Trivia Rogues Podcast (2025)

24/12/2024

Did You Know...

Black Friday isn’t the biggest shopping day of the year. The title actually belongs to the Saturday before Christmas, often called “Super Saturday,” when last-minute shoppers scramble to buy gifts.

The name “mistletoe” is gross. It comes from the Anglo-Saxon words “mistel” (dung) and “tan” (twig) because people noticed it often grew where birds left droppings on trees. So, yes, it’s essentially “poop twig.”

Caroling was once considered criminal. In the 17th century, Puritans in England banned carol singing, considering it rowdy and irreverent. People caught caroling could be punished or fined.

Japan eats KFC for Christmas dinner. Thanks to a wildly successful 1974 marketing campaign, a bucket of KFC is now a traditional Christmas meal in Japan, often ordered weeks in advance.

Victorians played a game around Christmas called Snap-dragon, where raisins would be put in a shallow bowl filled with brandy, and the brandy would be lit on fire. Then players had to extract the raisins without burning their hands and then eat the brandy-soaked raisins on fire.

Santa was once a bachelor. The idea of Mrs. Claus wasn’t introduced until 1849 in a short story titled A Christmas Legend by James Rees.

The most expensive Christmas gift ever was a yacht. In 2010, Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich gifted his partner a $300 million yacht as a Christmas present—probably hard to wrap!

The Yule Goat predates Santa. In Scandinavian folklore, the Yule Goat delivered presents instead of Santa Claus. Today, giant Yule Goat sculptures are built (and often burned) during Christmas celebrations in Sweden.

Due to signing their merchandise deal late, Kenner sold the first four Star Wars figures in a empty box for Christmas 1977, it had a mail in rebate so you would receive your four figures by February 1978.

In 1878, Fidelia Ford, a resident of Tecumseh, Michigan, baked a fruitcake intended for the following Christmas. Sadly, she passed away before she could serve it. In her honor, the family chose to preserve the cake as a cherished heirloom. Over the years, it has been carefully stored in an antique glass dish, remaining in remarkable condition. The fruitcake has been passed down through generations, with each family member adding their own touch to its legacy. Notably, in 1964, Fidelia's grandson, Amos Ford, at the age of 84, tasted the cake, describing it as "crunchy." As of 2019, the fruitcake was still in the possession of the Ford family, serving as a testament to their enduring holiday tradition. 141 years!
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23/12/2024

Did You Know...

There are more than 100,000 Americans who have full- or part-time jobs in the Christmas tree industry.

In Ukraine, it’s good luck to decorate your tree with artificial spiderwebs. This comes from a folk tale about spiders decorating a poor family’s tree.

According to laws in Florida, women who fall asleep under a hairdryer may be fined. On top of this, a salon owner can be fined for this.

The Popsicle was originally called the "Epsicle Ice Pop" after its inventor Frank Epperson, who came up with the idea at age 11 by mixing a powdered flavoring for soft drinks with water and accidentally left it on the back porch overnight, with a stirring stick still in it.

During Ben Franklin’s famous kite experiment, the kite was not struck by visible lightning; had it been, Franklin would almost certainly have been killed. Instead, he noticed loose threads on the kite string were repelling each other and there was a spark when he moved his hand near the key.

TheWhite House was open to the public until the early 20th century. In 1829, 20,000 citizens followed President Andrew Jackson back after his inauguration. The rowdy crowd packed the White House, forcing Jackson to flee to a hotel. Aides eventually lured them out with tubs of whiskey and orange juice.

The famous painting of dogs playing poker is actually called "A Friend in Need." It was painted by a guy named Cash Coolidge, who also created those big cardboard cutouts you stick your head through in tourist spots.

Two separate test screenings were done by Warner Bros for the 1994 animated movie "Thumbelina." The audience reaction fell flat during the first screening. The test scores surprisingly soared for the second screening after they prefaced the exact same footage with Walt Disney logo.

