Did you know that the capybara is the largest rodent in the world? It's indigenous to the American southwest and Mexico. Don't confuse it with the chupacabra, which is a Mexican/South American mythical creature which is like a cross between a Tasmanian Devil and a zombie. Nice.
Did you know that the earthquake that hit Argentina several weeks ago, ever-so-slightly knocked the earth's rotation off? That's a lot of force. The last time I knew of the earth's rotation being changed was when Superman reversed it to save Lois Lane in the first Superman movie. Well, I guess that wasn't real. It was still pretty cool and Christopher Reeve looked excellent in tights. ;-D But I digress. As usual. The last time the earth's rotation was changed would be when God made the sun stand still for Joshua. (Josh. 10:12-13) And that is real, because there are other historical documents from around 1500-1400 b.c., that state the earth stopped rotating for a period of about 20 hours. And because I believe it.
My head is full of a plethora of interesting/useless information. I use the slash, since some people couldn't care less. Did you know the correct phrase is "couldn't care less" because to say "could care less" would mean that you cared a little, at least? See what I mean?
I used to watch Jeopardy avidly. When I worked a 9 to 5 job, I taped it. (Yes, on VHS tape. I also remember when Alex had a mustache.) I stopped watching a year or so ago, only because my nap time falls between 3:00 and 4:00 p.m. Did you know that if you want to take naps, you need to take one every day at about the same time to keep your body in the proper circadian rhythm? I have friends that take naps every Sunday. Supposedly that just throws your body out of whack.
Anyway, I liked to see how many Jeopardy questions I got correct. I had a pretty good average of about 30%. I liked the teen weeks the best. I averaged a little better than half during those. The kids' weeks were just too easy.
There are tons of trivia websites. But I get most of my minutiae through reading. Sometimes I find mistakes of a trivial nature and want to go on the author's website and leave a note that they got their facts wrong. I haven't done that. Yet.
I think I'll do it the next time I see the "could care less" error. That's a pet peeve of mine. I could do a whole posting on pet peeves!
Did you know that the past tense of "spell" can be "spelled" or "spelt"? Either is correct.
Did you know that the holes in Swiss cheese are called "eyes"?
Did you know that Leonardo di Vinci, Winston Churchill, Albert Einstein, Gen'l George S. Patton and Thomas Edison were all dyslexic?
Did you know that Socrates trained to be a stonecutter?
Did you know that in 1858, Hyman Lipman put the pencil and eraser together for the first time?
Did you know a cabbage has 18 chromosomes?
Did you know that achondroplasia, which causes dwarfism in humans, is the genetic trait that gives dachshunds their short legs? (I better not let my mother see that, she'd freak!)
Did you know that beavers are vegetarians?
Okay, I didn't know all of those things before doing this blog. I knew about the past tense of "spell." I knew about Lipman's pencil and eraser, but not the year. I knew beavers were vegetarians. And I knew Albert Einstein was dyslexic. The rest I grabbed off of triviacountry.com.
Oh, there are a lot of better ways to spend my time, I'll agree. I could
finish decluttering my closet. I could be working on my novel. Or I could be sending emails to my bff's.
There's just nothing like knowing a lot of trivia. It's fun! It's interesting! And best of all--it makes me look smart! Looks can be deceiving.
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