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Post by Lynnrose on Sept 6, 2015 6:52:55 GMT
''A new whimsical trick Google has come up with involves typing 'I'm feeling curious' into the search engine box - and Google will spit back a random trivia fact.'' I just tried it and mine was..... How much does it cost per episode Game of Thrones?The average Game of Thrones episode costs $6 million to make. That's two to three times what a typical network or cable show costs per episode (Breaking Bad episodes cost around $3 million, early Big Bang Theory cost $2 million).  What did yours say? |
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Post by straker on Sept 6, 2015 8:45:12 GMT
How do things glow in the dark?
Phosphors radiate visible light after being energized. This means you have to expose the items to light for a while before they will glow in the dark. Phosphors then slowly release their stored energy over time. As they release the energy, they emit small amounts of light, which we see as an object glowing.
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Post by Lynnrose on Sept 6, 2015 9:36:13 GMT
Hi Straker How many pounds are in a gallon of water? A US liquid gallon of water weighs about 8.34 pounds or 3.78 kilograms at 62 °F (17 °C), making it about 16.6% lighter than the imperial gallon. There are four quarts in a gallon, two pints in a quart and 16 fluid ounces in a US pint, which makes a US gallon equal to 128 fl. oz. |
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Post by buzzy on Sept 6, 2015 9:59:29 GMT
My question was - why do people love dogs and cats so much? Are you a dog person or a cat person? It’s likely that you align yourself with one of these labels, and research shows that your preference for one animal or the other reveals a bit about your personality.  |
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Post by Lynnrose on Sept 6, 2015 10:11:30 GMT
What was Sony's first product to the market? In 1945, after Japan had conceded defeat in World War II, Sony founder Masaru Ibuka invented a product to try and serve the millions of homes who had electricity but lacked the appliances to use it. The result was this electric rice cooker.  |
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Post by Lynnrose on Sept 8, 2015 6:09:04 GMT
Which river rises in the Black Forest and flows into the Black Sea?
The river rises in the Black Forest Mountains of Germany and flows eastward into the Black Sea. The Danube River is an important international waterway, flowing through or forming a part of the borders of ten countries and through major cities such as Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest, and Belgrade.
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Post by straker on Sept 8, 2015 14:39:20 GMT
What country nods to say no?
There are few exceptions with some countries swapping the meanings between nodding and shaking head: in Greece, Macedonia, Bulgaria and Albania a single nod of the head up (not down) indicates a "no".
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Post by Lynnrose on Sept 8, 2015 16:52:39 GMT
Who was one of the original three musketeers?  It was in this book, he said, that d'Artagnan relates his first visit to M. de Tréville, captain of the Musketeers, where in the antechamber he met three young men with the names Athos, Porthos and Aramis. |
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Post by marcus on Sept 8, 2015 16:56:16 GMT
Strange custom.
In the Czech Republic on Easter Monday men go from house to house lightly whipping the women with braided willow branches called ‘pomlázka’ (‘korbáč’ in Slovak) to, apparently, imbue them with fertility.
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Post by Lynnrose on Sept 9, 2015 8:08:44 GMT
Where does the Lego name come from?
The Lego Group began in the workshop of Ole Kirk Christiansen (born 7 April 1891), a carpenter from Billund, Denmark, who began making wooden toys in 1932. In 1934, his company came to be called "Lego", from the Danish phrase leg godt, which means "play well".
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Post by straker on Sept 9, 2015 8:23:40 GMT
Ostriches do NOT bury their heads in the sand. This tale originates from the fact that the male ostrich will dig a large hole (up to 6 to 8 feet wide and 2-3 feet deep) in the sand for the nest / eggs. Predators cannot see the eggs across the countryside which gives the nest a bit of protection.
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Post by marcus on Sept 10, 2015 15:25:44 GMT
There’s an opera house on the U.S.–Canada border where the stage is in one country and half the audience is in another.
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Post by Lynnrose on Sept 10, 2015 18:59:24 GMT
How did the United States get the Statue of Liberty?
The Statue of Liberty arrived in New York Harbor on June 19, 1885, as a gift of friendship from the people of France to the people of the United States. Sculptor Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi's Liberty Enlightening the World measures 151 feet high and has come to symbolize freedom and democracy nationwide.
