Trivial Facts!

[sima]

Since the Golden Gate Bridge opened in 1937, more than 1,200 people have jumped to their deaths, making it the number one spot in the world for suicides.

[pan.ian4ever]

Though tigers rarely form groups, when they do, the proper name/collective noun to be used is a 'streak' of tigers

[sima]

In Japan, trains are so punctual that any delay over 5 mins means an apology from the conductor & a “delay certificate” for late passengers.

Delays over an hour might even make the news.

[pan.ian4ever]

TIGERS
The striped pattern is also found on the skin of a tiger, thus if one tiger is to be shaved it's unique camouflage pattern would remain.

[sima]

111,111,111 * 111,111,111 = 12345678987654321

[gleek]

"A cow has 4 stomachs (or 4 stomach chambers) each with an important part to play in digesting food."

[pan.ian4ever]

Wearing super-skinny jeans and pairing it with ultra-high heels increases the chances of developing Meralgia Paresthetica...

[minatay91]

OMG Christ's birthday is Sept. 11 pala? really? lol


leighton meester was born in prison.

A strawberry is not a berry but a banana is!

In a local visayan dialect, the word "photographer" is a disturbing homonym for a person wanting to initiate sex. (maniniyot = photographer, iyot = sex )

it took me hours to get over that one. haha

[inluvewithmikewesten]

"Jay" used to be slang for "foolish person." So when a pedestrian ignored street signs, he was referred to as a "jaywalker."

[pan.ian4ever]

Tomatoes were once referred to as "love apples". It was said that people would fall in love by eating them

[molybdenumstudios]

It is an insult to give tips in Japan, although there's no law saying that it's forbidden.

[anon]

Bamboo is not a tree, but a grass.

[pan.ian4ever]

No marriage license shall be necessary when a man and a woman who have attained the age of majority and who, being unmarried, have lived together as husband and wife for at least five years, desire to marry each other.

[sima]

There are only two egg laying mammals (monotremes) in the world.  These are the platypus and echidna.

[pan.ian4ever]

Honey is the only food that contains all the substances necessary to sustain life including enzymes, vitamins, minerals, ans water

[sima]

Los Angeles’s full name is “El Pueblo DE Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula”-and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size “L.A.”

[eternalpink]

1) Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks a mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.

2) More than 2,500 left handed people are killed every year from using right handed products.

3) An apple, potato, and onion all taste the same if you eat them with your nose plugged.

4) If you went out into space, you would explode before you suffocated because there's no air pressure. (!)

5.) Ants don't sleep. (hardworking talaga, walang pahinga? )

[sima]

Cats urine glows under a black light.

Blueberry jelly beans were especially made for Ronald Reagan.

Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds while dogs have only ten.

91% of Americans lie daily.

"two plus eleven" and "one plus twelve" not only give the same result but use the same letters

[freeswan]

The founder of Wendy's was once a KFC franchisee.

[pan.ian4ever]

the colder the room you sleep in, odds are high that you'll have a bad dream