In 1977, musician Jimmy Buffett was driving to Key West on the Seven Mile Bridge when the bridge got stuck in the open position causing a 3-hour delay to fix it. To kill time, he wrote the song "Margaritaville" while sitting on the hood of his car.

In 1970, a Arizona woman named Betty Penrose sued God for $100,000, accusing Him of negligence for allowing a lightning bolt to burn down her home. The lawsuit was placed under the argument that God owned property in Sonoma County, due to the Limeliters singer Lou Gottlieb transferring the deed of his Morning Star Ranch to God about a week before. The deed was ruled invalid, due to God not being able to take possession of the property.

20/12/2024

Did You Know...

A hummingbird weighs less than a penny.

America's oldest farm, Appleton farms in Ipswich, Massachusetts, has been operating continuously since 1636.

The first-EVER text message was sent on December 3rd, 1992 . . . it said "Merry Christmas."

"The Twelve Days of Christmas" STARTS on Christmas Day, and ends on January 5th.

In the past, it was illegal to work or dance on Sundays in South Carolina. In 1983, Bill 235, allowed certain activities on Sundays with a permit, but it wasn't until 2016, when the law was actually repealed.

There is an uninhabited island in the Bahamas known as Pig Beach, which is populated entirely by swimming pigs.

Martha Gellhorn was the only woman reporter at the D-Day landings. Having been refused accreditation, she got there by stowing away in the toilet of a hospital ship until it set sail. She went ashore with medics to help bring back the wounded and reported on what she saw and heard.

Jon Bon Jovi's first professional recording job was singing the lead vocals on a song called "R2-D2 We Wish You a Merry Christmas" on the "Star Wars" Christmas album in 1980.

Before Christopher Reeve was selected to play Superman in 1978, they offered the role to Robert Redford, who turned it down. They felt Arnold Schwarzenegger had the right body from a comic book standpoint but his accent was an issue. Bruce Jenner was considered but his acting was not good. Neil Diamond pursued the role but the producers never gave him serious thought.

in 2019 A Taiwanese man swallowed an AirPod while he was asleep. When he woke up, he activated Apple's tracking feature and heard beeping sounds coming from inside his body. The hospital confirmed that the earbud was in his stomach. He eventually passed it naturally. After washing and drying it, the AirPod worked as usual, with the battery at 41%.

19/12/2024

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There are over 7,500 varieties of apples grown worldwide. So if you had "an apple a day," it would take you 20 years to try them all.

Coca-Cola didn’t invent Santa’s red suit, but their ads in the 1930s popularized it! Before that, Santa’s outfit varied in color, including blue, green, and brown.

“Jazz” is statistically the hardest word to guess in hangman. It has to do with it being a short word, having only one vowel, and using “j” and “z,” letters that people rarely guess in hangman.

Dogs and cats circle around before bedding down as a throwback to their wild ancestors. Their survival instincts provoked them to position themselves in the direction of the wind to pick up predator scents and choose the best angle for keeping an eye on the environment.

The trunk of a car literally used to be a trunk strapped to the back of the car. Then in the 1930s, automakers began designing cars with integrated storage compartments.

The first recorded divorce in history in the Western world was granted in England in 1533, when King Henry VIII famously divorced Catherine of Aragon, but there's evidence of divorce in ancient Mesopotamia around 2300 BC.

There is a street that is split down the middle by the USA-Canadian border, aptly named Canusa street, which separates Vermont from Quebec. People who live in houses on the south side of the street are in the USA, and the north side, in Canada. Crossing the street requires having to report to the border crossing office.

American Rapper Pusha T doesn't own any publishing rights to McDonald’s iconic "I’m Lovin’ It" jingle because he was reportedly hired as a work-for-hire artist during the creation of the ad campaign in 2003. He learned from his multi-million dollar mistake and now owns 40% of the publishing rights of the “We have the meats” campaign from Arby’s.

