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#NationalTriviaDay is trending - what trivia do you know?

I don't really know any trivia :tongue:

Although I was just told that the University of York have the most amount of ducks per sq meter of any uni. Thought that was a cute trivia fact :loveduck:

What trivia do you know?
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If you eat a polar bear liver, you will die because of the vitamin A content.
Russian Standard Vodka was created by the same guy who invented the table of elements
Although the platypus is a mammal it does not posses teats, instead it secretes milk from grooves in their abdomen.

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An elephant produces 20 kilos of poop a day.....tasteful
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Original post by UWS
If you eat a polar bear liver, you will die because of the vitamin A content.


I imagine you'd die trying to get the liver in the first place

Original post by retro_turtles
An elephant produces 20 kilos of poop a day.....tasteful


Funny, I know some people that do that too :tongue:
The guy holding a shotput on Scotts Porridge Oats is Sandor Clegane from GoT!
The most shoplifted item in America is candy
Original post by Valyrian
Russian Standard Vodka was created by the same guy who invented the table of elements


Ummm... Russian Standard was founded in 1998.
M&M's actually stands for "Mars & Murrie's," the last names of the candy's founders.
Die Hard originates from a rejected script for Commando 2.
Original post by Willy Pete
Ummm... Russian Standard was founded in 1998.


What?

William Shatner is the original Michael Myers! Sort of, anyways. The original Michael Myers mask was a Captain Kirk (from Star Wars, played by William Shatner) mask that was modified for the Halloween films.

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Original post by Valyrian
What?



Sorry to burst your bubble.

Its a myth, Mendeleev never wrote about vodka.
Original post by Fox Corner
I don't really know any trivia :tongue:

Although I was just told that the University of York have the most amount of ducks per sq meter of any uni. Thought that was a cute trivia fact :loveduck:

What trivia do you know?


The University of York also has the largest plastic-bottomed lake in Europe.

Also, contrary to popular belief, cows do not have four stomachs; they have just the one but it has four distinct compartments. Think about it. :beard:
The largest thing a blue whale could swallow is the size of a grapefruit.

Original post by WoodyMKC
Die Hard originates from a rejected script for Commando 2.


And Die Hard 3 was originally a Lethal Weapon script.
There are 336 dimples on a standard golf ball
Original post by Willy Pete
Sorry to burst your bubble.

Its a myth, Mendeleev never wrote about vodka.


Wot
Original post by Amusing Elk
Also, contrary to popular belief, cows do not have four stomachs; they have just the one but it has four distinct compartments. Think about it. :beard:


Actually they have 1 true stomach the Abomasum, the other 3 are forestomachs (extensions of the esophagus).
Original post by Drewski
And Die Hard 3 was originally a Lethal Weapon script.


And Minority Report was originally supposed to be Total Recall 2. Shame, that one.

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