Fascinating Facts and Trivia

(13-12-2018 21:29 )Carl_HoneyLover Wrote:  The 1.5-mile journey from Westray to Papa Westray in the UK’s Orkney Islands is the shortest scheduled flight in the world. The trip takes less than two minutes.

seems to me that a decent catapult with a large heavy duty landing net would be cheaper?

January 4th is national trivia day.

In the 1970s, Mattel sold a doll called ‘Growing up skipper’

Her breasts grew when her arm was turned.

Alaska is the only US state that can be typed on one row of keys.

The only number whose letters are in alphabetical order is 40 (f-o-r-t-y)

In 1926, Arctic explorer Peter Freuchen was trapped under an avalanche while on an expedition. He escaped by fashioning a dagger out of his own feces and amputating his foot.

Roman Catholic’s in Bavaria founded a secret society in 1740 called the Order of the Pug. New members had to wear dog collars and scratch at the door to get in.

Henry VIII had people who were called ‘Grooms of the stool’ who’s job it was to wipe his bottom. During his reign, he had four such people, all of whom were knighted.

In Renaissance France, a woman could take her husband to court if he was impotent.

All British tanks since 1945 have included equipment to make tea.

The town of Salem,New Jersey held a trial against tomatoes in 1920 because of the widespread belief they were poisonous.

Potatoes were only introduced to Ireland in the late 1500s, after being discovered by Spanish Conquistadors in Peru.

A passenger who lived through the traumatic fire and sinking of a ship in 1871 faced his fears and boarded the Titanic in 1912. He sank with the ship.