Historical February–March 2019 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
Who doesn’t like useless trivia, especially over a cup of hot chocolate during these cold winter months? So grab your cup and be ready to impress your friends with some facts I am pretty sure you NEVER thought about before. • The only king without a moustache in a deck of cards is the King of Hearts. • The most pushups ever performed in one day was 46,001… up for that challenge? • The best time for a person to buy shoes is in the afternoon.
This is because the foot tends to swell a bit around this time. • The Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific Ocean. • Rice paper does not have any rice in it! • Pollen can travel up to 500 miles in a day. • Oak trees do not have acorns until they are fifty years old or older. • Iron weighs more after it rusts. • In an average lifetime a person will walk the equivalent of 3 times around the world. • Bamboo plants can grow up to 36 inches in a day. • Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
• A moth has no stomach. • All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill. • A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. • An ostrich’s eye is bigger than it’s brain. • A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes. • Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur. • A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours. • A goldfish has a memory span of 3 seconds. • No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple. • Almonds are part of the peach family. • Honey is the only food that does not spoil and 1 single teaspoon of honey represents the life work of 12 bees. • Humans are born with 350 bones in their body, but when reaching adulthood, we only have 260. • Astronauts get taller in space due to the lack of gravity. • An octopus has 3 hearts, 9 brains and blue blood. • The hair on a polar bear is actually not white, but clear.
They appear white because it reflects light. • Snails can sleep up to 3 years. Sources: www.funfunnyfacts.com, www.laughbreak.com Kids please submit photos of you having fun this winter to kidscorner@sdtimes.org by March 10th!
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, February–March 2019.
Read this article in the original newspaper issue.
Archival transcription note: Trivia includes adult human bone count two hundred sixty, goldfish three second memory, dragonfly twenty four hour lifespan and other dubious generalizations. Preserve printed historical trivia and cited websites, not independently validated science.
Original source: SD_Times2019_02.pdf, printed page(s) 5; PDF page(s) 5.
