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PsycoMonkey · Joined: 12 Jul 2006 Posts: 447

I am going to try for some game show which requires knowledge of random things. Jeopardy is too smart for me so I am shooting for that millionaire show or something of that sort. Please post any random trivia to help me on my way to glorious game show victory! I shall recognize anyone who contributes to my goal should I reach it. Any sort of trivia at all will be useful! Smile

Lightning is hotter than the sun.

Feiticeira · Joined: 09 Jul 2006 Posts: 1748

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cletusowns · Joined: 10 Jul 2006 Posts: 496 Location: Oak Park

The first lightbulb filament was made out of cotton.

Flamingos are only pink because of the beta-carotene in the shrimp they eat. Otherwise, they are white.
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Quality Control · Joined: 12 Jul 2006 Posts: 6

Mizike · Joined: 09 Jul 2006 Posts: 5120 Location: Iowa City

Cat urine glows under blacklight
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Lasairfiona · Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 6:42 pm Post subject:

Trivia (Latin, n.): The meeting place of three roads, as in a public place.
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Mizike · Joined: 09 Jul 2006 Posts: 5120 Location: Iowa City

The Victim Here · Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 6:47 pm Post subject:

The moon does not shine, it reflects.
The moon used to be part of the earth before OMG METEOR GO SMASH.
Lunacy was originaly a term used in relation to the "time of the month" for women, when...yeah, I'm not saying anything more. It was originally believed that the moon had an effect on people's sanity, hence the term lunatic.
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Kilgore · Joined: 09 Jul 2006 Posts: 2827 Location: Portland, Or

The Japansese military is the only one in history to have used autogyros.

France is the only country to have lost a war with Mexico.

Teddy Roosevelt was a member of one of only two father son pairs who have both been given the Medal of Honor.

Chicken Fried Steak is a distant culinary descendent of Wiener Schnitzel.

The six countries of the former Yugoslavia are Bosnia, Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro, Slovenia, and...uh Macedonia. (Okay, I had to look up the last one. I didn't realize that Macedonia was originally part of it)

While gunpowder was invented by the Chinese, the first guns were built by German Monks.

More beer is brewed in Colorado than any other American state.

You're never going to win anything.

EDITED so I look like less of an idiot.
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Mizike · Joined: 09 Jul 2006 Posts: 5120 Location: Iowa City

More Word Trivia:

Hysteria and Hysterical both have the same root as Hysterectomy. It was believed by the Greeks that a woman's uterus made her go crazy.

The word "guy" in English was originally a fairly common name for men until Guy Fawkes tried to blow up the british parliament. After that, it became a derogatory name and later mellowed into the guys and dolls meaning we have today.

Mesmerize comes from Franz Mesmer, an early hypnotist.
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"It is laudable to know something, it is disgraceful to not want to learn"
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PsycoMonkey · Joined: 12 Jul 2006 Posts: 447

The most fertile land in the world is found between the Tigris and Euphrates River in Mesopatamia

Natashabi · Joined: 09 Jul 2006 Posts: 390 Location: Tejas

Kitten · Joined: 10 Jul 2006 Posts: 1613 Location: mil pitos

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PsycoMonkey · Joined: 12 Jul 2006 Posts: 447

The skunk can barely withstand its own foul odor it produces in defense.

isnt it just funny that my dog got sprayed by a skunk before?