The Ultimate Trivia Thread

[Luffy]

China is the world’s largest supplier of Bibles: one factory in Nanjing prints a million a month.

[crich70]

The Chinese invented block printing, paper and Ink, but due to how many characters they have in their alphabet printing didn't really catch on til Gutenberg in the 1450's at which time letters were molded to look like handwriting as it resembled a hand written manuscript.

[Maggie May]

The exact odds of scoring a hole-in-one in golf on a par three hole are 8,750 to 1.

[crich70]

It's considered very bad luck to score a hole in one in Japan. The reason is that the golfer is expected to hold a big party to celebrate the event.

[kacir]

Originally Posted by crich70

It's considered very bad luck to score a hole in one in Japan. The reason is that the golfer is expected to hold a big party to celebrate the event.

Not anymore.
Golfers, and not only in Japan, have special insurance against scoring hole-in-one.
http://boingboing.net/2014/07/28/why...in-one-in.html
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=insurance+again...ne+hole+in+one ;-)

[Bilbo1967]

Originally Posted by Maggie May

The exact odds of scoring a hole-in-one in golf on a par three hole are 8,750 to 1.

How is that calculated? I can assure you that the chances of me scoring a hole-in-one are considerably higher than that

[Solitaire1]

Per Wikipedia, "Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)" by Sophie Ellis-Bextor is the first song ever played on an iPod.

[trichobezoar]

[I'm posting about sugar withdrawal until I'm no longer experiencing symptoms. *sticks out tongue*]

According to WikiHow.com, "nutritionists and scientists are discovering that when the body is accustomed to high levels of sugar consumption, it can respond to sugar deprivation with the same kinds of withdrawal symptoms experienced by a drug abuser; the symptoms of sugar withdrawal can, in fact, be very painful..."

Yup! I feel like I have the flu!

[Luffy]

Chocolate is toxic. The lethal dose for a human is about 22 pounds.

[doubleshuffle]

Originally Posted by Luffy

Chocolate is toxic. The lethal dose for a human is about 22 pounds.

Water is toxic. The lethal dose for humans is about 6 litres.

[Glorfindel]

Not really toxic, I can't think of the word right now though. :< That much water makes your brain try to expand against your skull, killing you eventually. Not poisoning

[crich70]

Originally Posted by Glorfindel

Not really toxic, I can't think of the word right now though. :< That much water makes your brain try to expand against your skull, killing you eventually. Not poisoning

It throws your electrolyte's out of balance. Water Poisoning

[Luffy]

In 2007, Italian finally became the official language of Italy. Explanations here and here.

[Solitaire1]

Since many people enjoy responding to previous trivia posts to add even more related information, I'm adding the following rule for the thread:

- You can add to the trivia of a previous post by quoting the original and adding information as long as you also include a new piece of unrelated trivia.

[kacir]

Originally Posted by Luffy

Chocolate is toxic. The lethal dose for a human is about 22 pounds.

Lethal dose for dogs is much, *much* smaller
Theobromine Oral toxicity (mg/kg) - median lethal dose, LD50 (means half the test subject die at this dose)
Cat 200 mg/kg
Dog 300 mg/kg
Human ~1,000 mg/kg
0.4 ounces (11 g) of baker's chocolate would be enough to produce mild symptoms in a 20-pound (9.1 kg) dog

Originally Posted by Wikipedia

The toxic dose for cats is even lower than for dogs. However, cats are less prone to eating chocolate since they are unable to taste sweetness

Artificial sweetener Xylithol is acutely toxic for dogs. A single chewing gum sweetened by Xylitol can make a dog very severely ill.