Information and Knowledge Trivia

  • Great Britain has invaded about 90% of the world's countries. Upload to Facebook
    Great Britain has invaded about 90% of the world's countries.
  • The word 'Whiskey' derives from the from the Gaelic for meaning "water of life".
  • The word 'electrocute' is only accurate if the person dies (electro + execute). If the person survive, he wasn't electrocuted.
  • Love has nothing to do with one's heart. It's a chemical reaction that take place inside one's brain.
  • The word for the day after tomorrow is 'Overmorrow'.
  • The word 'lethologica' refers to the state of not being able to remember the word you were looking for.
  • The word 'school' comes from the Greek word 'skhol' which means "leisure time".
  • Aside from the 3 monkeys that depict "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil", there's also a 4th that symbolizes "do no evil"
  • Morphine is named after 'Morpheus', the Greek god of dreams.
  • The word 'gorilla' comes from a Greek word 'gorillai' meaning "a tribe of hairy women".
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