Wednesday, January 4, 2012

TRIVIA BITS

 

  • In the US, federal law states that children's TV shows may contain only 10 minutes of advertising per hour and on weekends the limit is 10 and one-half minutes.
  • In The Wizard of Oz the Scarecrow was looking for a brain, the Cowardly Lion was looking for courage, and the Tin Man was looking for a heart.
  • India has a Bill of Rights for cows.
  • Instant coffee has been around since the 18th century.
  • Insulin is produced in the pancreas.
  • Iron deficiency causes the most common form of anaemia.
  • Irving Berlin, who was born on 11 May 1888 and who composed three thousand songs in his lifetime, couldn't read music.
  • Isaac Newton, Peter Tchaikovsky and Annie Lennox were all born on Christmas Day.
  • Issur Danielovitch Demsky was born on 9 December 1916, but most people know him as Kirk Douglas.
  • It costs more to send someone to reform school than it does to send them to Eton.

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