do you know your trivia?

Question #1. Which is the only state in the USA to touch two oceans?
Answer: Alaska. The Arctic Ocean covers the Earth’s polar region, and the Pacific Ocean laps the balmy southern coasts of the largest U.S. state .

Question #2. What are the official languages of Canada?
Answer: English and French.

Question #3. Where and what is the tallest mountain in the world?
Answer: Mt. Everest, which is 29,035ft (8850m) high and borders Nepal and Tibet.


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the way children see things

NUDITY
I was driving with my three young children one warm summer evening when a woman in the convertible ahead of us stood up and waved. She was stark naked! As I was reeling from the shock, I heard my 5-year-old shout from the back seat, “Mom! That lady isn’t wearing a seat belt!


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factoids

If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee. (Hardly seems worth it.)

If you farted consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb. (Now that’s more like it!)

The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet.


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the year’s best [actual] headlines of 2003

  • Crack Found on Governor’s Daughter
  • Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Expert Says Police
  • Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers
  • Iraqi Head Seeks Arms
  • Is There a Ring of Debris around Uranus?
  • Prostitutes Appeal to Pope
  • Panda Mating Fails; Veterinarian Takes Over
  • Teacher Strikes Idle Kids
  • Miners Refuse to Work after Death
  • Juvenile Court to Try Shooting Defendant
  • War Dims Hope for Peace
  • Cold Wave Linked to Temperatures

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