A hive of bees has to travel 160,000km to produce a kilo of honey
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Trivia is the Roman goddess of sorcery, hounds and crossroads. The Three Way Goddess, her name stems from the Latin word, trivialis, which means " three ways".
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A cough releases an explosive charge of air that travels at speeds up to 60 mph.
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Mexico City, is sinking at a rate of 6 - 10 inches a year because it is built on top of an underground reservoir. Wells are drawing out more and more water for the city’s growing population of 23 million people.
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The shortest war on record was fought between Zanzibar and the UK in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.
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From the 1500s to the 17oos, tobacco was prescribed by doctors to treat headaches, toothache, arthritis and bad breath. To name a few ailments.
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Intriguing … I love this stuff.
So, you can expect all the buildings in Mexico city to soon like the leaning Tower of Pisa.
You know, these city planners aren’t too bright are they.
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Trivia is about the small often overlooked facts. Which I love.
But I am not a fan of the poorly presented fact. Do bees “have to” travel this distance? Perhaps bees, on average, need to travel this distance. Some hives of bees may travel a lot less.
Trivial difference in wording…
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Mehico gonin’ down… 
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Britain’s present royal family was originally named Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. The name was changed in 1917, during World War l, because of its German connotations.
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When Bugs Bunny first appeared in 1935, he was called Happy Rabbit.
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“Long in the tooth” was originally used to describe horses. As horses age, their gums recede, giving them the impression that their teeth are growing. The longer the teeth look, the older the horse.
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Humans shed about 600,000 skin cells every hour.
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Damascus, Syria, was flourishing a couple of thousand years before Rome was founded in 753 BC, making it the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world.
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Vatican City is the smallest independent country in the world.
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Bananas are radioactive
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Aberdeen is radioactive,
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Music trivia is fun 
Which song by Kate Bush was based on an Emily Bronte novel ?
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Wuthering Heights
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I’m going to be picky and suggest that was quite easy. A trickier Kate Bush question might be which song of hers was inspired by Houdini’s wife?
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Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights
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Thomas Wedders who was a circus performer is said to have had the longest (recorded) nose in history
Allegedly at 22cm long!
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Cats step with both left legs, then both right legs when they walk or run. This method is called a pacing gait.
The only other animals to do this are Camels and Giraffes.
In the U.S.A, a reward of $1000 was offered for information leading to the capture and conviction of a man robbing taxi drivers.
The man turned himself in and demanded the reward as a result. He received a 20-year sentence for aggravated armed robbery instead.
That’s not Fare!
Fools abound everywhere.
The correct response to the Irish greeting “Top of the morning to you” is “And the rest of the day to yourself”
The giant squid is the largest creature without a backbone. It weighs up to 2.5 tons and grows up to 55 feet long.
Each eye is a foot or more in diameter.
Butterflies taste with their feet.
The crocodile is surprisingly fast on land. If pursued by a crocodile, a person should run in a zigzag motion, for the crocodile has little or no ability to make sudden changes in direction.
The digestive juices of crocodiles contain so much hydrochloric acid that they have dissolved iron spearheads and six-inch steel hooks.
A crocodile really does produce tears, but they are not due to sadness. The tears are glandular secretions that work to expel excess salt from the eyes. Hence, Crocodile tears are false tears.