Fun Facts and Trivial Tidbits - Week 11

Welcome to this weeks installment of Fun Facts and Trivial Tidbits. This week will have an eclectic combination of trivial facts...which really is no different than any other week. One of these weeks, we will have an "X" rated series of Trivial tidbits...I will forewarn you prior to posting.... so stay tuned to this weekly funny page for the 'dirty' stuff coming soon...

For those of you who watch death tolls and such, did you know that the St. Louis Gateway Arch actually had a projected death toll? Guess what...no one died... so much for a dangerous job...

The world's largest wine cask is in Heidleberg, Germany. Don't know if there is wine in the cask, but it may be worth a trip to go find out...

Since we are so fuel conscious this decade, did you know that the cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns? And you thought your SUV burned a lot of fuel.

I am not fond of mushrooms at all, but did you know the name of the smallest mushroom?... how about "Hop-low"...no, really...

For those of you focused on hygiene in general; Dentist's recommend that a toothbrush is kept at least six feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush. Ewwwww...

If you are bored sometime, try this - no piece of paper can be folded more than 7 times.

Did you know that in a standard deck of cards, the King of Hearts is the only king without a mustache?

There is a reason why old firehouses had circular stairways - in the days when the fire engines were pulled by horses, the horses that were stabled on the ground floor had figured out how to walk up straight staircases. And you thought a dog in your bed was a bit uncomfortable.

Here is a question for you Morse Code types - Do you know what S.O.S. stands for? It doesn't stand for "Save Our Ship" or even "Save Our Souls", it was just chosen by an 1908 international conference on Morse Code because the letters S and O were easy to remember and just about anyone could key it and read it... S = dot dot dot, O = dash dash dash.

And for you stamp collectors - Great Britain was the first country to issue postage stamps. Hence, the postage stamps of Britain are the only stamps in the world not to bear the name of the country of origin. However, every stamp carries a relief image or a silhouette of the monarch's head instead.

The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.

Every time you lick a stamp, you are consuming 1/10 of a calorie.

Images for picture stamps in the United States are commissioned by the United States Postal Service Department of Philatelic Fulfillment.

Hopefully you have enjoyed this week's installment of Fun Facts and Trivial Tidbits. Have a wonderful week and we will talk to you tomorrow.

Until tomorrow...