trivia

Trivia

• What color dresses do Chinese women traditionally wear on their wedding day? Red.
• The Q in Q-tips stands for quality. They were originally called Baby Gays.
• In the 1980's, Pablo Escobar's Medellin Cartel was spending $2,500 a month on rubber bands just to hold all their cash.
• What's the most expensive home in the world? Buckingham Palace.
• What does the word hieroglyphs mean? Sacred writing.
• The duffel bag gets its name from the town of Duffel, Belgium, where the cloth used in the bags was originally sold.
• Failed PEZ flavors include coffee, eucalyptus, menthol, and flower.
• What color is a polar bear's skin? Black.
• The only number whose letters are in alphabetical order is 40 (f-o-r-t-y).
• For $45, the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing will sell you a 5-lb bag with $10,000 worth of shredded U.S. currency.
• The hottest place in the universe is located in which constellation? The constellation Virgo.
• On Good Friday in 1930, the BBC reported, "There is no news." Instead, they played piano music.
• Judge Judy makes $45 million a year.
• What type of galaxy is the most common in the universe? Elliptical galaxies.
• What planets literally rain diamonds? Saturn and Jupiter.
• The German word kummerspeck means excess weight gained from emotional overeating. Literally, grief bacon.
• Only female mosquitoes will bite you.
• What causes the moon to shine? Reflection from the sunlight.
• What is the most common letter in the English alphabet? "E".
• In what American state is it illegal to dress up like a priest or a nun? Alabama.