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Mostly Trivial 209 Famous Prisons [trivia] Famous Prisons
Tower of London
Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress, more commonly known as the Tower of London, is a historic castle on the north bank of the River Thames in central London, England.The castle was used as a prison since at least 1100, although that was not its primary purpose. A grand palace early in its history, it served as a royal residence.
The Bastille in Paris
The Bastille was a fortress-prison in Paris, best known today becau ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mostly Trivial 208 Geography [trivia]Geography
Fun Facts
Lake Baikal is the deepest lake in the world. Grand Rapids, Michigan was the first city in the US to put flouride in their water. Only two countries border three oceans -- the United States & Canada. The only country whose name begins with an "A", but doesn't end in an "A" is Afghanastan.
Time Zone Percentages.
49.6% of US residents live in Eastern time zone
29.3% live in the Central time zone
5.3% live in the Mountain time zone
1 ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mostly Trivial 208 Geography [trivia]Geography
Fun Facts
Lake Baikal is the deepest lake in the world. Grand Rapids, Michigan was the first city in the US to put flouride in their water. Only two countries border three oceans -- the United States & Canada. The only country whose name begins with an "A", but doesn't end in an "A" is Afghanastan.
Time Zone Percentages.
49.6% of US residents live in Eastern time zone
29.3% live in the Central time zone
5.3% live in the Mountain time zone
1 ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mostly Trivial 207 Candy [trivia]Candy!
Is a very simple thing.
The word candy refers to numerous confections - both soft and hard - that are made of sugar that has been cooked. Did you know different heating and cooling levels determine types of candy? Hot temperatures make hard candy, medium heat makes soft candy, and cooler temperatures make chewy candy. Exact heating levels make the production of candy scientific
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Checker Taxi
Inspired by John Hertz who had set up a taxi business in Chicago (later known as Yellow Cab Company) in 1910, Markin began buying up Checker Taxis' vehicles in 1924, gaining full control of the company in 1937. Markin followed Hertz's business plan in having drivers open doors for the fares, and outfitted each driver with a uniform.
Competition for fares was fierce in the 1920s
...and the easily spotted drivers began ganging up on one another ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mostly Trivial 205 Space Shuttle [trivia]
The Space Shuttle
What spacecraft will replace the shuttle?
When the shuttle craft is finally retired, the 'Orion' will takes its place. First authorized by Pres. George W. Bush in 2004, the 'Orion' has undergone a number of design changes. It will carry a crew of 4 or 6 astronauts and will be launched from Space Complex 39 at the Kennedy ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mostly Trivial 204 King Tut [trivia]
King Tut
Buried
He was buried in his hastily prepared tomb in the Valley of the Kings 70 days after his death, according to the death rituals of the Ancient Egyptians. The Ancient Egyptians believed that as long as a pharaoh's name was remembered, the king would live on through eternity. The discovery of the tomb of King Tut has ensured that Tutankhamun is one Egyptian Pharaoh wh ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mostly Trivial 203 Classic Television [trivia]
Classic Television
Soupy Sales
The name Soupy Sales was derived from two things: "Soupy" was a childhood nickname and "Sales" was the suggestion of an Ohio television manager who knew of a comic named Chick Sale. In 1950, Soupy moved to Cincinnati to pursue a television career, starting with America's first teen dance show, Soupy's Soda S ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mostly Trivial 202 Weather or Not [trivia]
Weather... or Not!
Sunlight
The amount of sunlight reaching the earth's surface is 6,000 times the amount of energy used by all human beings worldwide. The total amount of fossil fuel used by humans since the start of civilization is equivalent to less than 30 days of sunshine.
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Bridges
Spanning the Globe
Common types of bridges include beam bridges, arch bridges, suspension bridges, cantilever bridges, truss bridges, and cable-stayed bridges.
The Inca civilization
The Inca civilization in South America made use of rope bridges in the Andes Mountains before ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mostly Trivial 200 Feline Facts on Kitty Cats [trivia]
Cat History
the domestic kitty through the ages
Cat history, it is generally believed, can be traced back to the Miacis, a weasel like creature that inhabited the earth some 40 or so million years ago. Not just cat history, but the history of all land dwelling carnivores can be traced back to the Miacis, and that includes dogs!
... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mostly Trivial 199 Barcode [trivia]What is a UPC barcode? And how does it work? Universal Product Codes (also known as GTIN-12) appear as lines (bars) of varying widths representing the series of numbers commonly shown below the bars. Barcode scanners, as you will know them from your favorite retailers, read the bars and convert them back to the 12-digit UPC number that they represent. This number is then looked up within the retailer's inventory system to find the corresponding product name and price t ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mostly Trivial 198 Colonel Sanders KFC [trivia]
Colonel Sanders
KFC
(Born Sept. 9, 1890, near Henryville, Ind., U.S.—died Dec. 16, 1980, Shelbyville, Ky.) American business executive, a dapper self-styled Southern gentleman whose white hair, white goatee, white double-breasted suits, and black string ties became a trademark in countries worldwide for Kentucky ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mostly Trivial 197 Women Inventors [trivia]
Women Inventors
A Class Act
Historians have given us a picture of women inventors in the 19th century as a group that faced and often overcame significant hurdles to achieve their goals. Their one common bond is an innate curiosity that spurs them on to find something new, something better. Today, only about ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mostly Trivial 196 Mail [trivia]
The Check is IN the Mail!
I've heard THAT one before :-/
in Chicago, the famous Sears Tower itself is assigned one ZIP code (60606). Similarly, ZIP code 12345 is assigned to General Electric company's Schenectady ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mostly Trivial 194 The Telephone [trivia]How much do YOU know about Telephone history?
Hello! Is any one there? Pick up the Phone!
The first prototype of the sound-proof phone booth was built in 1877. Mr. Watson, Alexander Graham Bell's trusty assistant, used a bunch of bed blankets around a box. He created the booth to prevent his landlady from listening in on his conversations. Some callers didn't like using the early phone booths because the doors would get stuck, forcing users to fight ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mostly Trivial 194 The Microwave [trivia]The Microwave, how many do YOU have?
Beware of Microwave Ovens!
The miracle of microwave ovens have made them increasingly popular world-wide, rendering any negativities of the machines widely unacknowledged.
Many people believe that the basis behind the microwave ovens is that it just simply cooks and/or heats up your food. But there's a lot more to it.
After all, microwave manufacturers would not want to reduce their profit by promoting the dangers of their pr ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mostly Trivial 193 Cadavers [trivia]Cadavers
What happens to our bodies?
The various stages of decomposition can help determine how long a body has been dead.
The first stage is self digestion, and is where the body eats itself, also known as autolysis. This happens when the cells break down the body into elements the cells can eat; this creates a liquid that gets between the layers of skin and makes the skin peel off. During this stage, flies (when present) start to lay eggs in the openings of the ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mostly Trivial 192 Wacky Inventions [trivia]
Wacky Inventions
... and the Inventor?
Find out by listening. Click the Grey 'Pod' button to the left!
Did you know that Parker Bros. intially rejected inventor Clarence Darrow's board game Monopoly ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mostly Trivial 191 Astrology [trivia]
Astrology
The answer is in the Stars!
What do YOU know about it?
The night has been associated with a lady dressed in black velvet and bejewelled with glowing diamonds we know as stars. The shining stars of the night, together with other celestial bodies, however have been more than trinkets in the sky. Th ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mostly Trivial 190 FIFA Soccer / Football World Cup [trivia]
Mostly Trivial 190 FIFA Soccer World Cup [trivia]
The World Loves Soccer [football]
Soccer IS Football except to the U.S.
Early Kicking Games
All throughout history, many ball games have emerged as well as perished independently to one another, often leaving us with nothing but speculations. Considering that many of these games were impulsive and had few or no regulations, it ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mostly Trivial 189 Prime Time Cartoons 5th Year Anniversary [trivia]Our 5th Year Anniversary of Mostly TrivialPrime Time Cartoons [trivia]Its been a lot of fun doing this show! We've com a long way, learning about Podcasting, Mics, Hardware and recording techniques.Why Family Guy was cancelled is still a topic of debate.FOX claims poor ratings along with expensive production costs caused the show to cancel itself, but many can view that as a cover up. Perhaps if FOX didn't move their timeslot, or at least kept their time the same every week, poor ratin ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mostly Trivial 188 Clouds [trivia]Mostly Trivial 188Clouds [trivia]Clouds are composed of either small droplets of water or tiny pieces of ice, sometimes both. Clouds are ranked by meteorologists according to how high they are and whether they are fluffy or flat.Cumulus Humilis CloudsCumulus humilis clouds, appearing as small- or medium-sized puffy shapes in the sky, often occur in times of fair weather. However, cumulus clouds can grow into cumulonimbus clouds which may produce heavy rain, lightning, severe and strong ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mostly Trivial 187 Coral Reefs [trivia]
Mostly Trivial 187Coral Reefs [trivia]The word REEF originated from German word REF.This word was introduced by mariners and signify underwater ridge or rock derivation organic as well as inorganic, being a danger to ships.
