The Ultimate Trivia Thread

[Luffy]

Originally Posted by Bilbo1967

I've seen a 2013 version of that list. It was topped by Scrooge McDuck, with Smaug in second.

Yes, that list was more interesting. There was quite some fuss on the internet about whether Bruce Wayne or Tony Stark would be richer. Lex Luthor and perhaps Monty Burns were present as well?

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by Bilbo1967

I've seen a 2013 version of that list. It was topped by Scrooge McDuck, with Smaug in second.

Well, they had to remove Santa Claus from the list. It turned out he wasn't fictional.

[Luffy]

The only animal whose Latin name is the same as its common name is the boa constrictor. The gorilla comes close to this distinction but its Latin name is Gorilla Gorilla.

[Solitaire1]

Originally Posted by Luffy

Yes, that list was more interesting. There was quite some fuss on the internet about whether Bruce Wayne or Tony Stark would be richer. Lex Luthor and perhaps Monty Burns were present as well?

I checked the list and Lex Luthor didn't appear. It's likely that at present Lex Luthor (in DC Comics' New 52) doesn't have nearly the financial resources he had before the reboot (where he was one of the richest and most powerful men on the planet, so much so that [in Justice League Unlimited] he said to The Question (I think this is the quote: "President? Do you know how much power I'd have to give up to be president?]).

New trivia item: The United States Declaration of Independence was the first e-text posted on Project Gutenberg.

[Luffy]

The Jerusalem artichoke is just about the only vegetable to come from North America (unless you count wild rice). The Jerusalem artichoke is neither an artichoke nor from Jerusalem. The latter word is a corruption of the word "girasole" which means heliotropic.

[kacir]

Bolivia has a Naval Force (Spanish: Fuerza Naval Boliviana).

What is so strange about this fact? Bolivia is landlocked.

[trichobezoar]

Another piece(s) of sugar trivia:

Just one 12-ounce can of regular soda contains 8-10 teaspoons of sugar, one glazed donut contains 6 teaspoons, and a half cup ice cream (the standard serving size) contains 4 grams of added sugar.

[Luffy]

The last big mammal to get extinct is the western black rhinoceros. It died out in 2011.

[trichobezoar]

The American Heart Association (AHA) recommends that we limit our daily sugar consumption to 7% or less of our daily calorie intake—that's about 6 teaspoons for women and 9 teaspoons for men.


Source: Breaking Your Sugar Addiction

[crich70]

Originally Posted by trichobezoar

The American Heart Association (AHA) recommends that we limit our daily sugar consumption to 7% or less of our daily calorie intake—that's about 6 teaspoons for women and 9 teaspoons for men.


Source: Breaking Your Sugar Addiction

They should speak to the FDA about that. They're the ones who authorize the amount of the stuff in food.

[Luffy]

The eruption of the volcano Krakatoa, in 1883 was so loud that it was heard 3,110 km (1,930 mi) away in Perth, Western Australia, and the Indian Ocean island of Rodrigues near Mauritius, 4,800 km (3,000 mi) away, where they were thought to be cannon fire from a nearby ship.

[Solitaire1]

The Hulk was originally grey, but due to the difficulty with rendering grey consistently caused his color to be changed to green.

[trichobezoar]

Originally Posted by crich70

They should speak to the FDA about that. They're the ones who authorize the amount of the stuff in food.

And why do they authorize such a large amount of sugar in our food? Who benefits--the consumers or businesses, the medical field and Big Pharma? Food for thought.

This will be the last time I'll post about sugar unless I give into temptation again... which might be happening sometime soon. My family's big... HUGE on Christmas sweets and goodies.


Aside from the increased bulge around the waistline, diets high in sugar are strongly linked to an increased risk for type 2 diabetes, elevated triglycerides, low HDL (good) cholesterol levels, and heart disease; sugar intake has also been linked to depression, migraines, poor eyesight, autoimmune diseases (such as arthritis, and multiple sclerosis), gout and osteoporosis.


Source: Breaking Your Sugar Addiction

[pdurrant]

Cough. No more discussion of sugar and regulations outside P&R, please.

[Luffy]

Originally Posted by Solitaire1

The Hulk was originally grey, but due to the difficulty with rendering grey consistently caused his color to be changed to green.

Since I saw The Avengers, I thought making The Hulk gray in the movies would be a step to better effects.

My second and last Krakatoa trivia : The movie is called Krakatoa: East of Java (1969) but in fact Krakatoa lies to the WEST of Java.