Friday, Wonder Woman, bloodhound, wedding night
June is Fight the Filthy Fly month.
The biological name centipede is Chilopoda (from the Greek “kheilos,” meaning lip or jaw and “pous,” meaning “foot.” The name refers to the poisonous fangs made from its front legs.
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King Albert I was killed in a climbing accident near Dinant in Belgium. His last reported words were: “If I feel in good form, I shall take the difficult way up. If I do not, I shall take the easy one. I shall join ou in an hour.”
Friday takes its name from the Norse goddess of love, Freyja or Frigga. Hangings in England, airline prices rise and bank robberies in the United States that happen or happened more on Fridays, than any other day of the week. It is also the day on which an America ns most likely to die.
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June 6 is National Yo-Yo Day.
Psychologist William Moulton Marston, inventor of the polygraph, or lie detector, also created the famous comic book heroine Wonder Woman.
The first name of Robert Louis Stevenson’s good doctor Mr. Jekyll was Henry and the evil Mr. Hyde was Edward.
The closest living relative to a T Rex is the chicken.
June 17 is Eat Your Vegetables Day.
Cartoon Character Mr. Magoo’s first name was Quincy.
Robin Williams rejected the role of The Riddler in Batman Forever.
June 26 is National Canoe Day.
According to the Gemological Institute of America, up until the 1730’s India was the only source for diamonds in the world.
Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any state of the United States.
The bloodhound is the only animal whose evidence is admissible in an American court.
The kiss that is given by the bride to the groom at the end of a wedding ceremony originates from the earliest times, when the couple would actually make love for the first time under the eyes of half the village.
Sources:
www.triviacountry.com; www.corsinet.com; www.triviaplaying.com;www.holidayinsights.com; Encyclopedia of Useless Information by William Hartston; picture: hellasmultimedia.com
