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True or false... Dolphins sleep with one eye open
What is True. Dolphins sleep with only half of their brain at a time. Dolphins are conscious breathers. Should they sleep and go unconscious as we do they would simply suffocate or drown. Sleeping dolphins can be seen as resting, floating at the surface with one eye open. After a time they will close the one Eye and open the other one they alternate like this throughout their nap
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What was the very first women's magazine called
What is The ladies Mercury. The ladies Mercury, printed in London was an advice column starting February 27, 1693. The ladies Mercury was a weekly publication promising to respond to "all the Most nice and curious questions concerning love, marriage, behavior, dress and humor of the female species
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The first product to have a barcode was _______ - gum -butter -cola -peanut butter
What is Wrigley's gum. On June 26, 1974 at a Marshes supermarket in Troy, Ohio. That 10 pack of gum kicked off the commercialization and widespread adoption of the bar code
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How many colors are there in a rainbow
What is Seven, Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. Sometimes the indigo and violet blend making a purple so it makes it look like there's only six colors
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File this under "kindness can be cruel" in 1918 during world War 1, a British private could have changed history and possibly prevented the advent of the second world war by performing what other wise cowardly act? -executing civilians accused of collaboration -abandoning his post -shooting a Wounded unarmed man -selling secret To the enemy
Shooting a wounded unarmed man. On September 28, 1918 the German troops were in retreat and private Henry Tandy had a shot of the wounded German soldier but would not shoot an unarmed man...the wounded soldier turned out to be Adolf Hitler
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The average American drinks how many sodas a year? 300,400 or 600
What is 600, Americans drink 44.7 gallons per person per year. Rounding out the top three choices is bottled water at 28.3 gallons and beer at 20.8 gallons
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What color is the brandy liquor called chartreuse
What is Green or yellow. Chartreuse is a French liquor made by a group of monks since 1737 using the instruction set out in the secret manuscript given to them 1605. it is composed of distilled alcohol aged with 130 herbs plants and flowers
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________ is the only planet that rotates clockwise
What is Venus. On Venus the sun rises in the west unlike earth. Not that it happens often; a day there last a little more than 243 Earth days, Current theory holds that Venus spins in the same direction it always has, just upside down, so that looking at it from other planets makes the spin seem backwards
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How many squares are there on a chessboard
What is 64. It consists of 64 squares eight rows and eight columns arranged into alternating colors light and dark
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File this under "it might be funny if it wasn't so tragic" What normally slow-moving liquid caused the flood on the streets of Boston on January 15, 1919 that killed 21 people and injured hundreds of others? -glue -beer -oil -molasses
The correct answer is molasses on January 15, 1919 a large molasses storage tank burst and the wave of molasses rushed through the streets of a Boston Massachusetts neighborhood at an estimated 35 mph pace. The wall of molasses drowned 21 people and injured at least 150 more at the time molasses was a very common sweetener in the US but was also used to make many alcoholic drinks. That January 15 day a Gigantic tanker storing the sweet liquid ruptured spilling almost 2.3 million gallons of the brown mixture. The massive amount of liquid And the narrow Boston streets created a title wave of sweet sludge that simply drowned the unfortunates who were caught in it's wake, a wake strong enough to turn over railroad cars and topple buildings
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True or false... A company in Taiwan makes dinnerware out of wheat so you can eat your plate
What is True. Now you can go beyond licking your plates clean. The disposable dinnerware is made from hardtack, a biscuit dough made from flour, water, and salt that has been traditionally used as dry emergency rations at sea. The dishes can be kept for months when dry
300
What are the four types of teeth
The four types of teeth and their function are... 1. the molars (which are the back teeth)are used for chewing and grinding food. 2. the premolars (bicuspids)have a flat biting surface, they tear and crush food. 3. the canines (known as the eyeteeth) have a sharp, pointed biting surface and has grip to tear food. 4. The Incisors, (front teeth) are used for cutting food into small chewable pieces.