Actor Steve Buscemi adamantly refuses to have his famously misaligned teeth fixed and claims he won't work again if they are altered.

Margaret Abbott was a woman who competed in and won a golf tournament in Paris. After her death, it was discovered that this tournament was part of the poorly-organized 1900 Olympics. She never knew she was the first American woman to win an Olympic event.

18/12/2024

Did You Know...

Christmas generates the most trash. In the U.S., an estimated 25% more waste is produced between Thanksgiving and New Year’s, totaling over 1 million tons of garbage per week.

All polar bears alive today can trace their ancestry back to one female brown bear who lived in Ireland.

Ethiopia's calendar is 7 years behind the rest of the world. In 2007, the country celebrated the new millennium as they changed their calendars from 1999 to 2000.

The original title of "1984" was . . . "1980". But George Orwell got sick while he was writing it, the book got delayed, and he wanted a large enough gap between when it was published and the future he was writing about.

In a study of lab rats, Oreo cookies were found to be as addictive as co***ne or morphine.

Euphobia is the fear of: Good news

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania due to being situated between 3 rivers, has the most bridges within city limits in the world, at 446.

At Frank Sinatra's birth, the doctor thought he was stillborn. Blue and not breathing, the doctor laid him on the counter while he attended to Sinatra’s mother. It was only when his grandmother picked up the newborn, ran him under cold water, and slapped his back that Sinatra started breathing.

When you watch "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" and see Chevy Chase attack the decorations on his lawn, Chase actually breaks his finger, but keeps right on going until the director yelled "cut".

At a 2010 race at Monmouth Park, a racehorse named The Wife Doesn't Know came in 2nd place to a horse named The Wife Knows Everything.

17/12/2024

Did You Know...

As late as the 1850s, Santa Claus was said to deliver gifts on New Year’s Eve instead of Christmas Eve in many parts of America & Europe — ultimately, the widespread popularity of “Twas the Night Before Christmas” helped solidify Christmas Eve as the date

The Guinness World Record for the most lights on a residential property is held by Timothy and Grace Gay of Union Vale, New York. Their home has over 720,000 lights that are programmed to music. The family has held the record since 2014

Benjamin Franklin used to give guitar lessons. He also played the violin, harp invented the glass armonica in 1761. The instrument involved rotating glass bowls that produced hauntingly beautiful tones when touched by moistened fingers.

Blood Falls is a waterfall in Antarctica made up of primordial bacteria which have been sealed away from the rest of the earth for millions of years.

Dolphins "smile" at each other when they play to avoid misunderstandings.

Th Hula Hoop isn't simply a fad from the 1950s. Hoops have been twirled by adults and children since at least 500 B.C.

In 1956, a woman wandered away from a White House tour group and set several fires within the building. Only after she ignited her FIFTH fire was she apprehended.

Early in her career, country singer Faith Hill tried out to sing backup for Reba McEntire and she didn’t get the gig! Not because she wasn’t talented, but because her voice stood out too much. The backup singer role requires blending in and harmonizing with the lead artist, and Faith’s powerful, distinct voice was just too noticeable to sit in the background.

In Raiders of the Lost Ark, the sound effect of the opening of the ark was created by dragging a toilet lid over some paving.

On September 8th, 2009, Marine Sgt. Dakota Meyer disobeyed a direct order from a superior to pull back from his position so he could rescue wounded soldiers from a firefight a mile away. He ended up going back five times, saved the lives of 36 soldiers, and won the Medal of Honor.

16/12/2024

Did You Know...

About 40% of adults admit to still sleeping with a stuffed animal or blanket from their childhood.

Chewing gum burns calories. While it's not exactly a substitute for a workout, chewing gum for an hour can burn about 11 calories.

In Louisiana, biting someone with your natural teeth is considered “simple assault,” but biting them with false teeth is considered “aggravated assault.”.

