyed today's journey into the ridiculous. Have a great day!