whats the best trivia you've ever heard?

Answer 1

The guy who invented the cats eyes for roads did so when he saw a cat walking towards him. If the cat was walking away from him perhaps he would have invented the pencil sharpener!

Answer 2

So hard to pick one solitary fact. Have a bundle:

The cat is the only domesticated animal that is not mentioned in the Bible.
L. Frank Baum came up with the name of the land of Oz (as in 'The Wizard of Oz') when he saw a filing cabinet marked O-Z.
There are more Maltese people in the Austrailian city Melbourne than there are in Malta itself.
100 million acts of sexual intercourse occur in the world every day. Not one of them involves me.
The word 'trivia' comes from the latin meaning 'road which splits three ways'.

Answer 3

The only vehicle in the UK legally allowed to go through a red light is a post office van delivering a declaration of war from the queen.

Answer 4

That the little metal or plastic bits on the end of shoe laces have a name - they are called aglets. Or what about a Zarf - that's the little metal or plastic cage you put handle less coffee glasses in.

Answer 5

that a strawberry isnt actually the fruit....the little black "hulls" or seeds as we call them are actually the fruit!
So from a technical standpoint, the seeds are the actual fruits of the plant, and the flesh of the strawberry is a vegetable.

Answer 6

The definition of fresh fruit has different meanings depending on context.

Answer 7

A cucumber is actually a fruit

Answer 8

That Sparrows have no knees - apparently.

That's why they hop.

Answer 9

80% of hippos die of bronchitis