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Post by marcus on Sept 13, 2015 7:48:33 GMT
The longest time between two twins being born is 87 days.
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Post by Lynnrose on Sept 13, 2015 19:37:34 GMT
What year was curling introduced to the Olympics?  Men's curling was included in the Olympic programme in 1924 at the first Olympic Winter Games in Chamonix. It was then dropped, and later re-introduced as a demonstration sport in 1932 in Lake Placid. |
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Post by marcus on Sept 14, 2015 18:37:06 GMT
. Oxford University is older than the Aztec Empire.
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Post by Lynnrose on Sept 15, 2015 8:28:08 GMT
How many human years are there in dog years?  But the conventional wisdom that one dog year equals seven human years is an oversimplified view of how old your dog is in human years. Although a dog's age averages out this way, there is quite a bit of variation. For example, dogs mature more quickly than children in the first couple of years. |
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Post by marcus on Sept 15, 2015 15:44:02 GMT
The male giraffe will continuously headbutt the female in the bladder until she urinates. The male then tastes the pee and that helps it determine whether the female is ovulating. If she is, it’s business time
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Post by Lynnrose on Sept 16, 2015 9:02:47 GMT
What decade were the hippies?  Self-described hippies had become a significant minority by 1968, representing just under 0.2% of the U.S. population before declining in the mid-1970s. Along with the New Left and the American Civil Rights Movement, the hippie movement was one of three dissenting groups of the 1960s counterculture. |
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Post by marcus on Sept 16, 2015 16:43:11 GMT
Nintendo was originally a trading card company.
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Post by Lynnrose on Sept 17, 2015 6:54:26 GMT
What kind of dinosaur is little foot?  The main characters include Littlefoot (Apatosaurus), Cera (Triceratops), Ducky (Saurolophus), Petrie (Pteranodon), Spike (Stegosaurus), and in the spin-off television series, Chomper (Tyrannosaurus) and Ruby (Oviraptor). |
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Post by marcus on Sept 17, 2015 15:58:16 GMT
. During World War II, the crew of the British submarine HMS Trident kept a fully grown reindeer called Pollyanna aboard their vessel for six weeks (it was a gift from the Russians).
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Post by Lynnrose on Sept 17, 2015 17:32:10 GMT
Easy Peasy lol!!!
Which country is referred to as down under?
The term Down Under is a colloquialism which is variously construed to refer to Australia and New Zealand, or to Australia or New Zealand alone. The term comes from the fact that the countries are in the Southern Hemisphere, 'below' many other countries on the globe.
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Post by marcus on Sept 18, 2015 18:13:45 GMT
John F. Kennedy, Anthony Burgess, Aldous Huxley, and C.S. Lewis all died on the same day.
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Post by Lynnrose on Sept 19, 2015 7:10:22 GMT
When did the word dude originate?
The word was first used in the late 1800s as a term of mockery for young men who were overly concerned with keeping up with the latest fashions. It later came to stand for clueless city folk (who go to dude ranches) before it morphed into our all-purpose laid-back label for a guy.
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Post by marcus on Sept 20, 2015 11:18:20 GMT
There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos!
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Post by Lynnrose on Sept 20, 2015 12:41:37 GMT
Where does the name of England come from?
The name "England" is derived from the Old English name Englaland, which means "land of the Angles". The Angles were one of the Germanic tribes that settled in Great Britain during the Early Middle Ages. The Angles came from the Angeln peninsula in the Bay of Kiel area of the Baltic Sea.
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Post by marcus on Sept 21, 2015 9:40:42 GMT
USA : There wasn't a single pony in the Pony Express service, just horses!
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Post by Lynnrose on Sept 22, 2015 6:47:09 GMT
Who has stayed awake the longest?
Randy Gardner is the holder of the scientifically documented record for the longest period a human has intentionally gone without sleep not using stimulants of any kind. In 1964, Gardner, a 17-year-old high school student in San Diego, California, stayed awake for 264.4 hours (11 days 24 minutes).
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Post by marcus on Sept 22, 2015 15:42:48 GMT
The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses…
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What did yours say?
