TRIVIAS ABOT HALLOWEEN

Since Halloween is Fast approaching, let me enumerate some Trivias about this occasion

• Orange and black are Halloween colors because orange is associated with the Fall harvest and black is associated with darkness and death.
• Jack o’ Lanterns originated in Ireland where people placed candles in hollowed-out turnips to keep away spirits and ghosts on the Samhain holiday.
• Pumpkins also come in white, blue and green. Great for unique monster carvings!
• Halloween was brought to North America by immigrants from Europe who would celebrate the harvest around a bonfire, share ghost stories, sing, dance and tell fortunes.
• Tootsie Rolls were the first wrapped penny candy in America.
• The ancient Celts thought that spirits and ghosts roamed the countryside on Halloween night. They began wearing masks and costumes to avoid being recognized as human.
• Halloween candy sales average about 2 billion dollars annually in the United States.
• Chocolate candy bars top the list as the most popular candy for trick-or-treaters with Snickers #1.
• Halloween is the 2nd most commercially successful holiday, with Christmas being the first.
• Bobbing for apples is thought to have originated from the roman harvest festival that honors Pamona, the goddess of fruit trees.
• Black cats were once believed to be witch's familiars who protected their powers.

Monster Trivia & Folklore

• Signs of a werewolf are a unibrow, hair palms, tattoos, and a long middle finger.
• Vampires are mythical beings who defy death by sucking the blood of humans.
• In 1962, The Count Dracula Society was founded by Dr. Donald A. Reed.
• To this day, there are vampire clubs and societies with people claiming to be real vampires.
• There really are so-called vampire bats, but they're not from Transylvania. They live in Central and South America and feed on the blood of cattle, horses and birds.
• Many people still believe that gargoyles were created by medieval architects and stone carvers to ward off evil spirits.

PHILIPPINE TRIVIA..(TRIVIA FROM MY HOME COUNTRY)!!

1. Doctrina Christiana is the first book published in the Philippines, was published in 1593, by the Dominican press. Because of the monopoly of printing presses by religious orders prior to the 19th century, early written literature was predominantly religious in content and in purpose.

2. The first women's magazine in the Philippines was El Hogar (The Home), which first came out in 1893.

3. The first Filipino immigrants to the United States (1850) settled in Louisiana.

4. Emilio Aguinaldo lost to Manuel L. Quezon in the country's first presidential elections in 1935.

5. The largest crocodile ever captured in the Philippines (2011) was found in Agusan

6. Fort San Pedro was the nucleus of the first Spanish settlement in the Philippines.

7. Farmers' Market Foodome is the largest restaurant in the Philippines (in Quezon City).

8. Cesar Virata is the first and last Prime Minister of the Philippines after WW II.

9. The Cagayan River, the Philippines longest river, originates in Nueva Vizcaya.

10. Aimee Carandang is the first Filipina to become a commercial plane pilot.

11. The oldest Philippine university for women is Centro Escolar University.

12. Jose P. Laurel has the most children (7) among the Philippine presidents.

13. Eva Estrada Kalaw is the first Filipina to be elected senator twice, in 1965 and in 1971.

14. The first modern building in the Philippines is considered to be the Crystal Arcade in Escolta, completed in 1932.

15. Aurora is the only Philippine province named after a first lady.

16. The biggest game preserve and wildlife sanctuary in the Philippines is located on Calauit Island in Palawan.

17. The most translated Philippine poem is Mi Ultimo Adios.

18. The Philippine mammal with the biggest eyes in relation to its body is the tarsier.

19. Bagumbayan was the original name of Luneta Park.

20. Iniibig and gawa are the first and last words of Panatang Makabayan.

21. The Presidential Saber is awarded to the top graduate of the Philippine Military Academy.

22. The original Philippine flag, sewn in Hong Kong in 1898, was made of silk.

23. Gen. Tomas Karingal was the first assassinated victim of the NPA's Alex Boncayao Brigade.

24. Frank Murphy was the last American governor-general of the Philippines.

25. After the United States, the Philippines have the most Boys Scouts.

26. After Happy Birthday, the song most sung in the Philippines is Lupang Hinirang, the national anthem.

27. Hajji Butu was the first Muslim Filipino to become a senator.

28. The most popular and durable of all Philippine almanacs is called Kalendariong Tagalog ni Honorio Lopez.

29. Rainier Lagman was the first Filipino to have a heart transplant.

30. Gemma Cruz was the first Filipina to win an international beauty title - Miss International 1964.

GENERAL INFORMATION (TRIVIA)

No piece of normal-size paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.
Blueberry juice boosts memory
When cats are happy or pleased, they squeeze their eyes shut
The elephant is the only animal with 4 knees
Every human spent about half an hour as a single cell
Each year, about 500,000 detectable earthquakes occur in the world. About 100,000 of those can be felt and about 100 of them cause damage.
The tongue is the only body muscle that is attached from one end only. (Please don't send me corrections to add the penis; the penis is not a muscle).
We, as humans, forget 90% of our dreams
During thinking, we use on about 35% of our brains
The percentage of people dreaming in black and white started decreasing after the spread of color TV
Approximately two-thirds of people tip their head to the right when they kiss
Just days before the World Cup of 1966 in England, the trophy was stolen and then later retrieved by a dog
Some Chinese believe that swinging the arms cures headaches
Coffee drinkers have more sex than non-coffee drinkers. They also enjoy it more.
The city of Portland in Oregon was named after a coin toss in 1844. Heads for Portland and tails for Boston.
A queen bee lays 1500 eggs a day
No president of the United States was an only child for his parents
Laughter is a proven way to lose weight
Pumice is the only rock that floats in water
The African cicada fly spends 17 years sleeping, then wakes up for two weeks, mates and then die.
The vibrator was originally used as a medicinal treatment for female "hysteria" during the 19th century
Reno, Nevada has the highest rate of alcoholism in the U.S., Provo, Utah, the lowest.
The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper. Hemp doesn't contain THC and won't make you high.
In ancient Rome, when a man testified in court he would swear on his testicles
80% of all pictures on the internet are of naked women
250 to 300 million cell phones are being used in the U.S.

BORING DAY

...-I really find this day boring... long day from school.. and i really hate this day those hard and irritating quizzes.. and blabbers from the teachers.. (THOUGH IT WOULD BE A MORE BORING DAY FOR ME WHEN THERE ARE NO CLASSES... I really am bored....:DDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

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4/7/2011 part 2 mathematics!

Q: What mathematical symbol did math whiz Ferdinand von Lindemann determine to be a transcendental number in 1882?
A: Pi.

Q: What do you call an angle more than 90 degrees and less than 180 degrees?
A: Obtuse.

Q: What's the top number of a fraction called?
A: The numerator.

Q: What Greek math whiz noticed that the morning star and evening star were one and the same, in 530 B.C.?
A: Pythagoras.

Q: What's a polygon with four unequal sides called?
A: A quadrilateral.

Q: What's a flat image that can be displayed in three dimensions?
A: A hologram.

4/7/2011

Shark immune to all known diseases.

75% of wild birds die before reach 6 months old.

The bluefin tuna can swim 50 miles per hour.

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