Friday, January 4, 2013

Trivia

As Comix custom dictates, I bestow upon thee 5 more facts and possibly a picture. Did you know...
Today (January 4th) is national trivia day! As such, 20 facts will be presented today. Here are the official facts, as this one did not count.

Panophobia is the fear of everything. Emphasis on everything.

50 million years ago, horses were cat-sized. I imagine riding them would be hard to accomplish.

Scientists aren't sure what color dinosaurs were.

The creamy center of a Twinkie is made of vegetable shortening.

The most overdue library book was 288 years late.

Jellyfish are 98% water, therefore they can, will, and have evaporated under the sun.

The longest game of Monopoly lasted for 70 straight days.

The world's longest movie is 10 days long.

Beozar is the technical term for hairball.

The pigs in Angry Birds have the swine flu, hence their green skin. Honsetly, these pigs are gravely ill! You birds just can't let it go, can you?!

Hippo milk is pink.

Worldwide, there are 102 flavors of doritos.

84 United States citizens are named LOL.

Studies show that it takes anywhere from 144 to 411 licks to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop. Well, unless you're an owl.

The word "Verb" is in fact a noun.

Okay, this one is groundbreaking: The banana is a type of berry!

Speaking of bananas, we humans share 60% of our d.n.a with them!

Hawaii's state fish is the humuhumunukunukuapua'a.

The smallest frog is the size of a house fly.

And finally, the letter j was the last letter added to the English alphabet.


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Some sympathy for this pig would be nice. Feel free to comment and tell him nice things about himself, if you want to, of course. If you're more of a bird guy, I'm not gonna judge.
Don't tell the pig, but I am more of a bird guy.


See you guys on Monday!









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