Critical Cocktail Party Information Tidbits

By Nick Monks | August 13, 2007

Getting access to information these days is the easiest it probably has ever been in the history of man. The internet, of course, plays a huge role in this. That being said, I bet you don’t know the following.

1. Twitching Rabbit Noses – Think of a rabbit and those cut twitching noses probably comes to mind. Well, the rabbits are not trying to be cute. They depend on their sense of smell to sniff out danger.

2. Think the longest word in the English language is supercalofragilistic? Nope. Not even close. The longest word is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. This whopper of a word is the name for a lung disease. Imagine catching it and then being unab

3. The Drinking Habit of Sheep – You might consider sheep to be a boring, every day kind of animal. In truth, they have their odd little characteristics like everyone else. One is the fact sheep will not drink running water.

4. Fingerprints of Lions – Every lion is unique just like human beings. With humans, you can tell from our fingerprints. With lions, it is the whiskers. No two sets of whiskers are the same on any lions.

5. Cats and Your Pregnancy – In our modern society, most women will go in for an ultrasound to find out about the health of their baby in the womb. No need. Get a cat. Cats can here ultrasound waves. One meow is good

6. Who Was Mona Lisa? – The famous painting of Mona Lisa has an odd quirk about it. The painting was not named Mona Lisa. The real name is La Giaconda.

7. Water Used When Brushing Your Teeth – If you leave the water on when brushing your teeth, you are wasting a lot. On average, four gallons are used if you do so!

8. Highest Capital in Europe – There are tons of odd facts to learn about Europe. One of the oddest is which is the highest Capital city? It is Madrid in Spain.

9. Manhole Covers in Russia – Why don’t you ever walk around a Russian city at night without a flashlight? The streets aren’t lit and many manhole covers are missing.

10. Signing the Declaration of Independence – Everyone knows the Declaration of Independence was signed July 4, right? Wrong. Only two signatures occurred that day.

As you can imagine, the above represents only the tip of the proverbial iceberg when it comes to strange and often useless tidbits of information. Nonetheless, these 10 will get people talking.

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