Dogs have musical tastes. The Scottish SPCA and University of Glasgow monitored dogs' heartrates while playing different kinds of music and found that most dogs "prefer reggae and soft rock," though each individual dog also had its own preferences.

The fear of running out of something to read is called "abibliophobia."

In the Czech Republic, people can bathe in beer spas, which are said to be good for the skin.

The first streaming service was created in...1881! Théâtrophone let subscribers listen to opera and theater over their telephone lines.

During World War 1, German and Allied forces came out of their trenches, on the Christmas day of 1914, to sing carols, trade equipment and even played soccer between their lines.

Comedian Martin Lawrence, rappers Kid 'n Play and Salt-n-Pepa were all 'cubicle-mates', working together at a Sears-Roebuck call center before they got famous

When the TV series "Twin Peaks" first aired in Germany, a rival tv station spoiled who killed Laura Palmer.

13/12/2024

Did You Know...

St. Nicholas is the world's most popular non-Biblical saint. He has over 2,400 churches dedicated to him in France, Germany and England.

Just 30 minutes of daily complaining can physically damage your brain. Listening to someone constantly complain also negatively affects brain function by shrinking the hippocampus, the area responsible for memory and problem-solving, due to the stress hormones released during complaining

Word of the day: "griggle". A term used to describe a small, underdeveloped apple that is left on the tree because it is too tiny to be worth picking

The Eiffel Tower was initially considered to be an eyesore. Its usefulness as a radio tower saved it from being dismantled in 1909

Theodore Roosevelt as a child watched Lincoln’s funeral procession pass by his house. His admiration for Abraham Lincoln was reinforced later in life when he met John Hay, who was Abraham Lincoln’s secretary. Hay gifted a ring that contained Lincoln’s hair to Teddy. Teddy then wore the ring on his inauguration day.

Tomatoes were put “on trial” on June 28, 1820, in Salem, New Jersey. In front of a courthouse, Robert Johnson ate tomatoes in order to prove they weren’t poisonous. The crowd waited for him to die but he didn't. Before that everyone in America used to think tomatoes were poisonous, due to them being a member of the nightshade family.

The Muppet vampire, Count von Count from Sesame Street, is based on actual vampire myth. One way to supposedly deter a vampire is to throw seeds outside a door. Vampires are compelled to count the seeds, delaying them until morning.

"Miracle on 34th Street" was released in May. Although it’s a Christmas classic, the film’s studio released it during the summer of 1947, thinking it would perform better at the box office.

When Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic first started playing music together, it wasn't as Nirvana . . . they joined up to start a Creedence Clearwater Revival cover band.

Mary Kenneth Keller from Cleveland, Ohio was the first woman to earn a PhD in Computer Science in the United States. She also earned a Masters degree in Mathematics and Physics and helped develop computer programming languages. She was also a Catholic nun.

12/12/2024

Did You Know...

Stars appear to twinkle because their light passes through our atmosphere and is bent and distorted by varying temperatures and densities of air

The brief muscle spasms that wake you during sleep or just as you're on the cusp of it are called "hypnic jerks" or "sleep starts." They reportedly occur in 60% to 70% of people . . . and are mostly a mystery to scientists.

Snowmen can last for centuries. In Japan, "yuki daruma" (snowmen) are preserved in mountain ice caves as part of cultural traditions, with some snowmen staying intact for decades.

The first Christmas cards were controversial. In 1843, the very first printed Christmas card featured a family drinking wine, which was criticized for promoting bad behavior.

In the 1950s, you could buy a coffee maker as an add-on for Volkswagen cars

There are only 2 fully vegetarian McDonald’s restaurants in the world, and they are both located in India

The grandfather of Charles Darwin, the man who developed the theory of evolution, invented the "buy one get one free deal" to sell more pottery.

The Pirates of the Caribbean ride in Disneyland used to have real skeletons because they thought the fake skeletons didn’t look spooky enough. They used to contact the UCLA medical department and buy skeletons.

