Trivia/Interesting Facts
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If Brooklyn, New York became independent of New York City, it would be the third largest city in the United States, after the remainder of New York and Los Angeles.

Months that begin with a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th."

The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.

The abbreviation "ORD" for Chicago's O'Hare airport comes from the old name "Orchard Field."

The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat," which means "the king is dead".

Lake Baikal is the deepest lake in the world.

Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand.

In the game Monopoly, the most money you can lose in one travel around the board (normal game rules, going to jail only once) is $26,040. The most money you can lose in one turn is $5070.

All porcupines float in water. (more porcupine humor)

There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.

Vincent Van Gogh comitted suicide while painting Wheat Field with Crows.

The correct response to the Irish greeting, "Top of the morning to you," is "and the rest of the day to yourself."

A coat hanger is forty-four inches long if straightened.

The longest chapter in the Bible is Psalm 119.
The shortest verse in the Bible is "Jesus wept."

Barbie's measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33.

A Chinese checkerboard has 121 holes.

What tree has a caffeine content twice that of coffee? Its fruit is a star-shaped follicle with eight hard sees, and these seeds, or nuts contain an essential oil and a glucoside, which are used to make a heart stimulant? Combining its fruit with the extract of another plant, it is used in manufacturing what popular beverage?

Combining these caffeine-rich nuts from the tree Cola acuminata with an extract from coca will produce the main ingredients of Coca-Cola. The heart stimulant derives from the oil kolanin. The cola tree is a native of West Africa, but it also grows in Jamaica, Brazil and India.


This person claimed there would be no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home.

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