Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Tuesday Trivia

Today's installment comes to you live from the Strawberries and Cream Oatmeal package...

Did ya know?...

Forty-seven bibles are sold or distributed throughout the world each minute of each day.

The Stanley Cup, emblem of ice-hockey supremacy in North America, was donated in 1893 by Canada's then governor-general, Frederick Arthur, Lord Stanley of Preston.

Until the mid-eighteenth century, spectators in English theaters often watched performances while sitting on stage-- just a few feet away from the actors.

According to the U.S. Hydrographic Office ( a what? this is a legitimate office? Even my spell check doesn't believe that is a real word. )  about 2,500 ships have been wrecked at sea in the last hundred years.

1 comment:

  1. Thanks for the LOL on the last comment. And yes, I really did LOL. ;-) (Stopping by as part of the TOS Crew blog walk)

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