Originally, the role of Buzz Lightyear in "Toy Story" was to go to actor Billy Crystal. His regret for turning it down led to him being cast as Mike Wazowski for "Monsters Inc."

With only 324 households declaring ownership of a swimming pool on their tax form and fearing tax evasion, Greek authorities turned to satellite imagery for further investigation of Athens' northern suburbs. They discovered a total of 16,974 swimming pools.

11/12/2024

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Armadillos give birth to four identical quadruplets every time!

There’s a lake in Antarctica, Don Juan Pond so salty it never freezes, even at -58°F.

Veronica Seider is a German woman who was born with superhuman eyesight, 20 times better than average. She can see people a mile away and tell who they are.

Oregon is the only U.S. state with a flag that's different on both sides. One side says "State of Oregon, 1859" and has the state seal . . . the other side shows a beaver chewing a log.

Plutophobia: It's the fear of wealth or becoming rich.

Christmas lights were inspired by Thomas Edison. Edison’s assistant, Edward Johnson, invented electric Christmas lights in 1882, but it took nearly 40 years before they became affordable and popular.

The first instant hot cocoa mix (Swiss Miss) was invented to use up excess inventory of coffee creamer created for the Korean War.

A 7-foot-tall man in the U.S. has a 1 in 7 shot of making it to the NBA . . . a man under six feet has a 1 in 1.2 million shot.

Over 8,000 kids auditioned to play the part of Ralphie in "A Christmas Story" including Wil Wheaton ('Star Trek: The Next Generation, "Stand by Me"). Jack Nicholson was first choice to play Ralphie's dad and he wanted to do it, but they didn't have a big enough budget to pay him.

Over 20,000 people have purchased Alien Abduction Insurance. The insurance policy is redeemed if the insured person can prove they were abducted by aliens and returned to Earth. Some companies offer policies for alien pregnancy, alien examinations, and death caused by aliens.

10/12/2024

Did You Know...

We almost had 10 planets in our Solar System, but ended up with 8. Eris, discovered in 2005, is bigger than Pluto and would have qualified as the 10th planet in until its discovery prompted the International Astronomical Union to formally define 'planet' with a size cutoff, that also ended up excluding Pluto.

Olympian Michael Phelps swims slower than a manatee. Yes, those big, plump "sea cows." Phelps' top swimming sp*ed is six miles per hour. Manatees can top out at 20 miles per hour if they want to.

In Taiwan, every receipt for every store in the country is also a ticket to a government-run lottery with top prizes worth up to US$300,000.

When glasses for nearsightedness began to appear in the 15th Century because they were unusual and rare, they were seen as having magical powers, and people who wore glasses were thought to be in league with the devil.

Bertha Benz successfully marketed her husband's invention, the motor car, when she took it for a 65-mile trip, overcoming mechanical problems and inventing brake shoes on the way, and proving that cars were suitable for long journeys. Her trip gained attention, resulting in Benz's first sale.

Beatles fans were so relentless in stealing the "Penny Lane" street signs in Liverpool that the town switched to painting the street name directly on buildings rather than replacing them.

In Florida, if an elephant is tied to a parking meter, you must pay the fee as if it were a car.

In the 1990's, actor Keanu Reeves once rescued a woman stranded on the roadside by pushing her broken and dirty car. That woman was pre-fame Oscar-winning actress Octavia Spencer.

"Silent Night" was written because a church organ broke. In 1818, an Austrian priest and a composer created the carol to be performed on guitar after their organ malfunctioned before Christmas Eve Mass.

A Florida woman named Lillan Bloodworth donated blood every 56 days for nearly 50 years. By the time she stopped at age 85, she had donated 23 gallons. The average person's body contains about 1.5 gallons.

09/12/2024

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It may one day be possible for humans to colonize Venus. Instead of living on the surface, we would live in cities that floated above the clouds.