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_______ Not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning
What is apples. Apples have fructose which is a type of simple sugar found in fruits and honey. Because it's delivered slowly with the process of eating and contains fiber from the skin and meat of the Apple, the sugar doesn't give you a jolt like coffee but helps to keep your body awake
300
When did the world celebrate its most recent millennium
What is The year 2000. In millennium is a period of time equal to 1000 years. The current millennium began in 2001 and will go to the year 3000
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File this under "excessive gratitude for job well done" according to legend, when Shah Jahan gazed upon the magnificence that was the Taj Mahal what reward did he Bestow upon the workmen who created the palace?
He cut off their hands. While no one was going to nominate any of the Mughal rulers of India for employer of the year, the story of the completion of the magnificent Taj Mahal takes the mean boss route too far. After the death of his beloved third wife in 1629 the Emperor Shah Jahan commissioned the construction of a lavish funeral palace named the Taj Mahal. The huge complex was not completed for over 20 years Until 1653. Over 20,000 workers and at least 1000 elephants worked on the project. It is said that when the Shah gazed upon the completed palace he rewarded the construction workers by cutting off their hands. The emperor reportedly did not want the workers to have the ability to craft another like it.
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What was the longest anyone ever had the hiccups
This record was made by a man named Charles Osborne. He started hiccuping in 1922 After a 350 pound hog collapsed on top of him while he was preparing to slaughter it He couldn't stop until 1990. A letter was written to dear Abby on his behalf, but she didn't have any advice for him. During the first few decades, he kicked up for up to 40 times a minute, slowing to 20 per minutes in later year. He hiccuped an estimated 430 million times, and died 11 months after his hiccups stop
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What do you call the smell which wine gives off
What is Bouquet, Which generally refers to the smells that arise from the chemical reaction of the fermentation and aging of the wine or Aroma, Which generally refers to a pleasant smell as opposed to odor which refers to an unpleasant smell or possible wine fault.
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What jewel melts in vinegar
What is The Pearl. When pearls are dropped in white vinegar the acid in the vinegar reacts with the calcium carbonate in the Pearl, releasing carbon dioxide and dissolving the Pearl
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The Dewey decimal system is used to categorize what
What is Books. Dewey developed the idea for his library classification system in 1873 while working at an Amherst College library.
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File this one under "cheaters never prosper" art forger Han van Meegeren sold some of his fake Dutch master art work to Herman Goering. After the second world war he was charged with selling Dutch national treasures as a war collaborator. What unusual defense did van Meegeren used to avoid the capital sentence?
He was an artist of some talent but was largely unappreciated. He turned instead to creating "new" masterpieces from the great Dutch Masters; in other words, he became an art forger. He spent nearly a decade crafting a technique to create "lost" art. Experts certified the copies as true art from the real masters. van Meegeren was arrested for selling national treasures to the enemy, in order to stave off the death penalty for collaboration he had to admit to the forgery. At first even that was not believed and he had to prove his claim by painting another portrait in the presence of authorities. van Meegeren was convicted of painting falsification and was sentenced to a modest punishment of one year in prison however He suffered a heart attack and died before going to jail
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True or false...women are more likely to be hit by lightning than men
False... man are six times more likely to be struck by lightning than women. A total of 3389 Americans were killed by lightning from 1968 to 2010. Of them, 85% or male.
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What is rum distilled from
Sugarcane.. To this day, mature sugarcane is harvested by hand (grueling machete work) in many parts of the world.
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The sound of the ET walking was made by someone squishing her hands in _______.
it was made by someone squishing her hands in jello
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How many degrees are there in a circle
360° are in a circle no matter how big or small the circle is a circle has 360°.
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File this under "now I understand Prince Charles". What type of establishment graced the land where part of modern-day Buckingham Palace stands?
The history of the land where modern day Buckingham palace stands is quite interesting the royal residence of the English monarchy in London did not start out as a palace. While the land was at one time owned by William the Conqueror, it was soon transferred to others and did not return to the Royal hands until the 16th century when Henry the eighth reacquired the area. 100 years later G James one needed some quick cash so he sold all of the area except about 4 acres where he built on Mulberry Garden for the production of silk the venture failed when the wrong trees were planted and also worms died after the debacle with the trees the land also Pastin to rental where records refer to new league corrected brothels at the Mulberry Gardens of St. James