Totally Made-Up Trivia!
Disclaimer: Everything on this page, including this statement, is a lie.
All of the 'facts' below have been made-up. Any resemblance to the truth is purely
coincidental.
- Women are more likely than men to put on their left shoe first.
- The average American consumes 200 pounds of pizza each year.
- Originally, traffic lights had 5 colored lights.
Aside from red, yellow, and green, there was blue, which meant "Stop, then go,"
and orange, which meant "Go, then stop."
- One Hershey Kiss has as much dietary fiber as two bowls of Cheerios.
- Dogs respond to German commands more readily than English commands.
- Wisconsin is the only state in which cow-tipping is specifically forbidden by law.
- Drinking a glass of water before and after a meal reduces caloric intake by as much as 20%.
- The rings around Saturn are made of dilithium, the same material used by
Star Trek ships to achieve "warp" speeds.
- The Indian language has over 2 million spoken dialects.
- Driving in reverse is more fuel efficient than driving in forward.
- The average NBA star is 2 feet long and weighs 15 pounds at birth.
- Crying relieves symptoms of arthritis; laughing helps with herpes.
- In the USA, Donald is the most common name for men, and Samantha is the most
common name for women.
- Until the 1920's, eggs were sold in cartons by the baker's dozen.
- Registered Democrats spend more money at the movies. Registered Republicans
spend more money on video rentals and sales.
- Only once in the 20th century has Easter not fallen on a Sunday.
- The less valuable a coin is, the more there are in circulation.
For example, there are 5 times as many pennies in circulation than nickels.
- 88% of people are right-handed. 10% are left-handed. %1 are ambidextrous.
(1% have no hands)
- One of the best cures for snoring is insomnia.
Last modified: Mon Feb 2 15:41:27 PST 1998