Beekeeping suits are white because bees have developed an aggressive defensive response to dark figures approaching their nest, which white suits help counteract.

The word "grima" describes the feeling you get when you hear fingernails on a chalkboard or a knife scratching a plate.

It's possible to overdose on Brussels sprouts. They have high levels of vitamin K, which can promote blood clotting. So if you take blood thinners and mow down several dozen Brussels sprouts, it could send you to the hospital.

Christmas was once banned in America. In the 1600s, Puritans in New England outlawed Christmas celebrations, considering them sinful and overly indulgent.

In Oklahoma, there exists a ghost town named Picher so polluted from lead mining that leftover minerals have caused the rivers to turn red. Children who went swimming in the arsenic-filled water thought they were just getting sunburnt - in reality, they were being covered in chemical burns

“His Master's Voice”, the famous painting of a dog looking down a gramophone funnel, used as a logo by various companies, was inspired by the artist's dog, Nipper. He inherited the animal from his dead brother and noted that Nipper would look down a gramophone when a recording of his dead owner’s voice was played.

There is still one actor from the 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz alive, Caren Marsh Doll, who was Judy Garland's stand-in, and it is in fact her feet seen in the film when Dorothy taps the heels of the slippers together. Caren is 105 years old.

Willie Nelson sold his first song for only $50 and the cost of a restaurant bill that he couldn't afford. "Family Bible" went on to reach #7 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart, but Nelson had no regrets about the sale, saying, "I felt if I could write one hit song, I could write another."

On February 19, 1914, five-year-old Charlotte May Pierstorff was mailed from Grangeville, Idaho to Lewiston, Idaho to visit her grandmother, as this was cheaper than buying a train ticket. Charlotte, who was under the 50 lb limit, rode in the mail car with a 32¢ stamp on her coat and was delivered to her grandmother by the mail clerk on duty.

06/12/2024

Did You Know...

A male lobster’s bladder is in its heads, and when male lobsters fight, they sq**rt each other in the face with p*e.

Snowmen date back to the Middle Ages. The earliest recorded snowman was created in 1380 and featured in a book called The Book of Hours, proving snowmen have been around for centuries.

Before the 20th century, the death of the Pope used to be confirmed by striking him in the head with a silver hammer.

Napoleon Bonaparte once wrote a romance novel. "Clisson and Eugénie" was written 1795 and is about a soldier named Clisson who falls in love and marries Eugénie, but their love is doomed.

McDonald's cheeseburgers almost had pineapple instead of pickles. When the McDonald brothers were perfecting their burger recipe in the 1940s, they experimented with pineapple slices before settling on pickles.

Potluck dinners are illegal in Arizona, and if you get caught hosting one you can get a fine . . . or possibly even arrested. It's a random oversight because of a legal technicality.

Kent, a major to***co company sold unique cigarette filters in the 1950s and advertised their health benefits. The advertised ingredient that set them apart was Asbestos.

Have you heard of "Minced Oaths"? They are words or phrases used instead of offensive words, often for humorous effect. Some tame examples of minced oaths include: "gosh" for "God", "heck" instead of "hell."

A goat called Sergeant Bill a goat from Saskatchewan, Canada became a Canadian war hero during World War 1 when he head-butted three soldiers into a trench to help them avoid an exploding shell.

January 6, 1995, McArthur Wheeler and Clifton Earl Johnson robbed two Greater Pittsburgh banks at gunpoint without attempts to disguise themselves. Instead, they had covered their faces in lemon juice, believing it would make them invisible to security cameras since lemon juice can be used as invisible ink.

05/12/2024

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The Amazon river dumps so much fresh water into the Atlantic that it is possible to drink from the surface for about 200 miles offshore

Dolphins can see our skeletons and sense our heartbeats via their sonar. They have even been known to ward off sharks preying on humans.

Word of the day: Gobemouche. A person who believes everything he or she hears.