Today this term refers only to organic structures, originated from accumulation of reef-builders' skeletons (today the main reef builders are corals... that's why the most common reefs are coral reefs!) Reefs have dense structur ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mostly Trivial 186 Shaving [trivia]
Mostly Trivial 186
Shaving [trivia]
History of Razors and Shaving
Gillette Razors
On November 15, 1904, patent # 775,134 was granted to King C. Gillette for a safety 'razor'. King Camp Gillette was born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin in 1855. To support himself when the family's home was destroyed in the Chicago Fire of 1871, G ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mostly Trivial 185 Magic [trivia]
Mostly Trivial 185
Magic
[trivia]
Cave men and how magic started
Magic has been practiced for a very long time. In fact it goes back as far as 50,000 B.C. Can you believe it, 52,000 years ago magic was started?Prehistoric people who buried cave bears probably started "magic". They probably did this as a magic rite (spell). Scientists believe th ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mostly Trivial 184 Electrifying Personalities [trivia]Electrifying Personalities TriviaDo you know what a Joule is?James Prescott Joule was born in Manchester, England, in 1818. Like Ampere, he was home schooled and was sent to university at Cambridge when he was sixteen.The Industrial Revolution was in full swing at this time, and one of Joule's ambitions was to replace steam-driven engines with electric motors, so his first investigations were into the production of heat.Since Joule's research was self-funded, he was free to pursue the ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mostly Trivial 183 Acronyms [trivia]
Acronym Trivia
Whats an Acronym?
Definition
Function: noun
Etymology: acr- + -onym
Date: 1943
A word (as AM FM, radar, or laser) formed from the initial letter or letters of each of the successive parts or major parts of a compound term; also : an abbreviation (as FBI) formed from initial letters!
What does IKEA stand for?
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Acronym Trivia
Whats an Acronym?
Definition
Function: noun
Etymology: acr- + -onym
Date: 1943
A word (as AM FM, radar, or laser) formed from the initial letter or letters of each of the successive parts or major parts of a compound term; also : an abbreviation (as FBI) formed from initial letters!
What does IKEA stand for?
Ingvar
Kamprad
Elmtaryd
Agunnaryd Swedish home furnishings retailer founder's initials and location
Cool huh?
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Historical People Trivia
History can be Fun
Second Crisis of the Empire
AD 193-194
Publius Helvius Pertinax
Became emperor in 1 January AD 193.
Whatever the nature of the conspiracy against Commodus, it brought to office in his place a better man, Publius Helvius Pertinax, prefect of Rome and former governor of Britain; but only temporarily, as ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mostly Trivial 182 Historical Figures [trivia] Historical People Trivia
History can be Fun
Second Crisis of the Empire
AD 193-194
Publius Helvius Pertinax
Became emperor in 1 January AD 193.
Whatever the nature of the conspiracy against Commodus, it brought to office in his place a better man, Publius Helvius Pertinax, prefect of Rome and former governor of Britain; but only temporarily, as an ominous pattern of events unfolded such as had followed the death of Nero.
Pertinax reign might have been a short one. But it forme ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mostly Trivial 181 Matches [trivia]
Matches and Lighters Trivia
A Striking-ly Informative Show
matches can be good... or can be bad.
The King's Cross fire was a devastating underground fire in London on 18 November 1987 which killed 31 people. It was caused by rubbish and grease beneath wooden escalators being ignited, probably by a discarded match.
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A Striking-ly Informative Show
matches can be good... or can be bad.
The King's Cross fire was a devastating underground fire in London on 18 November 1987 which killed 31 people. It was caused by rubbish and grease beneath wooden escalators being ignited, probably by a discarded match.
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They will not be asked for any personal contact information. No salesman will ca ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mostly Trivial 180 Gumby [trivia]
Gumby Trivia
If you’ve got a heart then Gumby’s a part of you
Theme Song Lyrics for You
Gumby!
He was once a little green slab of clay.
Gumby!
You should see what Gumby can do today.
Gumby!
