Adolf Hitler in addition to being a teetotaler (non-drinker) and a non-smoker, was also a vegetarian.
In the 1800s George Pocock used kites of increased size to propel carts on land and ships on the water.
(PS: this is a trivia thread, so reply with trivia 
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If you add the year you were born with the age you turn this year, the answer will have an eleven in it.
The sperical bones found inside a fishes skull are called otoliths and can be used to age the animal.
AUSTRALIA...
The average Australian family has 1.65 children.
The average Australian will consume 18 beef cattle and 90 sheep in his or her lifetime.
22% of adults will never have children.
16.2% of adults will only have one child.
88% of Australians live in an urban area - this high concentration may be due to the arid conditions further inland.
The first ever car to be mass produced in Australia was the FX Holden (model 48-215). This was produced at Fishermans Bend, Victoria in 1948.
The median age for brides is 28.9 years of age (2006).
The median age for grooms is 30.9 years of age (2006).
34% of men will never marry (2006).
32% of women will never marry (2006).
The Great Barrier Reef is the longest reef in the world at over 2010 kilometres
THE EARTH.....
Lowest Elevation on Land - Dead Sea: 1369 feet below sea level (417.27 m)
Deepest Point in the Ocean - Challenger Deep, Mariana Trench, Western Pacific Ocean: 35,840 feet (10924 m)
Highest Temperature Recorded: 135.8°F - Al Aziziyah, Libya, September 13, 1922 (57.7°C)
Lowest Temperature Recorded: -128.5°F - Vostok, Antarctica, July 21, 1983 (-89.2°C)
Water vs. Land: 70.8% Water, 29.2% Land
Age of the Earth: 4.5 to 4.6 billion years
Atmosphere Content: 77% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, and traces of argon, carbon dioxide and water
Rotation on Axis: 23 hours and 56 minutes and 04.09053 seconds. But, it takes an additional four minutes for the earth to revolve to the same position as the day before relative to the sun (i.e. 24 hours).
Revolution around Sun: 365.2425 days
Chemical Composition of the Earth: 34.6% Iron, 29.5% Oxygen, 15.2% Silicon, 12.7% Magnesium, 2.4% Nickel, 1.9% Sulfur, and 0.05% Titanium
THE BODY.............
You're born with 300 bones, but by the time you become an adult, you only have 206.
Human hair and fingernails continue to grow after death.
The pupil of the eye expands as much as 45 percent when a person looks at something pleasing.
The average person who stops smoking requires one hour less sleep a night.
Laughing lowers levels of stress hormones and strengthens the immune system. Six-year-olds laugh an average of 300 times a day. Adults only laugh 15 to 100 times a day.
The only part of the body that has no blood supply is the cornea in the eye. It takes in oxygen directly from the air.
When you blush, the lining of your stomach also turns red.
The attachment of the human skin to muscles is what causes dimples.
Every time you sneeze some of your brain cells die.
Your left lung is smaller than your right lung to make room for your heart.
They are all from the interwebs, so they must be true
Palestine pre 1948 in green.
The interior outlines show current Gaza strip and West Bank.
Map of Israel
Charlie Chaplin was travelling thru the mid west when he came across a town running a Charlie Chaplin look a like contest.
He entered and got 3rd.
If you are over 40 and go snowboarding for 5 consecutive days the likelyhood of a doctor assisted(required) injury is
100%(info c/o my specialist)
I only did 3days and im only 39, broke wrist.
I am an over achiever(retard)
The ability to produce children is hereditary. Chances are that if your parents were unable to have children you will be unable to as well. 
Latest medical research has revealed that diarrhea is inherited too. They reckon in runs in your genes (jeans). 
DTS Neo:X is the world's first 11.1 surround system, and the next-generation of immersive 3D entertainment for home theater enthusiasts and industry audio professionals. For home theatre, music, or gaming entertainment, Neo:X provides a semi-spherical sound field using an 11.1 speaker configuration adding height/wide speakers to create a natural, immersive, spacious and lifelike 3D surround soundscape.
It is widely thought that the word TRIVIA originates from the Latin for 'three' (TRI) and 'road' (VIA).
Dockers believe that winning a game against the Eagles in any one season, defines that season, the rest is all just crap, and hardly worth the effort running onto the paddock.
(Gee I wished they could get there act together, for just one season
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Thirty percent of advertising actually results in sales. They just don't know which thirty percent it is.
Real Estate is like SEX. You should get as much of it as you possibly can while you are still young.
If you mention the word "contest" the wind will shut down for the duration of the event.
