Information and Knowledge Trivia

  • Some public toilets have blue lights to make it difficult for heroin users to see their veins.

  • When a person lies, the temperature of their nose rises. This is known as the "Pinocchio Effect".
  • With a passing rate of .00002%, the SAT is one of the hardest tests in America!
  • A buttload is actually a measurement of volume. One buttload is equal to 126 gallons.
  • 'Dysania' is the state of finding it hard to get out of bed in the morning.
  • The word 'Lieutenant' comes from the French language and combines two words 'lieu' meaning "in place" as in a position; and the second word 'tenant' meaning 'holding' thus "holding in position'.
  • Out of the 17,000 words used by William Shakespeare, 1,700 of them were his inventions.
  • A 'moment' technically means 90 seconds.
  • The division symbol (รท) is actually called an 'Obelus'.
  • Dyscalculia is the technical term for dyslexia with math.
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