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Trivial Trivia

What is the coldest temperature measured on earth to date?

-89 degreee celcius, at Vostok, Antarctica on 21 July 1983.

 

What grows faster, fingernails or toenails?

Fingernails grow almost four times faster than toenails.

 

Which planet is the only planet to rotate clockwise?

Venus.

 

What year was the yo-yo introduced?

1929. It was based on a Filipino weapon used by 16th century hunters.

 

Why do we hear the sound of the ocean when we put a shell to our ear?

The sound we hear is actually the blood surging through the veins in our ears. Put any cup-shaped object over your ear and you will hear the same sound.

 

What is a jiffy?

A 'jiffy' is actually a proper time unit for 1/100th of a second.

 

What year was the first VCR manufactured?

1956 - it was the size of a piano.

 

What clothing can be made out of plastic bottles?

Plastic bottles can be recycled and spun into fibres, which can then be made into polar fleece.

 

What garden animal has five hearts?

The earthworm.

 

What is the only other land animal apart from human beings that cries?

The elephant.

 

Which fingernail grows the fastest?

The nail on the middle finger grows fastest and the slowest growing nail is on the thumb.

 

What can't astronauts do when in space?

Astronauts can't burp - there is no gravity to separate liquid from gas in their stomachs.

 

Which continent contains the coldest place on earth?

Antarctica is the coldest recorded place on earth.

 

Where did the word 'Google' come from?

The word 'Google' came from the mathematical figure googol - 'one followed by a hundred zeros'.

 

What is the colour of a giraffe's tongue?

Purple.