Trivia Closed

[TheColdPrince]

A former journalist, Archibald Willingham **** was a well-known military aide and adviser to US presidents William Howard Taft and Theodore Roosevelt. He joined the army who fought during the Spanish-American War.

After the war ended, he was assigned to the Philippines as a volunteer and later promoted to Assistant Quartermaster with the rank of Captain. He stayed in Manila until July 1903.

In 1912, after a short trip to Europe, **** embarked on the Titanic to return to the US. Sadly, he was one of the victims who perished when the ship sank. His body was never recovered.

 

[xwx]

A single cloud can weight more than 1 million pounds.(wonder what a rain cloud can weigh)

 

[sailcute]

Camels' humps are not for storing water: they're for insulation and food storage. The hump is almost all fat, which regulates body temperature and serves as an alternative fuel source when they're wandering for days at a time with no food in sight. So where do they store their water? Right in their bloodstream.

 

[xwx]

There are more possible iterations of a game of chess than there are atoms in the known universe.(Makes you wonder why chess masters teach a standard 40 moves)

 

[TheColdPrince]

A human will eat on average 70 assorted insects and 10 spiders while sleeping.(makes ME not want to ever sleep again

 

[sailcute]

A human will eat on average 70 assorted insects and 10 spiders while sleeping.(makes ME not want to ever sleep again

trivia ba to o fake news? buti at may kulambo pa kami

 

[xwx]

trivia ba to o fake news? buti at may kulambo pa kami

Fake 'yan. Di totoo

 

[sailcute]

pets were not allowed (but soldiers were).

 

[TheColdPrince]

Jaz Cola is a brand of cola produced by Coca-Cola Company exclusively for the Philippine market.

The beverage is only available in the Philippines and made for an even more specific market: people in the Visayas which is a group of islands in the middle of the Philippines.

As a result, Jaz Cola has reportedly “fueled Visayan pride among its teen consumers.”

 

[xwx]

The average person walks the equivalent of three times around the world in a lifetime.(Now we know why older people seem to feel tired all the time)

 

[sailcute]

It might not seem like a huge country compared to those others, but France has islands scattered all over the globe. Altogether, its territories fall into 12 distinct time zones, compared to Russia's nine and America's six.

 

[xwx]

Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lightning than women.(My great grad dad was struck 7 times in his lifetime after age 22)

 

[TheColdPrince]

The bridge that took almost four decades to complete.​

After 35 years and 6 presidents, the Aluling Bridge was finally completed on March 25, 2013.

Its construction first started in 1978 but due to a host of factors such as unpredictable weather and difficulty of navigating the river, the completion was delayed for more than 3 decades.

Aluling Bridge connects the provinces of Ilocos Sur and the Mountain Province.

 

[sailcute]

The United Kingdom Is the World's Most Tornado-Prone Country

 

[xwx]

Coca-Cola would be green if coloring wasn’t added to it.(most people don't like green drinks)

 

[sailcute]

A Stranded Sailor Once Let His Hands Freeze Into Hooks to Allow Him to Better Swim to Shore​

 

[xwx]

You cannot snore and dream at the same time.(Now I know why my significant other says he never dreams!)

 

[sailcute]

pig eats human

 

[TheColdPrince]

Spices and Herbs Are Different

A shark named after Gollum and Philippines’ Sulu Sea.​

Discovered off Palawan island in the western sector of the Sulu Sea basin, this harmless shark stands out because of its scientific name.

Gollum suluensis was named after the Philippine sea where it was discovered and Gollum, the famous fictional character from the Lord of the Rings.

Compared to its cousin, the New Zealand gollumshark (G. attenuatus), the Sulu gollumshark has a “darker, plainer and less contrasted coloration, softer body, shorter and broader snout, smaller spiracle, larger pectoral fin, wider head, as well as larger proportions of the nostril, mouth and interorbital space.”

 

[xwx]

The world’s oldest piece of chewing gum is over 9,000 years old!(WOW)