  Every Day Trivia 1. The first book ever written on a typewriter was the Adventures of Tom Sawyer. 2. The word "dude" was coined by Oscar Wilde and his friends. It is a combination of the words duds and attitude. 3. The average bra size today is 36c. Ten years ago it was a 34b. 4. George Washington had to borrow money to go to his own inauguration. 5. Abe Lincoln's mother died when the family dairy cow ate poisonous mushrooms and Mrs. Lincoln drank the milk. 6. The collecting of beer coasters is called tegestology. 7. Golfers use an estimated $8,000 million worth of golf balls annually. 8. The average American chews 300 sticks of gum a year. 9. In 1933 Mickey Mouse is believed to have received 800,000 fan letters. 10. A typical bed usually houses over 6 billion dust mites. 11. Ants are social insects and live in colonies which may have as many as 500,000 individuals and they don't sleep. 12. There are more insects in one square mile of rural land than there are human beings on the entire earth. 13. In one day an average person will take about 18,000 steps. 14. About 3% of pet owners will give Valentine's gifts to their pets. 15. 15% of women send themselves flowers on Valentine's Day. 16. The first Roman Emperor Augustus lobbed off one day from the month of February, which was already the shortest month of the year in the Roman calendar, so that he could add a 31st day to the eighth month, which carries the name August in his honor. 17. The amount of sunlight reaching the earth's surface is 6,000 times the amount of energy used by all human beings worldwide. The total amount of fossil fuel used by humans since the start of civilization is equivalent to less than 30 days of sunshine. Info gathered from the web |
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