Trivia
• In 2010 Nimro Klims filed a suit against Dos Equis asserting that he is the most interesting man in the world.
• In 2010, 12 percent of facebook users had an account under more than one name.
• In 2010, 42 percent of Americans over the age of four watched at least 10 hours of PBS television shows.
• In 2010, hybrid vehicles saved 1.23 million gallons of gasoline but were responsible for an increased usage of coal in the amount of 3.21 million tons for the purpose of electricty generation.
• In 2010, the average computer user had seven different Instant Messaging applications installed on his or her computer.
• Among Americans 45 years of age or more, the favorite version of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol is the animated Mr. Magoo rendition.
• Eight percent of British citizens know more than the first line of “Good King Wenceslas”.
• More port wine is consumed between 24 December and 1 January than any other time of year.
• The town of Bethlehem, located near present-day Israel, experienced a total lunar eclipse at 12:25 AM on December 25th in the year 1225 and the totality lasted 12 minutes 25 seconds. When word of the event reached the Vatican three weeks later, Pope Honorius III declared it a miracle.
• Reindeer and muledeer share 99.876 percent of their genomes.
• At establishments that have self-service salad bars that charge for the offerings on a per-pound basis, watermelon is the most profitable offering and bacon bits is the least profitable.
• The most commonly used non-sensical phrase in english is “I could care less”; the speaker really means, “I could not care less.” The second-most common nonsensical phrase is “…will try and…”, as in “He will try and make it.”, when the speaker really means, “He will try TO make it.”
• It’s impossible to be within the borders of the state of New Jersey and be more than 8.4 miles from a public park.
• The Automobile Association of America has calculated that the average male driver is 18 percent better at parallel parking than the average female driver.
• In 1999, 154 driver’s license applicants in the United States failed their “practical test” (commonly referred to as the ‘road test’) due being intoxicated when arriving at the testing facility.