He can walk into any book, with his pony pal, Pokey, too
If you’ve got a h ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mostly Trivial 180 Gumby [trivia] Gumby Trivia
If youâve got a heart then Gumbyâs a part of you
Theme Song Lyrics for You
Gumby!
He was once a little green slab of clay.
Gumby!
You should see what Gumby can do today.
Gumby!
He can walk into any book, with his pony pal, Pokey, too
If youâve got a heart then Gumbyâs a part of you
Numbers:
Dallas McKennon voiced Gumby in these and in the others (he did Pokey in these and others).
An extremely prolific character actor, Dallas McKennon (often known as si ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mostly Trivial 179 Eskimos [trivia] Eskimo Trivia
You think its cold where YOU live!
Where They Came From:
The first Eskimos immigrated to Alaska from northern Asia, specifically the Siberian Arctic. Archaeologists set the date at somewhere between 2,000 and 8,000 years ago, after the land bridge across the Bering Strait had been reclaimed by the ocean waters. These migrants probably crossed in umiaks, skin boats large enough to hold a family.
Numbers:
About 28,000 Eskimo Americans live in Alaska today; the ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mostly Trivial 179 Eskimos [trivia]
Eskimo Trivia
You think its cold where YOU live!
Where They Came From:
The first Eskimos immigrated to Alaska from northern Asia, specifically the Siberian Arctic. Archaeologists set the date at somewhere between 2,000 and 8,000 years ago, after the land bridge across the Bering Strait had been reclaimed by the ocean waters. These migrants probably crossed i ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mostly Trivial 179 Eskimos [trivia] Eskimo Trivia
You think its cold where YOU live!
Where They Came From:
The first Eskimos immigrated to Alaska from northern Asia, specifically the Siberian Arctic. Archaeologists set the date at somewhere between 2,000 and 8,000 years ago, after the land bridge across the Bering Strait had been reclaimed by the ocean waters. These migrants probably crossed in umiaks, skin boats large enough to hold a family.
Numbers:
About 28,000 Eskimo Americans live in Alaska today; the ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mostly Trivial 178 Famous Escapes [trivia] Great Escapes Trivia
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Stalag Luft III
Stalag Luft III was a Luftwaffe (derived from the words "Luft"= air and "Waffe"=weapon,is a generic German term for an air force) run prisoner-of-war camp during World War II that housed captured air force servicemen. It was in Poland, 100 miles southeast of Berlin.
The site was selected because it would be difficult to escape by tunnelling. However, the camp is best known for two famous prisoner escapes that took p ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mostly Trivial 178 Famous Escapes [trivia]
Great Escapes Trivia
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Stalag Luft III
Stalag Luft III was a Luftwaffe (derived from the words "Luft"= air and "Waffe"=weapon,is a generic German term for an air force) run prisoner-of-war camp during World War II that housed captured air force servicemen. It was in Poland, 100 miles southeast of Berlin.
The site was sel ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mostly Trivial 177 Who Are They [trivia] Who Are They Trivia
This is a Tough One
Do You Know Who Is...
John Forbes Nash, Jr?
He is a famous twentieth-century mathematician.
Born in 1928, John Nash graduated from Princeton and eventually went on to win the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1994. Of course, much of his fame also comes from his life story. In 1959, Nash was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia for which he was treated for nearly a decade. His work following his time in a mental hospital led up to his winning ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mostly Trivial 177 Who Are They [trivia]
Who Are They Trivia
This is a Tough One
Do You Know Who Is...
John Forbes Nash, Jr?
He is a famous twentieth-century mathematician.
Born in 1928, John Nash graduated from Princeton and eventually went on to win the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1994. Of course, much of his fame also comes from his life story. In 1959, Nash was diagnosed with paranoid schizophren ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mostly Trivial 176 Parking Meters [trivia] Parking Meters Trivia
It Pays to Park...
But not to you!
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Parking Meters Trivia
It Pays to Park...
But not to you!
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More Fun on Word Origins
For more trivia on 'word origins' listen to shows 27 and 112!
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Word Origins Trivia
More Fun on Word Origins
For more trivia on 'word origins' listen to shows 27 and 112!
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Biggest software counterfeiting bust in history!
JULY 25, 2007
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Counterfeiting Trivia
Biggest software counterfeiting bust in history!
JULY 25, 2007
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Make Corn Part of Your 5 A Day Plan!
Varieties
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