I was eating at a restaurant recently and overheard (Well, to be honest, I was eavesdropping.) a guy at the next table entertaining his fellow diners with useless trivia. It made me think of all those contestants on shows like Jeopardy or Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. How do they remember all of that information?
Did you know…
Elvis never performed a single encore because his manager, Colonel Tom Parker, refused to allow it, believing the crowd should always be left wanting more, so when Elvis left the stage, he wasn’t coming back. Hence the phrase “Elvis has left the building.”
You burn more calories sleeping than watching TV.
1 in every 4 Americans has appeared on TV in some way or another.
The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer was the first novel written on a typewriter.
Waylon Jennings gave up his seat to J.P. Richardson, Jr. (“The Big Bopper”) on the plane which also carried Buddy Holly and Richie Valens and crashed in Iowa “the day the music died” referred to in Don McLean’s song American Pie.
Regarding statues in parks: If the horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
The average person will accidently eat just under a pound of insects a year.
Thomas Edison, acclaimed inventor of the light bulb, was afraid of the dark.
In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
The average person spends combined total of 12 weeks a year “looking for things.”
Donald Duck’s middle name is Fauntleroy.
Every episode of Seinfeld includes Superman somewhere.
And my favorite: When Ian Fleming was writing his now-famous spy stories, he wanted to give the main character the most boring name possible. That name was Bond, James Bond.
Well, if you didn’t know, you do now. Look out trivia shows, here we come!