The Wendy’s restuarant logo has a hidden message. Look closely at the Wendy’s logo, and you’ll see the word “Mom” subtly spelled out in the ruffles of Wendy’s collar, a nod to the chain’s homey, family values.

New Zealand bans advertising on television on major holidays. You won't see them on Christmas, Easter, and Good Friday.

Buildings over $100,000 in the state of Wyoming must have a chandelier.This old law supposedly mandated that any costly construction include a chandelier, adding a touch of "mandatory luxury."

In the 1979 British Columbia, Canada election, Member of the Legislative Assembly Frank Calder was defeated by one vote. He later admitted that he and his wife had neglected to vote.

Actress Anna Paquin went to an audition of "The Piano" because she had nothing better to do. Selected among 5,000 candidates for the role in "The Piano", she earned the 1993 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at the age of 11 making her the second-youngest Oscar winner in history.

In 2014, Pope Francis said he would baptize aliens from outer space if they asked. He did not want to close doors to green Martians with "long noses and big ears".

In 2017, a disgruntled former 7-Eleven owner named Abu Musa in South Boston opened a new convenience store across the street from his old location. He named it 6-Twelve.

04/12/2024

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The human heart can be unfolded.

The Milky Way got its name from the Greek mythological story where the goddess Hera pulled a breastfeeding Hercules off her breast, and milk sprayed across the galaxy.

American stop signs used to be yellow. This was because red dye on signs would fade over time and yellow was a bright enough colour to catch driver's attention and was visible at night. They became red in 1954 when a fade resistant dye was created.

Coca-Cola was originally invented and marketed as a cure for morphine addiction.

The modern bowling game originated in ancient Germany, not as a sport but as a religious ceremony. The "Kegel" (bowling pin) represented an unbeliever, and those who could topple it with a round stone were believed to have cleansed themselves of sin.

From the 1990s until 2004, the shortest commercial flight in the US was 13 minutes - and flew from one Houston airport to another Houston airport, 24 miles away.

There were 8 US Presidents that filed for bankruptcy: Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, William Henry Harrison, Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S Grant , William McKinley & Harry S. Truman

The Soviet Union had an internationally televised song contest in the 1970's. As few viewers had phones, people would turn their lights on in their home if they liked a song and off if they didn’t. The power spikes were recorded by the state energy company and the reports sent to the station to pick the winner.

The TV show "Friends" went through three other titles first: "Insomnia Cafe" . . . "Six of One" . . . and "Friends Like Us".

The Yule cat is a huge and vicious cat from Icelandic Christmas folklore that is said to lurk in the snowy countryside during the Christmas season and eat people who do not receive new clothing before Christmas Eve

03/12/2024

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Most "shooting stars" (meteoroids) that hit the earth every day are the size of a pebble

Americans spend about 37 billion hours total waiting in line every year.

It only takes 18 days to build a complete tolerance to a given daily dosage of caffeine.

Loveseats were not invented so that two lovers could sit together. Originally, they were just oversized chairs designed to allow more space for excessively wide women's dresses up until the 18th century.

Dutch people, currently the tallest population in the world, actually used to be the shortest population in Europe just 150-200 years ago.

In Salt Lake City, Utah, it’s illegal to whistle on Sundays or after dark.

Abraham Lincoln had a cousin called...Abraham Lincoln.

Alcatraz had some of the best food in the federal prison system including chili dogs, butter-drenched potatoes, pork chops, biscuits, and gravy and banana pudding because the warden believed “most trouble in prison is caused by bad food.” The prison staff ate the same food as the prisoners.

A Brazilian electronics company is legally allowed to call their phone ‘iPhone’ because they trademarked the word in 2000, 7 years prior to Apple’s iPhone. Their phone runs on Android.

Steve Burns from the kids show "Blue’s Clues" once showed up unannounced to a kid’s birthday party after seeing a party sign and blue paw print on the house’s mailbox. He showed up in character and costume, handed out presents, and refused any compensation from the parents.

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