Trivia For You Monday October 20, 2008 |
In a beehive, only one and a half ounces of wax are used to build a comb that will hold four pounds of honey. |
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In the mid 1880s, until approximately 1910, American undertakers sold "Grave Alarm" Devices. These were elaborate rope and bell/pulley arrangements allowing those buried alive to summon help. The rope was placed into the hand of the (supposed) deceased, and it wound through a series of tubes to the bell outside the grave. |
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Lack of sleep is becoming such a problem for American adults that 8 percent say they occasionally or frequently fall asleep at work, and 19 percent say they make errors because of sleepiness. |
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Biologists have discovered that cockroaches can change course as many as 25 times in one second, making them the most nimble animals known. |
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Henry Waterman invented the modern elevator in 1850. He intended it to transport barrels of flour. |
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